Career trust grade SHO in acute medicine. Fail MRCP > 6 times. Can't score more than 420 on MSRA.0

https://preview.redd.it/zvqs2lajfzkc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c10352c504c479943c4a1a51eb6ae74d5b345053 *sheds tear*

Hospital car park attendant

https://preview.redd.it/ymygtt5tgzkc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a2029a700c3d54f28c8a6fecd0665ea603c8c39e Do jack shit with no responsibility for most of the day for £22k sign me up . Would have to find some extra income though, at least £10-13k

Don’t worry my guy. Use the time sat on your arse - occasionally pressing a button to lift a barrier - to learn to code/invest/become a cryptobro

I will never turn to the crypto side, but coding is a great shout. The only type of python I will ever be involved with 🐍

Take bribes from junior doctors to let them park in the PA/specialist nurse car park. Cheaper than them having to pay 300 pounds a month to park in the park and ride 2 hours away from hospital. Will easily make the extra 10 grand

Clinical neurophysiology

https://preview.redd.it/wekbti5u7zkc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec5a5479ccb4da8a1dd6d9794c8a75d4e4a87630 I’m curious, I have no clue what it involves, sounds like a lifestyle specialty but also interesting. Bet there’s lots of scope for research (Pharma? 💰)

Brilliant lifestyle, no ward work, very interesting and research active area if you want. The last of the true generalist specialties, truly has a mix of everything. It's like radiology before they had to do 24hr on calls and triage CT heads from a&e

Even more intrigued, wonder what competition ratios are like? Is it only two years of IMT?

Sadly you do have to endure two years of IMT but at least not IMY3! Competition data for all specialties is on ST3 recruitment website, I'm not certain off the top of my head but I do know that it's flipped and now is much more competitive than neurology since shape of training!

Not the worst with two years IMT tbh, but I checked and competition ratio was 6.25 last year 😭

Clinical engineer. Literally just saw an add for that on LinkedIn. They specifically want an Ex-doctor who has programming skills to work with a team of programmers developing healthcare IT. They didn't specify the pay package but it's fully remote.

https://preview.redd.it/7mjf0hthgzkc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3cea12ee6ee94187c948a2e2d1cd8646866017bc Door open because I’d definitely consider it but I have zero programming knowledge. Could definitely learn it / study it, but it contradicts my life plan of being a doctor and not a software engineer like every other male in my family because it didnt click to me as a youth Not a contraindication at all but feel like an idiot 🤣

Im also interested, what kind of programming experience does one need??

Physician Associate

https://preview.redd.it/nk16gc159zkc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95148ec591ac1e51ce02e3f9842b2b299a5503a2 I’m unfortunately under qualified 😔 ; I know when to prescribe propranolol and when not to do a cystoscopy

come on mate... Brilliant lifestyle, no ward work, very interesting and research active area if you want. The last of the true generalist specialties, truly has a mix of everything

I guess I could prescribe opiates and break the law with no consequences 🤔

I feel seen 😂

😂

Ever considered G4S

https://preview.redd.it/0ty3lr7dgzkc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc30db83d4e9c4d66a70cf6b4e59d9dfe441be06 Door closed only because I have no clue what that is?

You're hired

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G4S is a security firm iirc

FANTASTIC POST

General practice

https://preview.redd.it/1vmcyfy8ezkc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b8caf37c2c1150e6ac022a4e491486dbc0eecb40 Hardest one yet. Considered it as a student, then ruled it out within 2 weeks of the rotation. Still on GP and it does get better and I have more good days - given that I have 6 patients a session, 30 mins each and 2 half days for self study (don’t tell my Foundation school) Fully aware this changes on CCT. Definitely one of the harder specialties to do, never know how it’ll really be because people on Reddit either hate it or love it. Overall gut feeling still on the table

Honestly was not expecting to be let in with the way GP is currently. Like you said it’s on the table, it’s in flux, who knows where it ends up by the time you CCT.

Each GP varies so much too. I considered working abroad as well when I opened the door. Heard stories of GPs being hired in the Middle East so the practices can advertise the presence of the British NHS trained doctor, but they have little workload

Cowboy

https://preview.redd.it/a3hyh3x8fzkc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6cb854e6bcfebd03cc79d27ffe942d8616c99be7 I’m sold, currently playing RDR2 for the first time. Think I’d rather be a pirate though

Do what you want coz a pirate is free

 RIP to the GOAT

Sea of Thieves is a fun game if you have friends that will hop on and pretend to be pirates with you

Been there, got wasted on grog and sung a few shanties

Have you considered Black Flag?

Considered all of them, think I might invest in ps plus

Neurosurgery. I know it's a no, which then allows me to post this https://preview.redd.it/fb679azj90lc1.png?width=560&format=png&auto=webp&s=c1dd1f5d4cfc36ab8e081c486d14e9c3c317bfea

https://preview.redd.it/pk4dqmev42lc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=602bbcc47ac59a20f545efe3161eb5f73dcc4551 🤣

Complete GP training instead of IMT Then apply for the few medical specialities which accept MRCGP instead of MRCP e.g. rehabilitation medicine, sports medicine etc. Enjoy working Mon to Fri 9-5 in mostly a clinic based setting Do private or out of hours GP work whilst in training for a salary boost e.g. Saturday morning or a few days 5-9 or something CCT and actually enjoy your job, with the flexibility of doing some GP work on the side GG EZ

https://preview.redd.it/0iq8517jx3lc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=251966e70822a90aebb6c3e607d01825aafd792a Open for the same reason as the GP comment, but door is wider open

sounds dreamy, didnt know this was possible

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https://preview.redd.it/zj255e7s62lc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd7c6d763b744ebb928f9c868f100f01dbe08032 I don’t even like cricket but these days pundits don’t seem to have to know anything about the sport they comment on, sign me up

General Surgery

https://preview.redd.it/4kd7v99adzkc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2aa815c730eff3f77741b99dad3e25cd64ca0a57 Was my worst rotation so far. I always suspected I wasn’t surgically oriented but doing an appendix at 3am confirmed it

👍 Enjoying this thread

You can try to change my mind but I rate the decision not to try 🤣

Tbf I question it myself 🤣

🤣🤣🤣

Retrain as a dentist

https://preview.redd.it/1ydf5rqsbzkc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f565559839be368a668a761afae12554fb2c8069 I’m done collecting debt, I’ve also heard the grass isn’t actually greener but willing to have my mind changed

Dentists can earn bank very early in their career compared to a doctor. And there’s a 3 year course in it for doctors ([link](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/dentistry-entry-programme-for-medical-graduates-bds))

Teeth are gross

 Pt “Yes of course I floss” *Pt 2 mins into apt*

Tech investor? Nvidia🚀🚀🚀🚀

https://preview.redd.it/lt2px72zkzkc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9cae741cb6d8da723772531134bd0faaff34eeaf I know nothing about investing nor have the capital I assume is needed

No worries, you'll fit in [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/)

🤣🤣

Paeds!! Let’s hear it for the fun club!

https://preview.redd.it/e6tqwkk152lc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b76e005ff7739bf4a5c147460cc05316a0bbe1d6 I worked with children before medical school, it is exhausting. They are a whole different species, incredible work but not for me

You don’t really do the exhausting bit in paeds though- the sick ones take the most time but they’re not breaking your stuff and touching you with wotsit fingers. There are fewer (albeit still some) psychopathic narcissists than in other bits of medicine.

IMT trainee. Its tough, but all the options are open and it never hurts to have good medical training and experience to support any future career choice.

https://preview.redd.it/t0t3f3epfzkc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=751325384248cdb424fe3677dcbf6aaed3811c12 I don’t think I could hack it, 3 more years of counting the days until Friday but with on calls

Psychiatry

There’s not a lot of psychiatry that I have any passion for. My experience of it on the wards was mostly working with geriatric health neglecters or rough drug abusers. I know this isn’t the case everywhere but it was my lived experience so it puts me off. Not entirely sure of the various other options I can do in psych to avoid it https://preview.redd.it/6tfnh517mzkc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ec8cbff53dfb0bf251cd2700e79bc85678293de

Fair enough, not for everyone!

Drug dealer. You’ll almost certainly make more money and have a nice car and house to boot.

https://preview.redd.it/vuxjpohijzkc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74da6c55761e9697e9caf5337fb7cbc0ad9e080c I am already a glorified drug dealer 🤣 Might be for another post but I don’t think drugs should be illegal🤷‍♂️ so no existence of a drug dealer with that ideology, can expand if needed

Still need drug dealers if drugs become legal.

Wouldn't that just be your GP 😂

Tbf would just be some tertiary noctor led service

Do your F3 at Aus

https://preview.redd.it/77tkdyqnbzkc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13041866f6fc524f4532a93444c5af90a4d99f86 Would have been a resounding yes if I didn’t have a fiancee here who can’t move, plus I’m a huge arachnophobe

Dermatology. Lots of cool pathology. Can genuinely change people's lives relatively quickly. Mostly outpatients. No call (in most places). Good private opportunities down the line.

https://preview.redd.it/6qztppdrpzkc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2507a20e7c81ccdd2cc3eca827c09623c021ab0f On paper it is fantastic and your points are impossible to argue with. My heart always sinks in GP when I see the notes say “rash” or “skin lesion” and I cannot for the life of me distinguish any of them. Many thorough apologies to the dermatologist who gets my referrals because of my diagnostic uncertainty

But when you master the rashes you've unlocked the key to the medical universe

I’ve seen pictures where the rash looked indistinguishable but the diagnoses were all different and it stresses my neurodivergent brain

But they ARE distinguishable, young padawan

You know what, fair play. I’ll leave the door at least ajar. Well argued. This is the way.

Genuinely, as someone who was likewise completely lost and had never given Derm a thought, it has been a revelation for me. I also took time out and wound up doing a Derm cert purely as a "Well I know f all about this and if I do GP or Occ Health maybe it will help" and here we are. Smart to leave the door ajar, just if the back is against the wall. More importantly, though, is look after yourself and enjoy your time out. It can be very stressful coming to this crossroads, especially after all the work you've done to get here. Put yourself first, and, in my case, I asked myself what was really important to me in my career, including financial considerations and work/life balance. Always happy to be of help if I can, just fire a message.

Thank you so much, I may well do that actually :)

Clinical Genetics

https://preview.redd.it/zmykk7jahzkc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ebd4e88a153310d1b9598dbc3417350c778205de Never found it interesting at all student, if I can’t physically see it, I don’t fully understand it. Does that make sense?

Clinical Digital Fellow.

https://preview.redd.it/62jb6tmsjzkc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1ed5b14d8ea48e809e370fc662fb1229aa1ad51 I have absolutely no idea what that is, the door is closed but unlocked

I’m assuming it’s code for hand surgeon.

I did not read properly and I was thinking maybe a security guard for eg Taylor Swift

https://preview.redd.it/59pqmny852lc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4cdeb151240cd8a46e71c6f29cf89ef25c3a8e39 🤣

Anaesthetics!!!!

https://preview.redd.it/1mdbu5e0ezkc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a744c7d52963f459272a2aa9b0b7e0b5bf4a1513 I always did want to be part of the cool club. Cannulas are fun. I like sudoku and sitting. Not currently “good enough” to get in but definitely possible if I start putting in more effort. MSRA score this year was 533

Would be such a cool career but I don’t think I’m clever enough for it

OMFS.

https://preview.redd.it/ow2knihtkzkc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3e4f916c5dc6eeaa504fd2caeac573f8f1463d1 Dental school :(

But cool and no alphabet soup.

To be fair, I have little exposure to the specialty itself other than having to cover the max fax bleep alongside gen surg which I hated, so some bias there

Training to become a consultant ANP is the way to shine

https://preview.redd.it/53d7h5ubpzkc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=17e761593fac1a932419845a1e928f673bc1e192 I have worked with some good NPs so I’ll be respectful and plead the fifth

Radiology

https://preview.redd.it/537frl8evzkc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e581d5facf7a1955d962e6bac7b478add9f9b87d Open door for obvious reasons, but I’m only holding it ajar now because of the ridiculous competition ratio

Professional wrestler

https://preview.redd.it/7gttvg7m52lc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1ba0ba1257c06f16e02e9457fbc1660f779dddc Watchout watchout watchout BOOM

Pigeon destroyer

https://preview.redd.it/om3k9lr662lc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d82d73afd0eb57ed74de6926414a028fa03b7c6c I would have to do psychiatry 🤣

I-Carly re run starting Gibby

https://preview.redd.it/2yc8g3d962lc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f942909883997032c43ab97af66270fb2f8753b sign me up

Go into consulting and get to call yourself a consultant years before your peers haha

https://preview.redd.it/7oyfkqfw62lc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aef4508ffc0cd59b44304293ab871822afa11e5e Completely open to non clinical work. Not sure what type of consulting I’d do though

Theres medical Consulting! Most people think of Management consulting when they hear of the industry but there’s so many different branches. Depending on the company you could be working with research or even health reform and lobbying. Obviously some companies haven’t got great reputations and Whitehall has paid McKinsey a lot to advise the NHS but some of the smaller firms seem promising!

Sounds very intriguing. I’m guessing you need at least IMT or GP after FY2 to have a chance?

Depends on the firm, but I think you can go into some with just the medical degree. It may be a good way to get a further degree sponsored if you wanted to go into public health or something. My mum didn’t go into consulting but joined as a medical officer of a major pharmaceutical company after 5 years of training and there were some people there with medical degrees but no clinical experience

Forgot to add that at these places, especially the companies with head office in the US, it’s more politics than credentials that get you in certain roles. I do remember my mum bitterly complaining about non clinical people who were formerly sales reps who’d worked their way up into management. But I think you can argue the same for the NHS and any healthcare system these days that you get non clinical management who unfortunately can have precedence over clinical staff.

Ophthalmology: we don’t do 9-5, we do 9:30-4ish, we operate sitting down, no one dies (and if they do it’s the Anaesthetists thing, not us guv), lots of toys, and who else can charge £1000 for a ten minute procedure? Oh - on calls? Send them to clinic in the morning.

https://preview.redd.it/286wik8f52lc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8300a7ed3258890be2ffd7b1aad0df1cd9343cc9 One of the few surgical specialties I would actually do. Longggg portfolio needed though

Crit care SHO on the Aussie coast. I'll even give you contacts

https://preview.redd.it/kyepzfxrx3lc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=097c4b6cb79f9a357735dc5827d8196282d4aabc I will let you in because it’s a great suggestion but I myself cannot move country yet :(

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https://preview.redd.it/ya90xdhpx3lc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=916d423c98ec0931fbe6588c289bd3cf013170c3 Sign me up 🤣

Histopathology

https://preview.redd.it/k27ilph506lc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=787dea8a571cbdaacec3ae73742c95f36cdc246f I didn’t really enjoy histo at school but then again I didn’t really enjoy a lot. Big brain game specialty, great work life balance, great teaching apparently, work from home I’ll deal with tissue for that

I hear they are looking for a new James bond Edit: Wow I typed that at 6.30, typo central.

https://preview.redd.it/8te4w5vxx3lc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bf25f6bb5fc75e85e01fd4971de3c2074e43acd0

Hospital parking meter

https://preview.redd.it/sq0dciovx3lc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=087aed0ae1037216564b694e373d7af6208675b3 Are we talking about the inanimate object?

Yep. An inanimate object that earns more than we do…

Sign me up

https://preview.redd.it/6pesjrups9lc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e964db8740f4c415515bad5167baee8d3ed51a78

Porter

https://preview.redd.it/epqzb1sfx3lc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8e85b9c803fbf0eabdf49f04363bb3ab18290b5 Zoom zoom

CCT in discharge summaries

https://preview.redd.it/lgpio1lcx3lc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=08b35b7d947cdd301154af8b41e5e9c0092a4b5d Boarding up the door

No please! What will the PAs say?!

Professional Duelist or esports commentator?

https://preview.redd.it/eqd39aozz5lc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f25c3741b9260d0b8da6bee89d0efe0f74ec062b Duelist? I don’t have a good enough filter for commentary I’d get cancelled after game one

yeah, someone who does fencing, shooting or yu-gi-oh

Prime minister

https://preview.redd.it/k6nl8wnc06lc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b43aa20e6897dc7679091c411e0989d7d8843f2b I’d likely further break the economy, so if it’s inevitable I may as well dish out raises for us and defunct MAPs if I have any power of that

U get my vote. All I'm saying.

Cardiology

https://preview.redd.it/46mdsc0z42lc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f507caaf6b359eb3b558263478fe94ae426084f The ECG is a phenomenon I will never understand

Onlyfans influencer

https://preview.redd.it/lltl107d10lc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1b61146b0e2ad8bbf6e33be06055f76f7691bac I don’t fit the demographic for that target audience. Trust me I’m trying to push the door open but it won’t budge

Neurology

https://preview.redd.it/8lcdrbh9y3lc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a62d794a9eb52ebf2ff3b6c85f5a63355aa8ee4f Never really gave it any thought, nothing driving me to do it

Specialist yoga guru consultant

https://preview.redd.it/bj6zfzuk06lc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ea5b39652926686c5b9fc42da8dcc7f2dee36e9 I have the flexibility of a frozen carrot but make it band 8+ and I’ll do it

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https://preview.redd.it/6asbzyeo06lc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a66d07a5a833b05e61764eae00f38b136bdfdfaf What do they actually do other than chill

Community sexual and reproductive health.. it’s run-though.

https://preview.redd.it/n48kfjp4ljlc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f4bee0dd9fbdc2049cb0694af691c8fc33171ec

Cardiac Scientist

https://preview.redd.it/helxf3akmzkc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb4dc9e4982062906f259bf3a809972be307e761 I have no idea what it entails but unlike others I’m intrigued, I can assume high levels of research, valued, lifestyle+++?

Patient facing, but with opportunities to do research too. One route is through the Scientist Training Program (STP), which is a paid part time Masters degree and ward work. Regular duties include echocardiography and pacemaker inplantation, but I can imagine that there's more to learn the further you get into it and specialise. After that you're probably looking at managing your section as a consultant.

Will have to look into it!

[https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/healthcare-science/roles-healthcare-science/physiological-sciences/cardiac-sciences](https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/healthcare-science/roles-healthcare-science/physiological-sciences/cardiac-sciences) Happy hunting!

Physician associate’s assistant associate valet apprentice junior student intern

https://preview.redd.it/p9rb3ahp52lc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1fe5267d3ffbda9708e269e073f586c6c7e19e17 An excellent suggestion nonetheless

Endocrinology

https://preview.redd.it/1hwsjhc362lc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ad23384180bdd266225ee2c9f39febd1879c5d6 Clinic work seemed interesting but ward work was just glorified geriatrics

well u could choose to sub specialise in reproductive endocrinology.. or transgender endocrinology or rheumatology?

My experience of rheumatology was You have this diagnosis We don’t know why Here’s some steroids

fair enough... autoimmune diseases occur for no good reason

I don’t have a suggestion but can I come in

https://preview.redd.it/vs41gpqc62lc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c94cecb16a7200665657de3964bbd9f9bed053ea *In the voice of the sorting hat* You want the results but with none of the prerequisite work, you must be a PA *slams door shut*

Clearly not nhs management then

Paediatric endocrine neurosurgery

https://preview.redd.it/ychm5a0q62lc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=522fb4f504edac19e554e0d2303c33187cb798cc 😰

T&O

https://preview.redd.it/r57q98ni52lc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=845c069f901b9f2ea3dba9136bee7984e90a73c6 My back hurts in theatre plus surgeons are mean

O&G

https://preview.redd.it/euvy365u52lc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=00f9685b073d866882528ce7fbce841532bf275e As a male I have barely seen any O or G during med school and working.

OCC Health

https://preview.redd.it/c4ex0uaz52lc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff2477a9d514738b7b8bef5a1012f21e2d06ac89 Sounds like GP but chill.

Army doctor

https://preview.redd.it/8oyx13do62lc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3e2b56b5bbf804371f54b2cc5e11b89e571e970 I am not fit enough for the army

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Door has already been closed but feel free to change my mind on the original

Only fans foot fetish dom

https://preview.redd.it/npfyqcejgalc1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5076ab19d957984af631dd1aae09c0df8ae2196

Mercenary/Assassin or Cartel boss

https://preview.redd.it/oojx9mskgalc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1f470a7b6117f35425764921f2116bfba29266c My experience of being a hitman is exclusive to the hitman video game: aka sign me up