HAPPY 2011

Happy New Year to everyone, and hoping 2011 will bring all your wishes true. I am quite sad to be leaving 2010 behind, as it has been a successful year for me. Ranging from a successful research project which i presented at a national conference (BSET) on the use of iliac conduits on ameurysm repairs, passing the MRCS examination, as well as successfully obtaining an academic run-through fellowship in general/vascular surgery.

2010 has been a busy year, but has been very fruitful. I am looking forward to starting my surgical training in August 2011, and I am still in shock that my next job interview will be for a consultancy post. :o.

In the coming weeks I will be updating the blog/website regularly, so stay tuned.

Romesh

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas everyone (not that I can be too cheerful as I am on nights all this week :( ). I have enjoyed blogging about exams and all things surgical this year and hope everyone who has stumbled across our humble blog has found some useful info. Congratulations to Romesh for becoming a member and good luck to everyone else who is planning on sitting the exams soon.

With core surgical applications sent off and interviews obtained, I will try to blog about the experience in the hope that it may help others planning to apply next year.

As for our blog and website, I will be making some changes after interviews. Firstly, I want to re-design the website so that navigation is easier and avoid flash to make it more accessible. In addition, I will be uploding much more content and have designed a quiz generator for practice questions.

So change is coming to IWTBAS - watch this space. As for anyone who has used this blog, I would be very useful if you could let us know how you got on in the exams/what more you would like to see on our blog.

With that Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Amel