{"id":4806,"date":"2020-07-23T11:36:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T11:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/doctors-4\/"},"modified":"2020-12-21T07:26:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T07:26:43","slug":"things-i-wish-i-knew-then","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/general-healthcare\/things-i-wish-i-knew-then\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I wish I knew then"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What advice would you give your younger self? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hindsight is 20\/20- yes, we all heard that one a million times, but it could not be truer. As SpRs advance to newly registered consultants in the UK, what advice and tips might prove a useful resource?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When choosing a speciality, choose one you are passionate about. <\/li>\n<li>Make time for fun outside of work.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid or decrease the number of late finishes you have-its easy fall into the trap of trying to please everyone all the time eagerly, but family life will suffer if you are working many late nights.<\/li>\n<li>Eat a well-balanced diet, it&#8217;s a busy job and difficult to make time to eat meals and exercise, but it is vital to sustain the pace of the job. <\/li>\n<li>Have a good social life, hobbies, and holidays to relax. <\/li>\n<li>Sleep is vital and a night of good night sleep will rejuvenate your body and mind <\/li>\n<li>Learn to say NO! An easy trap to fall into is saying yes to everyone, but it&#8217;s a fast-track to burnout. <\/li>\n<li>Be realistic with your workload-do not take on too much<\/li>\n<li>Seek support and advice when needed, nobody knows everything. <\/li>\n<li>Do not underestimate cases &ndash; all cases are unique.<\/li>\n<li>Be vigilant with documentation-golden rule-if it has not been documented; it has not been done.<\/li>\n<li>As in all walks of life, conflict is going to occur, be professional and polite. Don&#8217;t act on impulse. <\/li>\n<li>Watch your mental health and use self-care to avoid burnout.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t be afraid to innovate and challenge current thinking on a technique or existing way of doing something. <\/li>\n<li>In practice, always do no harm, step back if you need time out, reflect on your decisions and practices when needed. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, although you have finished all clinical training, becoming a consultant in any speciality is a journey. A journey of continuous learning and discovery. We will support you along that journey by tailoring our roles to suit your needs. We have a large number of both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/jobs\">SpR and Consultant opportunities<\/a> available in many specialities including: <\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>General Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Care of the Elderly &#8211; Gerontology&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Respiratory&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Cardiology<\/li>\n<li>Endocrinology &amp; Diabetes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>SpR Trauma and Orthopaedics&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>SpR General Surgery<\/li>\n<li>SpR Otolaryngology (ear, nose, throat- ENT)<\/li>\n<li>SpR Cardiothoracic&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>SpR Urology<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We also have <strong>many more fantastic opportunities available,<\/strong> visit us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/jobs\">www.ProMedical.co.uk\/jobs<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are an experienced Consultant, there are probably many things you wish you knew starting out, right? Read on to discover what tips some of our well -seasoned surgeons have to share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[46,60,44],"class_list":["post-4806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-healthcare","category-healthcare-professional","tag-doctors","tag-locums","tag-nhs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/4807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}