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Ali's foundation years as a junior doctor at Addenbrooke's Hospital and West Suffolk Hospital (2018)

project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2020-08-06) · owner: Ali

Told alongside: Ali promises a video on his surgical placement as a junior doctor (2019) · Ali's one-year sabbatical from medicine (2020) · Ali promises vlogs about his life as a junior doctor (2018) · Ali promises a proper day-in-the-life video, made in partnership with his hospital, going into the clinical details (2020) · Ali's vlogs: medical elective, final year and junior-doctor life (2017)

About: Addenbrooke's Hospital, General internal medicine, General surgery

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2018-03-14 announced Missing the Academic Foundation Programme was a bit of a blow to Ali; he will instead do the normal Foundation Programme in Cambridge. What happens after medical school - UK medical training explained 00:08:35
2018-04-05 announced In his first foundation year at Addenbrooke's Ali will do two general internal medicine rotations, said to be quite tough, then general surgery, so no rest in those 12 months. Finding out my Foundation Year Jobs - Quick update 00:00:29
2018-05-14 milestone Ali has submitted his provisional registration to the General Medical Council and, barring calamity, expects to start working as a doctor in Cambridge from 23 July 2018. (hedged) Monthly Favourites #4 - Ali Abdaal 00:00:00
2018-06-12 milestone Ali starts his first foundation year on cardiology at Addenbrooke's Hospital: about a month in A&E, then three months in cardiology. Live Stream - Tuesday Evening Hangout 00:16:09
2018-07-23 milestone Ali has just graduated in medicine from Cambridge University and starts work as a junior doctor from 24 July 2018, still in Cambridge, because he loves the place and never wants to leave. A year on YouTube - Channel / life update 00:00:00
2018-08-03 milestone Ali, now a junior doctor in the UK, records this video on the evening of his very first day on the job, exhausted. Life Advice - 50k subs Q&A 00:00:00
2018-08-19 milestone Ali, a junior doctor in Cambridge, has just had his very first long day shift and talks it through, hoping to give applicants and medical students a raw look at being a doctor. My first evening shift - Junior Doctor Vlog #01 00:00:00
2018-08-24 (happened 2018-08) milestone Ali's first day as a junior doctor was busy but fun: he probably made quite a lot of mistakes, which he treats as a learning experience, and his colleagues were nice and supportive. Answering personal questions - 50k subs Q&A 00:11:25
2018-10-13 milestone From next week (week of 15 October 2018) Ali has his first set of night shifts as a junior doctor, five in a row. How to be a good junior doctor (ft. That Medic) 00:14:09
2018-11-23 milestone Ali is working through the pre-course materials for the Advanced Life Support (ALS) course, a two-day course training doctors to recognise acutely deteriorating patients and resuscitate them, which he takes the following week. Study with Me - Resuscitation Training · Life as a Junior Doctor 00:00:58
2019-02-14 milestone Few of Ali's patients are emergencies now, but his emergency block starts in two weeks, when all of them will be. Valentine’s Day Live Stream 00:19:17
2019-03-18 (happened 2019-01) milestone Ali has been working on the elderly medicine ward for about two months. Littman Cardiology IV - Stethoscope Review 00:03:42
2019-05-27 (happened 2018-12) looked back Ali was on geriatrics from December 2018 to March 2019, the second placement of his first foundation year. My Geriatric Medicine Placement - Junior Doctor Vlog #02 00:27:17
2019-05-27 milestone Ali is now on his surgical placement, the next of his first foundation year. My Geriatric Medicine Placement - Junior Doctor Vlog #02 00:27:17
2019-05-31 milestone Ali is on his surgical placement, which has him getting up at half past six in the morning. Monthly Favourites #9 - Ali Abdaal 00:01:20
2019-06-26 milestone Ali is on his general surgery placement, where the team holds a board round with the consultants at half past seven every morning to discuss every patient. How I use my iPad Pro as a Doctor 00:00:30
2019-07-02 milestone Ali read Vagabonding years ago at university, when long-term travel was not on the cards; now, in about a year, he will be free of full-time employment and likes the idea of a long trip around the world alongside some medical work in different countries. Monthly Favourites #10 - Ali Abdaal 00:05:18
2019-08-02 milestone Ali, a junior doctor in Cambridge, talks through a day on his general surgery placement, the rotation he is on now. General Surgery - A Day in the Life - Junior Doctor Vlog 00:00:00
2019-12-06 milestone Ali, a junior doctor in Cambridge, is on his old age psychiatry placement, where he also works Saturday on-call shifts. Day in the Life as a Doctor 00:03:49
2019-12-17 (happened 2019-12-18) milestone The next day, 18 December 2019, is Ali's first day of work in his new rotation on obstetrics and gynaecology. Study With Me - A Super Productive Day 00:08:00
2020-04-17 (happened 2020-08) milestone From August 2020 Ali will be unemployed, because he has not applied to a medical training pathway in the UK; that gives him a year to do whatever he wants, and he is thinking about where to travel. Answering your Questions 00:25:18
2020-04-29 milestone From August 2020 Ali will be essentially unemployed: after two years as a UK doctor one applies for a residency programme in a specialty, and he was not sure which specialty he wants. Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive 00:31:24
2020-05-01 milestone Ali works for the NHS at a hospital in Bury St Edmunds, on the obstetrics and gynaecology placement, for an annual salary of about £38,000. How Much Money I Earn in a Week as a Doctor & YouTuber 00:00:58
2020-05-26 milestone This week (week of 25 May 2020) Ali is on twilight shifts at work, from 4pm to midnight. Studying, Cooking and Netflix · Day in the Life During Lockdown 00:05:16
2020-07-03 milestone Ali's two UK foundation years end with his last day of work on 4 August 2020; he will then be unemployed, because he has not applied for any training programme. I'm Moving to America 🇺🇸 - Life Update 00:03:10
2020-07-17 milestone Ali takes viewers through a day in his life as a junior doctor on the gynaecology rotation at West Suffolk Hospital in the east of England. Day in the Life as a Doctor (Gynaecology) 00:00:22
2020-08-06 outcome Ali has just finished his last day of work for quite a while, ending two years as a junior doctor in the UK's National Health Service. My Last Day as a Doctor - Reflections 00:00:00

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