#hellomynameis Tanaya Sarkhel, Orthopaedic Surgeon, (joint) TPD T&O KSS & Medical Examiner at Ashford & St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey @ASPHFT
Sep 13, 2020 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
A cautionary tale ... 🧵
Back in the day, fresh back from a Trauma year overseas with a 1st surgeon logbook our current ST3/4s could only dream of, I started applying for Reg posts (no National Selection). Each advert demand 20 printed CVs & a précis cover letter...
A trade paper published a 2 page splash from a learned Prof delighted how popular T&O was “for every post we have 300 applicants!”
I saw red. Back then T&O had few F1s/PRHOs. The bottom rung was SHO. 299 theatre-hungry surgeons condemned to perpetual ward rounds - the Lost Tribe