Getting the best out of less than full time training (LTFTT) LTFTT presents an enormous opportunity for trainees in gastroenterology.  Whatever your reason for considering LTFTT there are some key aspects to consider.  Follow the 10 key insights I have […]

It’s 100 years since women received the right to vote. In 1918, women worked in poorly paid roles such as domestic servitude or in factories to support the war effort, were not allowed to qualify for a degree or have […]

I could hear the screaming from my outpatient clinic room. As I went outside the clinic staff looked disapprovingly at the frustrated toddler and his exhausted mum. And as I helped push the buggy and steer her older child through […]

With advancing years this common question, often from an anxious patient undergoing a rectal examination, has ambiguously changed to ‘whatever led you into this area?’.  I still haven’t thought of the right answer. I usually muddle through with vague comments […]

March 8th celebrates international women’s day; March is women’s history month and 2018 commemorates the centenary of women’s suffrage. As a one-time historian, the opportunity to reflect on the historical contribution of women to medicine and to our specialty of […]