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mhm. And this is this is Tim. Tim is one of our medical students. He helps us out a lot. Hi, everyone. What the pediatrics world here. We've got Doctor Rafferty no relation to my own, But I wish I was. She's Nestea five, Doctor in pediatrics. And we also got Emmert McCrory on R S t seven doctors down in pediatrics. And Greg Gavin thank you to your book to you both for helping us today. I'm gonna leave the floor to you. Great. So, guys, nice to see you. All this is a really peculiar like situation, cause I can't actually see who's there, but hello. Um, I am MRI s t seven. As Sonia mentioned in Pediatrics. I'm currently working in Craigavon in General Pedes, just to give you a kind of quick snapshot of my career to date. I graduate in 2011 and did my foundation and went straight directly into pediatric specialty training, which is probably kind of, um, the rarity now and with with post foundation. So I did kind of the usual pediatric jobs, and along the way, I have had two maternity leaves and I've also had 18 months as a clinical leadership fellow with with Nimda. So across my kind of time of pediatrics, I've done several different jobs. So I have done general pediatrics in, um, district generals, including kind of in the Southern Trust, the Northern trust in the Western Trust. Um, I have done, um, two stents in neonatal intensive care and a tertiary center in Belfast. I've also worked in pediatric intensive care and the emergency department in Six Children's Hospital in Belfast. So I've got kind of a wide range of pediatric experience over the years. Yeah. I'm Sarah. I'm ST five, in Pediatrics as well. Um, I graduated in 2014 and did I went to UNI down in the Republic of Ireland. So did the one year internship and then went to Australia for three years and did a bit of pediatrics over there, um, and then came back enjoying training. So I just went straight from ST One ST five, which I'm currently and now with no gaps. But I'm planning on doing a fellowship potentially next year. Um, a similar to emer. I've worked through neonatal unit General Pediatrics across most of the health trusts in Northern Ireland. at this point. And emergency pediatrics, Um, and also the pediatric intensive care unit. Um, so we both kind of worked in most of the department at this this point, which is really, really good. So I suppose so. Let me move all night. Can talk about the best and worst pits of our job and essentially, like we only two. I want to tell you the good things because that's what everyone wants to hear. And we all want to think our specialty is the best with no negative things. So I think probably first things first. Like pediatrics genuinely is such a fun specialty because working with Children, by its very nature is fun. Nowhere else do you kind of have all these like colored lanyards badges hanging off you. You don't get to where you're kind of tinsel around your head for for Christmas and geriatrics. I'm sure you don't have the same kind of, um, interactions with patient's. I imagine you don't give out stickers and other specialties. We have lots of fun blowing bubbles. We're all great at our see babies and our, um, cartoon characters and actually being with Children and kind of working with them and their families is great crack. So we get Children saying the most inappropriate thing. Sometimes you get them. You know, I've been told like my face looks funny and actually, that's completely fine when I when a three year old does it, It's probably not so good when a 40 year old says it to you, But, um, that's the benefits of pediatrics and following on from that, I suppose, generally as a specialty and within a team. We're good fun with each other. So we have really good colleagues, colleagues that actually have a bit of crack. I think if you came and spend some time on a pediatric ward, you'll kind of see that we're pretty much kind of laughing and joking and generally optimistic. Quite upbeat, Um, as a as a specialty. There is the odd exception, but we'll pretend there isn't. Yeah, definitely. I completely agree with them over there. And, um, just to kind of move on from, um, one of the best aspects of pediatrics. We agree both that the variety is unbelievable. You know, you're looking after babies from essentially their first minute minute of life. You go two deliveries you get to, You know, unfortunately, have to sometimes resuscitate babies, but you get to be there at their birth, and then you follow the whole way through to 16, so you can imagine the range of illnesses and disease processes and social concerns. Things like that is, is vast. Um, so it's really interesting, like there's never there's no same day twice. Essentially, you never know what's coming in the door, and it's always usually something interesting and something that you can really, really make an impact with. And, uh, to go along to the kind of wide variety we get to, as you know, go through neonatal intensive care and older Children. Intensive care. And both of those come with huge responsibility and also a lot of fun. So and we get to do loads of fun procedures, which we both really enjoy. You know, we we learn how to intubate patient's, which other specialties don't always get to do unless you do an anesthetic. So we learn how to intubate newborns and sometimes the older Children. When you get to go through intensive care and you get to put in jest rains, you get to put in pic lines. Um, umbilical lines give, you know, medicines into the ET tube. It's all really, really interesting stuff and stuff that really makes a difference, actually, and you feel you feel a million dollars after you get a, you know, successful procedure for the first time. So, um, there's all the little kind of perks that way, too. Um, I suppose that that sounds really bit. It's like, really cheesy and a bit kind of philosophical. But actually, for me, that one of the kind of best things about pediatrics, you do generally get that holistic approach. So, yes, in kind of adult world, you have some of that. But we look after every single aspect of these kids. We look after their physical well being. We look after their mental well being, and we very much have a lot of emphasis on the psycho social element of things. So we have developmental pediatrics, community pediatrics, and we work closely with our colleagues across all the different specialties. So I think we're really well placed to kind of taking all this into account to change, like again sounds so cheesy. But to change the population as a whole. No other specialty. Can you say that the interventions we make in these Children's lives can change their lives? But also, I suppose, change the health of our population. Can I be? Can I be really cheeky? Can I be real cheeky and jump in with a couple of questions? I just want to make sure we get through. So first of all, it's kind of a two part question. Is there any 9 to 5 option in pediatrics And how are you? Both you both at the latter end of train. And how have you found the work? Life balance and training in about a minute, if you can. Um, so I suppose I, um, full time pediatric trainee and have been from from the very start, I have two kids. Um, and I am doing, uh, like masters at the minute, and it's fine, like, yes, you've got a busy road to, but it's no busy other specialties. And I suppose it is what you make it. There are those options to work less than full time. Pediatrics is very much about. I mean, we're predominantly female dominated specialty, but we do have lots of lots of boys, too. and we try to accommodate and training. And now we're in the position. We don't have to give any reasons for working less than full time. It's just, you know, if you want it, you can apply for it. I'm supposed to go on to that from that. Yes, the When you're training, it's the same as other specialties. The work, you know, the work, life balance. But however, as a consultant, you probably are a little bit busier than maybe other specialties. You're definitely in the hospital more than potentially some other specialties. However, at the same time, that is still quite and And, you know, some consultants really enjoy that. Most of them really enjoy that because they're keeping up their clinical skills, and they really enjoy the acute part of it, too. So and and then, yes, but the 95 there is 9 to 5 options. And in pediatrics, definitely. It's just another week question there from Jenny as well. Um, gang, do you need to have done F two in pediatrics to go into specialty training? I did. Could you, uh I Well, I know. So I didn't even do f one f two so No, you definitely don't need to have done it, but a lot of people will have done it. And then that's how they found out they loved it. However, if you know you liked it and you never got a chance to do it, you absolutely did not. It's not essential criteria. Um, what I did, I suppose I tried it out in Australia. So, um, new elected from that point of view, and probably that did help slightly with the interview process. However, it's absolutely not essential. Um, so no, that's the answer. That's brilliant. That's brilliant. Anything else you'd like to say before we close the bricker? How much time do we have? About 30 seconds. Uh, we want to wear the bad things. People always say, Like, what's the worst thing of pediatrics? You see, Children, you know, um, in in their worst time. But actually, when kids get sick, they get better. Really quickly. You make really positive interventions in their lives. And I like I genuinely I'm really cheap. But I love my job. Yeah, so do I. And you can you can really can really make a difference, you know? And I know it sounds dramatic, but, like, if you're able to, you know, be good at the procedures. You're really help. Enough family, maybe not. Go through, you know, 15 cannulas if you're able to get it the first time. And you do get a lot of positive feedback from families just for how comfortable you made them feel and how you reassure them that their child will get better, which is most of our job is. Yes, your child will get better. Obviously, there's the element of things that you know. Some sad cases, too. But most of the topic a little on the high note, folks. Thank you both very much. A whistle stop tour, pediatrics. And for the audience, the next session is two o'clock GP and intensive care. Join all now. Thank you very much, Steve. Oh, thanks.