It's Always Sunny in Surgery23 Jul 2023

Nobody Puts Trainees in the Corner! Pt. 1

Time for some real talk! Bullying and surgery go together like drink-driving; historically seen as no big deal, not uncommon and frequently resulting in disaster. That is of course until some brave souls step in to permanently alter the landscape. Surgery is typically dominated by strong personalities and we as trainees have to learn directly from, and form close relationships with these individuals. It’s also a tough career fraught with challenge and adversity, so resilience is necessary.

However, when does it become too much? Where is the line between 'having a laugh' and 'bullying'? How much 'character building' do you need? Is bullying detrimental in surgery or is it turning you into a capable independent operator who can stand the heat in the kitchen? Do trainees just need to take a joke and get thicker skin?

No surgical trainee will have Patrick Swayze standing up for them like he does for Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing, but we’ve got the next best thing; (former) trainees advocating for trainees ✊.

In the first episode of this two-parter, we're joined by Dave Riding (Consultant Vascular Surgeon, previously Health Education North West) who spearheaded the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh anti-bullying campaign.

We talk about the subtle beasts that are bullying, undermining behaviour and harassment. Does bullying actually result in patient harm? Have we been bullied? Who do we report this to? Should we report this? Wait, so have we bullied someone???! Are we the baddies?!

Lots to unpick…

RCSEd Anti-Bullying Campaign: https://www.rcsed.ac.uk/professional-support-development-resources/anti-bullying-and-undermining-campaign

Email us: surgicalcareersnw@gmail.com

Twitter: @NW_surgical (www.twitter.com/NW_surgical)

Reddit: u/surgicalcareersNW (www.reddit.com/u/surgicalcareersNW)

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(50)

The Gang Got Exiled

We're back! Finally, after a 9 month self-imposed exile during the trifecta of the arrival of additional children 👨‍🍼, MD thesis submission 🎓, and the behemoth that is the FRCS 🥊, we're still stan...

8 Mar 38min

Fresh Frozen Sections

Brought to you in the middle of ARCP season and family holidays, we get introspective and put ourselves under the microscope, to explore why we ended up down the the route we did 🔬Why do so many brow...

6 Jul 202553min

Wouldn't It Be Nice?

Don't worry don't worry! Thank you for your concerns for welfare, we've not had a bust-up or lost interest; it's just that life/work/training/families get in our way and are making it increasingly dif...

22 Jun 202536min

Versions of Surgeons (Part 1)

This week has us scoping out surgeons in the media and our favourite examples. Are these portrayals accurate? Where exactly do they come from? Which ones are based on just pure stereotypes and which o...

6 Apr 202545min

"The heart of a lion, the eyes of an eagle, and the hands of a lady..."

It has oft been said that “The heart of a lion, the eyes of an eagle, and the hands of a lady maketh the surgeon.” Well then, time to get into it! Who or what are surgeons? What makes us tick? Do we r...

2 Mar 202548min

I cut; therefore I am.

We're back after a very lengthy break! In that time we talk about:Snow days and the joys therein ☃️Moonlighting when you're off the clock / back-street quackery 🦆Pumping those logbook numbers up! ⬆️F...

2 Feb 202531min

Steri-Strips & Wound Glue

And so, we are closing up again. We discuss some of the other finer points of this specialty series:The ability to amuse oneself is one of the purest joys Audiences in new placesNearly a full house of...

13 Okt 202431min

Surgical Specialty Smackdown World Title Fight

This is it folks! This is what we have been building to for the last 6 months! All the uppercuts, all the low blows, all of the urine extracted from orthopaedics 🦴 and all the shade thrown at neurosu...

15 Sep 202445min