This week's episode I spoke to Zainab who is a salaried GP in Stoke-on-Trent who has kept herself busy in the past 6 years working part-time whilst having three kids! We reflect on her time as a medical student, how the course has changed and what she was like as a student, and it was really reassuring to hear from her how she was very much undecided on her career path until well into her F2 year, as I am very much in the undecided category! Zainab gives great advice about how to use your experiences with patients to consolidate your knowledge about the conditions they live with and how to make the most of your time in placements.  

She talks to me about her foundation jobs and how they each shaped her - including the dreaded task of bleeping the Med Reg! Hear about how the GP life won her over and some of the trials of the job, especially since the pandemic...

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Colorful Flowers by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060  Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0  Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/al-colorful-flowersMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vYp14Uesiz