A Guide to the UK MLA

In Part 1 of 2 in our 'Surgical Training' episodes, we focus on Core Surgical Training (CST). With Aphra Middleton, a current CST 1, we discussed choosing surgical training, preparing for the MSRA and interviews, and gain some insight into the different programmes and 'streams' a ...  Show more

In this episode I chat with two current Medical Registrars about IMT training and medical specialty training. We discuss the structure of IMT, a typical week in their lives and some of the challenges they’ve come across during training. They also share lots of helpful tips and ad ...  Show more

As part of her role as Associate Dean in Health Education North West, Dr Alison Caldwell looks after GP trainees who sit the AKT and those that may fail. In this episode she shares her pearls of wisdom for preparing and sitting the AKT. It has lots of useful information for train ...  Show more

In this episode, Dr. Xin, a neurology specialist registrar based in Oxford, is joined by returning guest Dr. Naz, a specialty registrar in care of the elderly and general medicine. Together, they delve into a crucial aspect of clinical practice in the UK: the assessment of capaci ...  Show more

This episode we invited back Dr Jennie Gough, to reflect on her IMT training program. She gives us the good, the bad and the ugly of the new internal medical training programme. Sam & Jenn also reflect on their time being the Med Reg on call and give a ton of advice that t ...