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Becky Fisher

@beckybeckyfish.bsky.social

General surgery registrar, future breast surgeon. ASME PhD student in #MedEd, Uni of Manchester Interest in gender equity in surgical careers #medsky

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My notes app is all just like

"Amanda from Vancouver. Likes dogs. Can't remember surname. Used to be a physiotherapist. Need to email her about my PhD methodology"
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12.06.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Instead of just looking on the conference feed, I had to try to remember what someone's first name was and then try to google their research afterwards like some sort of private detective. Absolutely bananas. Networking on social media for academia is completely essential

12.06.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I took a lil break from the twitter-type apps

Then I went to a conference a few weeks ago, and instead of connecting here in real time I had to ✨ask for a new friend's email or number✨ rather than just resume the friendship online immediately afterwards.
What in the 20th century even was that

12.06.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mat leave 2025, PhD 2026, ST3 in 2027, if full time and no hiccups then ST8 in 2033 πŸ˜…

29.11.2024 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
screenshot of the pdf of article titled 'Sixty seconds on... spelling errors' from the BMJ

screenshot of the pdf of article titled 'Sixty seconds on... spelling errors' from the BMJ

A little gem from @bmj.com- Matthew Limb interviews statisticians Adrian Barnett and @nicolewhite.bsky.social about their finding that spelling errors in publications are increasing over time.

'Pubic' health and randomised controlled 'trails' are errors I've made myself🀣. Enjoy! πŸ‘‡

18.11.2024 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

I just learnt my projected date to finish training as a general surgeon is in Jan 2033.
I started med school in 2011.

British training is LONG πŸ’€

18.11.2024 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Laptop showing a PowerPoint presentation with a slide describing the problem. Shows statistics for sexual misconduct. Must have seen sexual harassment. 63%women harassed. 30%women assaulted. Lego in the background.

Laptop showing a PowerPoint presentation with a slide describing the problem. Shows statistics for sexual misconduct. Must have seen sexual harassment. 63%women harassed. 30%women assaulted. Lego in the background.

Writing a training session about Sexual Misconduct in Surgery with Active Bystander training. My son is building Lego. He already knows my work improving the culture in surgery. We’ll get there.
The future is bright πŸ™
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16.11.2024 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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