To err is human; to remediate divine. No that's not an actual aphorism; we just conceived that now to sound smart. Surgical training is HARD. Whilst there are those who excel, there are also many amongst us who find it a struggle. Today we're rejoined by Nadeem Khwaja (Deputy Postgraduate Dean for Health Education North West, and Consultant Plastic Surgeon) and he's brought along Jon Ghosh (Associate Head of School for Health Education North West and Consultant Vascular Surgeon). We talk about the grind, the telltale signs it's wearing you down, the support that can be provided to you and that there's no shame in saying you need help. Even the people we'd least expect have...

JG's mad skills at work: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2604367/Heavily-pregnant-woman-forced-birth-coma-21-year-old-speeding-driver-smashed-taxi-undertaking.html

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To, H; Cargill, A; Tobin, S et al. Remediation of Underperformance in Surgical Trainees - A Scoping Review. Journal of Surgical Education (2020) 78 (4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.10.010

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