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On #IWD2019, blogger Jess reflects on the role of women in the world of medicine.

New blogger Victoria tackles a hot topic- GP waiting times- in our newest blog post!

Who is that mysterious figure managing the cardiopulmonary bypass? There they are again with the ECMO! Guest blogger and Clinical Perfusion Scientist Chris takes us through the role!

Medical students are widely regarded as a different species. The stereotypes - cut throat, super intelligent, socially privileged, work hard and party harder - go before us and make many medics (especially those more senior) reluctant to declare their role. Of course, all of us are hugely privileged to be in this position, but it can be a lonely and difficult place to be.

Hopefully you've read Dr Jason Walker's fantastic blog post on 'reflection made simple'. Our reflection generator aims to make this come alive, to hopefully raise more debate about reflection. Whilst this is a fun April Fool's joke (please do not use this for your ARCP), we really do need to talk about reflection...

The third in our series of blogs challenging the status quo, come take a trip down to meet with The Devil's Advocate as he argues the case that doctors should have experience of being patients.

Medical school teaches you a lot of things... but not how to survive out there in the 'wild' of the wards. In the first of a new series of blogs, Aidan Whitehead, a new FY1 doctor reflects on his first impressions of surviving on the job. It's a jungle out there...