Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

Management of the critically ill patient and provision of perioperative anaesthetic care.

ITU: reviewing, admitting and managing critically ill patients on the unit.
Supervising and teaching junior doctors and medical students
Anaesthesia: pre operative assessment of patients, list planning, provision of general and regional anaesthesia, post operative care and pain management

Challenging communication, working as a multidisciplinary team, practical procedures

Communication with relatives of critically patients, time pressures and management, communication with other specialities

Interest in acute physiology, range of practical procedures involved, dynamic and evolving specialty.

Communication, practical, knowledge of advanced physiology, pharmacology and basic physical principles

Constant on the job supervision and training by consultants.
Courses, weekly teachings

Started as a foundation doctor in 2005
Commenced anaesthetic speciality training 2007
Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists 2011
Year in Australia out of programme, working in pre hospital medicine and intensive care 2012
Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine 2013
Fellow of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine 2014
Commenced consultant post August 2016

Establishing myself as a consultant within Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Echocardiography accreditation
Ongoing interest in patient safety and teaching and training.

Give it careful consideration - the NHS is becoming ever constrained and the day I feel it comprosimises my ability to do my job, I'll go and work elsewhere. Having said that, I wouldn't leave medicine as it is fascinating and I love my job. I'd just do it elsewhere!