This document provides information to help someone new to working in the UK as a doctor, including: 1) Details on initial paperwork, orientation, and shadowing other doctors for the first few weeks. 2) Advice on adapting to working more independently quickly as a house officer, including tips on maintaining standards, working with colleagues and patients, and dealing with cultural differences. 3) Suggestions for behavioral modifications like being polite, planning effectively, and understanding differences in hierarchy compared to other systems. 4) An overview of specialty exams and areas of interest like leadership, advanced procedures, and medical education topics.

2. Objectives
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3. I’m Lalith

4. We Landed

6. Accommodation
• Friend
• Relative
• House sharing/ rooms

7. Paperwork
• GMC
• Health check
• Address proof
• Bank account
• NI number

9. Kickoff
• We started at ST2 level
– Orientation at hospital
– Shadowing for few weeks
Make special notes on
Organization – Whom to call – induction app
Doing a discharge summary
Combination locks – Keep notes
LW/Postnatal/AnE/EGU/Clinics/Theatres

11. • Within a week we were from almost
consultant to ? Houseman
• Hesitant to ask for help
• Blood drawing

12. Surviving to excelling
• New group of challenges
– Maintaining the standards of previous MTIs
– Working with colleagues
– Working with midviwes
– Cultural differences
– Accreditation

13. WXUH

15. Charle’s
Angels

17. • Communication
– Accent
– Summarising
– Developing trust and confidence with senior
colleagues

19. Behavioural modification
General
• Planning – planning
• Be very polite
• Stay in queues
• Walk fast – talk slow
Specific
• No obvious hierarchy
• Litigation (MPS/MDU)

20. MRCOG PART 2

22. MRCOG PART 3
Different domains
Daily practice
Formal learning
Feedback

24. Other interests
• Leadership
• Advanced laparoscopy
• Robotics
• ATSM
– Fetal medicine
– Medical education
– Urogynaecology

26. LEISURE
Travelling – UK and Europe
Netflix
Gym
Cooking/ BBQ
Driving – UK license

31. To take back
• Understanding the difference of systems
• More qualifications
• Organized
• Communication
• Documentation
• Learn to ask for help

32. Need Help
• clslalithcls@icloud.com
• Indu_doc@hotmail.com

33. MRCOG Part 2 revision
Jeewantha Ranawake
ST6 MTI RCOG
ATSM Medical Education
WXUH

34. Wish u all the very best !

35. Questions?