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Wednesday 8 November 2017

Lessons from the movies - how to be a consultant surgeon

When the more senior trainees approach me, as they frequently do, seeking my advice on how to behave as a consultant, I can offer no greater example than this early training film**:



Of course he's a dinosaur, completely out of touch with the modern world - the labs haven't done the bleeding time for years.

**under no circumstances should you base your practice on this other movie.

PS: thanks to my Greenock colleagues for the recommendation