Life Before Knife (Pt. 2) - Full Time Human

If the previous episode wasn't impetus enough for you to go out and start living your life, today will be different! We are joined by two legends right here in the North West - Mobeen Qureshi and Tom Naylor: both committed higher surgical trainees 🪚🛠️🔪; both orthopods who love dem bones 🦴🦴🦴; but both have parked their training to one side to take their passions and hobbies to the next level and ended up on the small screen for it.

Mobeen took time Out Of Programme (alongside his wife Zainib, also a psychiatry trainee) to participate in season 3 of BBC's Race Across the World and spent 2 months legging it around Canada 🇨🇦 , soaking up the unparalleled natural beauty 🏕️ and receiving the warmth and kindness of strangers.

Tom is a professional ice-skater ⛸️ and has been featured on ITV's Dancing on Ice 📺 . He delayed applying for ST3 to perform as a professional on the show for a season, and is married to his wife Yebin, a word-class figure skater.

Both of these guys talk to us about their exploits, seeing the world through a very different lens and getting some much needed perspective. They talk about how time away from training has helped them develop as people and also as more rounded surgeons. They talk about their trepidation in asking for time away, but the reality that they have been encouraged, well-supported, and welcomed back with open arms by their supervisors and TPD. Crucially, its helped them rekindle their love of surgery again.

Y'know what they say? Absence makes the heart grow fonder…

So maybe it's time to pump the brakes on training, get your out of office notifications on, and have yourselves an adventure! Go on, off you trot!

Zainab & Mobeen hitchhiking, relying on the kindness of strangers and making the most of Canada - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExkaOH96n-Q&t=9s

BBC's Race Across the World: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0002tvs/race-across-the-world?seriesId=p0f5x536

Tom setting impossible standards for regular trainees - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlWj-1gjrFs&t=76s

Tom again showing he's hench enough for orthopaedics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaWzbowbvwU&t=153s

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