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Royal Navy FY1 doctor, lover of wine and travel. Interested in mental health, sexual health/HIV & medical jurisprudence. He/They 🏳️‍🌈

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Robbie Uriarte

4 years

Tweets or interactions from this account are made in a personal capacity. For the avoidance of doubt, any views or opinions expressed on this account are solely my own and do not necessarily represent those of my employer, university or any other group. Retweets ≠ endorsement.

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Robbie Uriarte

2 years

If an FY1 junior doctor worked a regular 9-5 Mon-Fri 37.5 hour rota, they’d make £22,956 a year. The Civil service grad scheme pays £27,000 and accepts applicants with a 2:2 in any discipline. Tell me junior doctors aren’t getting ripped off…

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1 year

Going to medical school was by far the worst decision I’ve ever made but I’m fairly good at it so I’ve somehow managed to a point where I’m too far through to quit, not bad enough to fail but get almost zero satisfaction from doing it

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2 years

Turns out my model for the PR exam didn’t have an anal fissure as I’d confidently announced to the OSCE examiner - the model was just split from over use 😂

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Ten years at uni, three degrees, a diploma and 7,886 selfies later, I’m finally done. Dr Robbie Uriarte MB ChB MSc BScBMS(Hons) AFFLM(DLM)

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3 years

Truly honoured to have been offered a Medical Officer Cadetship with the Royal Navy

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6 months

I might not be the brightest medical student in the world but I’d love to see an Imperial student assess a patient that’s been kicked by a cow

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15 days

Survived day one of FY1

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3 months

Proudest moment was being a posted outside the main gates of Balmoral on the day HM Queen Elizabeth made her final journey. Then finished on a high with Grampian Pride last Saturday. I’ve had a good run.

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3 months

Done my last shift and cleared out my locker at the station on Monday, I’ve got a feeling I’m going to really miss it

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3 months

In an OSCE always read the instructions - I say this as somebody who started CPR in a chest examination station

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2 years

You know you’ve been snoring too loudly at a medic friend’s house when you remember getting a head tilt-chin lift in your sleep 😂

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6 months

It’s great that CPR is taught in schools but are we failing the public by not also teaching that death is a natural process and CPR/advanced healthcare interventions aren’t always the answer?

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Robbie Uriarte

3 years

Didn’t think I’d ever say this but GUM sounds pretty cool as a specialty

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3 years

@LeylsTurk I really don’t understand why payroll departments think allowing an employee to go without pay for a month is an acceptable solution to an error made my the organisation but it seems so widespread within NHS culture

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Robbie Uriarte

4 years

Sad to leave ICU today, working in the unit during the pandemic was a real eye opener. I’ve been so fortunate to work with a fantastic group of people. The knowledge, skills and teamwork of the staff there is truely phenomenal.

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Robbie Uriarte

4 years

Taking a secondment from my part time #TeamIPCU post at RCH to work full time as a HCSW in @AberdeenICUEdu wasn’t quite what I had in mind for my summer holidays. Really excited to be able to help in any way I can and hopefully learn some things along the way!

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2 years

Boots back in pristine condition after doing 45,975 steps during my two shifts at the weekend

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Robbie Uriarte

4 years

Taking a secondment from my part time #TeamIPCU post at RCH to work full time as a HCSW in @AberdeenICUEdu wasn’t quite what I had in mind for my summer holidays. Really excited to be able to help in any way I can and hopefully learn some things along the way!

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2 years

Led an afternoon of consultations today and at the end the supervising GP said to me “you’re going to make a really good doctor Robbie”. I constantly that I’m not cut out for med school so this was a massive boost.

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28 days

ALS passed!!! ✅

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3 years

“She showed a keen interest in medicine from a young age”

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3 years

Post OSCE treat

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6 months

@cmwilliams99 Farmer always gets pan scanned, even if they say “I’m fine, my wife made me come in”

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2 months

This break between medical school and FY1 is making me climb up the walls. I’m really missing being busy!

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2 years

You’ve got to admit, anaesthetists have a pretty cool job

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3 months

“Have you heard of Pharmacy First?”

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4 months

Really excited to have the work from my elective at @SydneySHC accepted for an oral presentation at the @BASHH_UK conference in Bournemouth this summer

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7 months

Turns out I kinda like general internal medicine just not the general medicine you see at big hospitals. GIM at rural hospitals/DGHs is actually really interesting.

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3 years

Anatomy resit passed ✅ I’ve made it to 3rd year! 🩺

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3 years

Made it to the half way point. Two and a half years to go!

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3 years

Lovely surprise seeing this on the way into my nightshift last night

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5 years

A pre-med BSc student trying to lecture a qualified (female) doctor? Mansplaining much…

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2 years

3rd year written exam and OSCE passed. Somehow I’ve made it to fourth year!

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2 years

@Aidan_Baron I’m not sure the plastic model feels very much 😂

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Robbie Uriarte

1 year

@DrDavidRouse 15 months to go and if nothing else, I’m too stubborn to quit now. I think you’re right though, it’s not going to make me happy long term so I’ll need to start planning an exit strategy

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3 months

Lovely evening in Dartmouth

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Robbie Uriarte

4 years

Delighted to have passed the @FFLMUK Diploma of Legal Medicine with distinction. I’m glad the stress paid off!

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10 months

First day of elective at the Sydney Sexual Health Centre. Really excited for the next 6 weeks!

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9 months

Very sad to finish today after having the most phenomenal experience on my elective at Sydney Sexual Health Centre. I’ve learned so much in the time I’ve been here and hopefully got some interesting data for a conference abstract

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Robbie Uriarte

3 years

I’m surprised I avoided it this long

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Robbie Uriarte

2 years

Addiction is an illness not a crime. The world has changed massively since the early 70s yet the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 remains in force. When will the government realise that current drug policy does little to reduce drug use or protect lives.

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Robbie Uriarte

3 years

Heard back from the Royal Navy, I didn’t get offered a Medical Officer cadetship this time but the selection board are going to reconsider my application in October. Hoping for a better outcome second time round 🤞

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3 years

Last anatomy OSPE of my degree ✅ I will not miss them…

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4 years

@MdSlutty I worry that traditional attitudes about professionalism might be used as a tool to systematically exclude miniority groups - the lack of diversity in medicine is the real threat to the public’s confidence in the medical profession. 2/2.

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Robbie Uriarte

4 years

Picked up a shift in A&E for a change of scenery and I’ve already been puked on… [retreats slowly back to ITU] 🤣😫

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Robbie Uriarte

3 years

Really looking forward to presenting my first poster today at the #RCPsychIC and for what looks to be a really exciting programme

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Robbie Uriarte

2 years

My Instagram seems to have been hacked. Please ignore any messages from me

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Robbie Uriarte

2 years

@Xe4f145d16s2 Or we could avoid overgeneralisations and ensure teaching responsibilities are given to most appropriate individual in each circumstance - whether they’re background is medical/nursing/AHP

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Robbie Uriarte

4 years

Really thankful for the meals donated by members of the Aberdeen-Syrian community to @AberdeenICUEdu - a welcome and delicious surprise! @PaddonHelen @NHSGrampian @VA_Johnston

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Robbie Uriarte

3 months

Done my last shift and cleared out my locker at the station on Monday, I’ve got a feeling I’m going to really miss it

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Robbie Uriarte

3 years

Sat my last Y2 OSCE then found out my poster has been selected for one of the rapid fire Q&A sessions at the RCPsych International Congress. Today is a good day!

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Robbie Uriarte

3 years

Don’t think I appreciated how debilitating fatigue can be. I got diagnosed with Lyme Disease last week and even a ordinary day’s worth of activities totally knocks it out of me.

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3 years

@afg_asap @Louisdebernard I can understand if the ward was particularly busy but isn’t teaching part of their job description?

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Robbie Uriarte

4 years

Sitting the @FFLMUK DLM exam today. Seven months of preparation, 4,782 pages read and god knows how many cups of coffee - all I need now is a bit of luck.

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5 years

Really interesting session on cases of suicidalty secondary to SSRI induced akathisia #RCPsychIC

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2 months

Can medics go back to being Barber-Surgeons, I think it would be quite fun to disappear out of clinic because Cathy is due her cut and colour at 3

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Robbie Uriarte

2 months

Me when anybody asks me to do some work

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2 months

Really enjoyed Surg Lt Brennan’s presentation on the challenges of delivering sexual health services to armed forces personnel #BASHH24

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Robbie Uriarte

2 years

This probably highlights the success of the rollout of PrEP within the GBMSM community

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@SHLdotUK Our findings were interesting. We saw a decreasing HIV positivity rate was observed among MSM (men who have sex with men), while HIV positivity increased among heterosexuals over time.

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1 month

There is nothing more gutting than turning up for a 7am shift then finding out you aren’t due in until 9am

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Robbie Uriarte

3 years

Sitting on Eilidh’s bench doing some exam prep. The irony that we spent more time at the pub than on campus studying when you were here. Miss you lots x

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5 months

Me on the ward round when it’s coming up to lunchtime and they’re still on the third patient

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Robbie Uriarte

3 years

Got a worried call from mum. She’d somehow came to the conclusion that the reason I haven’t been feeling well is because I’d caught HIV but was too scared to say (I don’t). This isn’t passmed, not every MSM with night sweats, fatigue and loss of appetite has HIV 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

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Robbie Uriarte

2 years

@medstudentali I think you’ve missed the point, an undergraduate medicine course is 5-6 years long compared to a 3 year BA/BSc in other disciplines. Surely it follows that what is essentially a medical grad scheme should pay more?

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2 months

Really excited to be presenting at BASHH conference next week

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4 years

There’s a special place in my heart for Old Aberdeen, even on a miserable day it looks so beautiful!

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4 years

Looking forward to spending the day with the @NHSGrampian GMED team learning about out of hours primary care

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2 years

Seeing this on my mum’s work lanyard made me so happy

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1 month

Forget being called resident doctor, I want to bring back the title licensed apothecary

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2 years

Sometimes I wonder if the reliance on eConsult/telephone consultations has went too far. How many subtle signs are getting missed and are can we afford to skip that “quick listen into the chest”?

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4 years

Told my mum and dad that I’d applied to the navy today. To say they weren’t thrilled is an understatement 😂

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Robbie Uriarte

5 years

Got a pleasant surprise this morning while rushing to get ready for uni - 61% in my dissertation and awarded a MSc with Merit in Psychiatry from @cardiffuni

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1 year

@joelgiblett @Dr_JSA @drcolinm @bbcnickrobinson @BBCr4today I agree that there has to be some consequences for fraud but that is for the criminal justice system to deal with. The GMC is there to protect patients not to hand out tougher punishments who happen to be doctors

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1 year

Flights booked and 83 days to go until I’m off to Sydney for elective 🇦🇺

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1 year

@Amoxicologist We all know the bit that happens in the middle is magic anyway

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Robbie Uriarte

4 years

I’m very disappointed to hear that that @UKFPO has decided not to recognise medical students going above and beyond to attain additional degrees or publications in the recruitment process for FY1 junior doctor posts. (1/3)

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6 years

Excited to start medical school in September

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1 year

I asked a guy what he does and he started explaining what a foundation doctor is and I didn’t have the heart to stop him, so now if anybody asks I work in finance 😭😭

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Robbie Uriarte

7 months

@ClareGerada @aashfaque14 @Cleverclog67596 @ExplosiveEnema2 @rcgp I’m struggling to understand how HCA plus a 2 year MSc better prepares somebody for primary care compared to a 4-6 year medical degree and at least 12 months at FY1 level? When I started as a HCA the only training needed was BLS, manual handling and an hour lecture on IP&C.

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9 months

Red ribbon up at Sydney Hospital for World AIDS day

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2 years

I know fixing the broken system that is the NHS isn’t going to happen overnight but is having computers and printers that actually work too much to ask?

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Robbie Uriarte

3 years

Shout out to the doctor at ARI sporting a white coat, loving the early 2000s throwback

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2 years

It’s been two years and I’m still known by all the nursing staff as “Robbie… the one that spewed on his first week of nights in ICU”

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1 year

Today I… Found out I’d comfortably passed finals Watched two RN Hawks fly over Dartmouth Spliced the main brace on the quarterdeck of BRNC What a way to finish off 4th year of med school!

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3 years

Yesterday’s train was cancelled so I had to set off for Aberdeen at 0430 this morning. I will make this 9am, I’m determined

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Robbie Uriarte

2 years

People are describing the Queen’s passing as a ‘tragedy’. If being able to do the things you love doing up until the very end then dying comfortably at home surround by loved ones isn’t the definition of a good death, what is?

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3 months

Treated myself to a new Apple Watch and I’m quite impressed by the ECG function on it - even shows up some Osborn waves

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3 years

@DrMcWeb @DrBenLovell Is there any other profession where people feel compelled to take a year out their career pathway just so they can get married? Why do doctors just accept that’s the way it is?

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2 months

Great to see Scotland leading the way with development of a sexual wellbeing strategy at #BASHH24

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4 years

Got a date for the #COVID19Vaccine . Thank you @NHSGrampian - kicking off the COVID vaccination programme within a week of the vaccine getting MRHA approval is an absolutely phenomenal feat! #ProudtoBeNHSG

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4 months

I’m not the complaining type but trying to access an NHS service and it’s almost impossible. A triage call within 48 hours and they only make one attempt at calling before you need to re-refer (and go back to the end of the list). Being a patient isn’t easy these days.

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Robbie Uriarte

3 months

Admitting defeat and going into the office to get a colleague to reverse park the van after I’d being trying and failing for 10 mins probably wasn’t my finest moment. I feel like I might have earned a rather large cake fine on my next shift back.

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3 years

@MissK_Arch Brilliant way to showcases the diversity of the team but I guess there’s the temptation that they’d be used as a bank of unofficial interpreters.

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Robbie Uriarte

4 years

Thought I’d be nervous for my OSCE tomorrow but I’m actually just glad to have an excuse to put on smart clothes again. Spent the majority of the last year either wearing gym shorts and t-shirts 😂

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5 months

Had a brilliant day at the @STASHH_UK virtual away day. Some really interesting talks on advocacy, the future of HIV care and DoxyPEP. If you’re a student or foundation doctor interested in sexual health and HIV, I’d highly recommend signing up to STASHH!

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What an incredible day! So inspiring to hear from so many clinicians who #loveGUM 🧡 Another massive thank you to @BASHH_UK for working with us to organise this and shout out to @DewsnapClaire for being the perfect chair ✨

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3 years

Remember when winter pressures were just a winter thing, yeah I miss that

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3 months

The exam board will release the results anytime before 5pm today and I can honestly say the refresh button on my emails has never been worked so hard

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Robbie Uriarte

2 years

You can feel fulfilled in your job still be paid a salary which adequately compensates you for the responsibility, training and sacrifices you’ve made to get there - they’re not mutually exclusive

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@DoctorPonglenis I was an NHS Consultant for 35years and loved my job. I would hate to see us getting obscenely large salaries as much as I'd hate us to be paid very poorly. We have the huge perk of an interesting fulfilling job.Many people are in poorly paid unfulfilling repetitive boring work.

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3 years

First day of Y3 and we were back in the anatomy labs. Never thought I’d say it but it feels so good to be back. (1/2)

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2 months

@heaterbox9012 @jokedriscoll_ Would you say this to a person living with cancer or diabetes?

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3 years

What better way to avoid revising for my anatomy resit than a day at the races 🐎 @ayrracecourse

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