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Yeah, just the two of us. Uh, no. There there are. There are 17 years there. Um, yeah. Um, So, Doctor Harlington, can you hear me? Okay. See? See. Here we go. Uh, doctor Harlington, can you hear us? OK, there. Yeah. So our next speaker is Doctor Daniel Holling tongue. He is a clinical fellow in Northern Ireland and working as a gastroenterology trust Dr in Craigavon. Um, so the stage is all yours there, Doctor Wellington. Night. Hi. Everyone can hope you can hear me. OK, I'm I'm Daniel. Um, so just a bit a bit about me. I finished. So at Queen's graduate 2019, I did F one F two in Northern Ireland and finished f two in August 2021. Thought I probably wanted to do medical training, core core medicine, but just wasn't quite sure, But I wanted to go straight into training, so I sort of under nerd about low coming. Um, And then this opportunity as a clinical fellow came along, which I thought suited me very well. So essentially, how my year worked as I was split between different medical specialties so that we got the opportunity to essentially pick what medical ward or what specialty we wanted to be on. Um, we got sort of like a training program. We got four months on each ward, so I got four months in acute medicine, four months in gastroenterology and four months in stroke in care of the elderly medicine, which I was able to pick myself. Um, in terms of my my Rosa, it was very nice. So, um, we do a bit of on call and out of hours work. So we do about one long day a week. We do one in six weekends. So not as much as a trainee, but still a bit just to keep our hand in for sort of out of hours experience. Um, the great thing about the job is that 20% of the time is protected, um, in as sort of what we would call s p a time which I suppose is really allocated, dedicated study, time to do project work. So I want to pursue a career, hopefully in renal medicine. So I spent the year working with a consultant pathologist, um, doing a Q I project, which was invaluable not only for me, but also hopefully going forward will be a good thing to talk about it at interviews. And the problem with a training program is you. You just don't get time to to do, you know, except days off. And, you know, so a lot of that would have to be off in your own time. But as a clinical fellow, you have dedicated time to, um, to do a Q I project or you to utilize it however you want. Um, so I I enormously enjoyed my year as a clinical fellow. Um, the great thing about it is is that actually because of the I suppose it's sort of it's not a training post, but it's it's maybe slightly more should we say glamorous, um, than a than sort of purely low coming. But you can use time as a clinical fellow to put towards a training program. So I'm hopefully applying for internal medicine this year and hope to use my time, um, in as a clinical fellow, um, to potentially get time off training. Whereas you wouldn't have that luxury as a as a locum doctor. Um, so I suppose I mean, I I thoroughly enjoyed my time as a clinical fellow. You know, getting the one day off a week or 20 spent of your time dedicated away from the wards just to do. Q. I projects. You don't get that in any other special but definite training. Um, I like, but I was able to pick exactly what medical wards I wanted to work on, so I felt I wanted to get more experience, you know, working and stroke and doing stroke license calls. Got more experience in gastroenterology, and I think even this year they've opened it up to cardiology. So you really can get experience in any medical, especially that you want. You don't have to move. Some people just stay in the same ward for six months or a year. So you really tailor the year around what experience you want to get. And I think doing the out of hours is great experience because it's a very different dynamic. And I know a lot of you will have done foundation training and obviously would have done nights and weekends before. But, you know, being on the acute medical take or, you know, carrying the cardiac arrest fleet is obviously a very different experience to um, just working 9 to 5 on a medical ward. And I think, especially as you know, most people go into training unless, you know, you go down the route of being a specialty doctor or rather, pathway. Um, you know, we'll have our time, you know, on the arrest bleep or, you know, dealing with sick people in any. So it's great to have that, um, experience, but on a slightly scaled back, um, Rocha, and maybe not quite as busy, um as the trainees would have it. So I I really couldn't recommend the more highly. I thought it was absolutely fantastic and would would recommend it to anyone who is either thinking about going into internal medical training or just wants to get a bit more time in hospital medicine to see, um, if it's really especially for them. Thank you for that. Doctor Holland. There is one question in here from Michael McMahon. He's just wondering, Are there many clinical fellow jobs and is it a competitive application process? Yeah, So I think, um, Craig Gavin, I think, was the first sort of trust or hospital site, but I noticed I had a clinical fellow roll I I think there may be trying to expand it to other, um, trust and hospitals as well. Um, it was Was it competitive? I mean, I think at the moment there's 10 posts in clinical being a medical, uh, clinical fellow. And I still think there's a couple of vacancies. So I think to be completely honest, I don't think it's enormously competitive. I suppose you anything with being a clinical fellow and just to be truthful is that we would get paid by our trust. So, uh, you know, low comming is more, Um, I suppose you would earn more money as a locum. So I think a lot of people get attracted to locum life because it is better paid. But as a clinical fellow, um, I feel you got more support. It mirrors more like what a training program is. I get time after the accu I project. I work very closely with the consultants in a way that I don't think the low comms would do. And as I say, you can use a clinical fellow time to to apply to take time off a training program. If you go into I m T or whatever. Whereas you can't do that if you're low coming. Uh, and also better job security because as a locum, I suppose they can get rid of you whenever but as a you know, as a clinical fellow, I had a A a contract for a year, which I could extend as I wanted. So I'm all about the clinical fellow. Yeah, well answered. A good, comprehensive answer there. There's two questions and from Lauren Tom O. So sorry, Danielle. I'm just going to add on top of what Daniel said again, Very comprehensive, but you should keep an eye if you are hoping to take a year between your foundation and your core surgical or core medical training. A clinical fellow is, Danny said, is a great way to spend your time working on your portfolio or indeed deciding what you want to do. Those jobs will be advertised via the h s, e n i website. So if you go into the h s, e n i website and click medical and dental and there'll be jobs there and they tend to be advertised, you know, around change over time. So just keep an eye on that website Yeah, we only have two minutes left for, and I'm going to amalgamate these last two questions. And Daniel. So both from Lauren Thompson. She's just wondering, Are all clinical specialties included in clinical fellow jobs, for example, A any? And are you based in just one trust for the entire fellowship? Are you rotated around Trusts. So? So So as I am a general medical clinical fellow so I could rotate through any medical specialties. You can also be a clinical fellow in, um, A and E. Or you can be a clinical fellow in intensive care. So So I I only cover medical specialties, but there are clinical fellow roles available in other disciplines Surgical, medical, intensive care. Um, and for for the second part, the question Yes. So I'm only based in the Southern Trust. So I I suppose I rotate between Craig Aven and I'm occasionally, occasionally down at Daisy Hill as well. That is perfect. Yeah. So, um, that's brought us up to time. Daniel, thank you so much for that Really comprehensive covering the really important and, uh, career useful role as a clinical fellow as well. Um, So thank you so much for your time. Thank you Know, so thank you. Good luck, everyone. Thank you. Thanks. Bye. Yeah. Mhm.