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! ⬆️
• Flirting with disaster...😅

But essentially, we're using this episode to mark our transition into what we have planned for this season, and that is to get all existential and explore who or what are surgeons? What makes us tick? What makes us cut? Is there an archetypal surgeon? How relevant is that in today's workplace? 🤔

All / probably some of these things will be explored in the forthcoming season.....ARCP pending. Ha.

(As mentioned previously, we have to reduce the frequency of episodes to monthly for our own sanity, well-being and to ensure we still have our training numbers 🤞)

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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 places
• Nearly a full house of specialties...
• ....However, it's harder to remain anonymous in smaller circles
• We re-affirm our commitment to bringing you solid content...
• ...But our lives and our jobs are getting more serious now..
• Our plans for next season

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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 neurosurgery 🧠 all culminate in this…

We are rejoined by listeners 🎧 , contributors 🗣️ and now pundits 🎙️ Michael Ahn (Health Education West Midlands) and Dan Lazenby (Health Education North West) as we comment on the whole of last season, and what a season it’s been!

We discuss:

• Capitalism at its worst 💸
• We won’t get cancelled will we?! 🚫
• Low key fans in high places 🧐 (proof down below)
• Acolytes of the knife joining in🤰👁️
• The best, best thing about surgery 🔪
• Core memories 💩
• Pinky / ye olde index haemostasis 🤙
• The best, worst thing about surgery 🥂
• Disappointing Asian parents 🫠
• Everyone gets a bit of love…except orthopaedics…because we don’t wanna admit that we need them… 😅
• The phantoms and apparitions that are cardiothoracics and neurosurgery🫀
• The winner 🏅 and loser of this season (with a little help from ChatGPT) 🤖

But remember folks…the real winners are the friends we made along the way! 🤝

-Go forth my son and cast thy pod! (the deanery’s unofficial endorsement of our activities).

https://imgur.com/a/5yWG5FD

-You just can't compete with him.... so don't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_Kim

-We're family here https://www.ted.com/talks/gloria_chan_packer_work_is_not_your_family_jan_2022?subtitle=en

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