Gabriel Beecham

@gbeecham.bsky.social

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Language lover, anaesthetist, politics junkie. Dubliner on exile in London. Sé/é, he/him. 🇬🇭🇮🇪

Quote from SHO in medicine: "The fact that they're also committed to their family, or their home life, doesn’t make them any less committed to the work."
Quote from SHO in anaesthesiology: "I have been qualified for six years and ... have been working significantly more than full-time for every single year of that. The toll that that eventually takes is undeniable."
Quote from consultant in emergency medicine: "Basically, just take the brunt, just get through it and stop rocking the boat ... If I knew what LTFT was, that’s exactly what I would have wanted."
Quote from training administrator: "[LTFT should be] planned and in a managed way rather than, I suppose, in an ad-hoc way and sort of expecting it to work without actually putting the plan in place … saying, ‘OK, it’s flexible training and there is the option, but there’s no resources or … backup behind it.’"
Matthews C, Beecham GB, Khan M, et al. Exploring experiences of less-than-full-time postgraduate medical training in Ireland and options for future improvement: a qualitative study. BMJ Open 2025;15:e093744. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093744
Recepto por «bairín breac», irlanda fruktokuko
Still from the movie "All The President's Men"
Street view of Maida Vale, London. Sun shining with clear skies.
Close up of an ESB car charging point with the classic Irish ESB logo.