full medical required?

starrystarry

naz101...take no notice, fluffnutter's probably jealous that you're smart enough to be a surgeon.

My nephew had an operation today and I can assure you I don't give a monkey's whether the surgeon knows where to put an apostrophe. He knew where to put a scalpel and that's all that matters.

naz101

also for your information fluff I have papers and articles published due to a previous degree so yes I do know how to write/spell etc.

if I choose to write the way I do on here offends you then I suggest you avoid reading my posts.:rotfl:

Flyboy152

naz101 wrote: »

Hi Guys,

Im looking for a bit of advice.

I am about to start working as a dr in august and decided to take up pay protection which means that if i cant work my wage will be covered.

The thing is I am healthy but overweight.

Now they have arranged an appointment to do a quick/full medical for a detailed history, urine dipsticking and measurements.

Does anyone have any experience with this? Is this normal? it just seems very strange.


thanks loads

Although having such a policy is very sound financial advice, you should be aware that it cannot cover your entire salary. There are limits to how much of your income you can protect and those limits include any state benefits and other insurances you have.

Daisy_doo_3

fluffnutter wrote: »

I'm convinced it's an education thing. There's a whole generation of people who simply don't see good written communication as important.

As this is the second time you have meant the "age/generation" issue, I have to say as a younger person, I take offence at your comments that a new generation don't know how to spell or use grammer and punctuation. I find this very judgemental.

There a large number of people of all ages that have no problems using the correct context and/grammer, as well as people that can't or don't want to. How are we to judge, maybe someone has dyslexia or didn't have a good education, does that mean they don't deserve help on here.

On the other note, OP, hope you continue to lose your weight, get your insurance sorted and enjoy your new job. ;-):p

naz101

Thanks loads Daisy Dooooooo (sorry got a bit carried away)

stalled on the weight loss thing but getting back into it. nice home cooked dinners and more gym!
just ran a 5k toooo so not bad!:j

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Would it be reasonable to suggest that, with a user name beginning with Naz, that you are in an additionally riskier group for heart disease/diabetes due to your ethnic origin, your gender AND your weight?

After all, it is an important possibility to consider when someone presents with symptoms ranging from chest pain, through breathlessness to anxiety/indigestion, thirst and pins and needles in the feet....


And as a top secret tip to you, Naz - try and get along with your consultant's secretary - you will be amazed at how many things they can help with, from making poster presentations look fantastic in under an hour, finding out who you need to speak to in order to get something admin related done, to when would be a good time to collar your boss for something. Find out her name, go and say hello frequently, when you want something, go and speak to her personally rather than phone or email. Even better, get along with the whole secretarial team - which means bringing in treats, mostly - especially for the long Friday afternoons when there are no clinics and the consultants all vanished by 1pm.


You are now one step ahead of the other SHO's on their first rotation.

naz101

it would indeed jojo and i am so aware of the risks.....really not sure why but i just find it so hard to stop eating. i actually do intense work outs 4-5x per week but i eat!
when I had the medical, the person commented on how my bp is low and so is my heart rate which shocked her!
seriously considering hypnosis?

Your tips are spot on. i currently work for a small specialty and have done so for 5 years and totally agree getting on with them is like half the battle! they help out so much.

But since you seem to know about all of this, how easy is it for an fy1 to really get to know the general surgery/medicine secs? do they kind of frown on you as you are just the fy1?

my new level is going to be totally different (lower) than my current one so am not sure how to proceed on that front!:p

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

naz101 wrote: »

Your tips are spot on. i currently work for a small specialty and have done so for 5 years and totally agree getting on with them is like half the battle! they help out so much.

But since you seem to know about all of this, how easy is it for an fy1 to really get to know the general surgery/medicine secs? do they kind of frown on you as you are just the fy1?

my new level is going to be totally different (lower) than my current one so am not sure how to proceed on that front!:p

Some of the older ones can be a little brusque, but popping your head round the door, smiling, chatting if you don't have somewhere urgent to be - if you're waiting for the boss, for example - and if she doesn't look too stressed or you can't see her through a wall of multicoloured sets of three inch thick notes - helps.

As does 'I'm off down to x ward. Do you have anything you need taken over there? (if it's notes, make sure that they are tracked - do it yourself on the ward if necessary - so they don't go walkabout and you are the last person seen with them - and if you ever take notes from her office or the clinics, ALWAYS leave a clear note stating patient number, name, dob and where you have taken them to - ask another secretary if they could do the tracking for you before you leave the room if at all possible)'.

Same with dictating on them - patient number, GP details, name, dob, address and then clear, concise dictation. Spell any terms, names, etc that may be hard to decipher on a rubbishy audiotape - ensure the dosages and specifics of meds are written down clearly so she can check if there's a glitch on the tape.

If they ask you for something, whether advice or if you could bring something back from the ward/pass a message over/call someone, please do it or at least let them know as soon as possible if you aren't able to do it. That way they can get it sorted by other means but you haven't let them down, you've saved them the annoyance of finding out you haven't done something.

The best thing to be is the one they say is reliable. Reliability/doing what you said you would/doing things their way wherever possible is going to earn you mega Brownie points, as you are making their lives so much easier.

As do things like these;-



I'm sorry if any of this is already second nature to you, but as you can guess, I've done the job myself and the silliest things, like doing the tracking 100% reliably, go the furthest in making you one of the doctors who only has to ask nicely and gets something done by the end of the day that another person couldn't do in a month.

We don't always bite - and we do have a bit of an insight on how the boss ticks. Which will be very handy at some point!

Good luck for your future specialty!

naz101

i may have experience but any advice is always welcome!

those pastries are making me hungry!

I will keep all of those things in mind. it is common sense but sadly can also be easily missed!!:T

Dizzy_Ditzy

that is very very very sound advice from jojo :-)

Be nice to the secs and we will help you out. Be horrible to us and we wont. Simples!

The only other bit of advice i would add to that would be to not make your dictation too long- dont go into diagnosis and management plan at the top, only to go through it all over again in more detail in the main body of the letter.

You allowed to say where in the country you are going to be head and necking?