Oldest SHO and Youngest Consultant you have came across.

MLH1

Oldest SHO and Youngest Consultant you have came across.

Traumadoc

Mid 40s and 31.

spagboll

ive heard of a guy who is appoaching 60 and in medical school

sam34

spagboll wrote: »

ive heard of a guy who is appoaching 60 and in medical school

I took up my consultant post a few weeks after my 31 st birthday.

RobFowl

sam34 wrote: »

I took up my consultant post a few weeks after my 31 st birthday.

Well done thats as young as I've seen. The youngest in my class to get a consultants post was 31 as well. Most didn't til their late 30's and AFAIK as many again (from my year) are still waiting.

The oldest SHO I've seen was late 40's.

Vorsprung

I work with an ED consultant who is 29.

Bella mamma

SHO late 50s/early 60s, Consultant 30

Dr Galen

sam34 wrote: »

I took up my consultant post a few weeks after my 31 st birthday.

show off.....

Traumadoc

They doubled training time in psychiatry then?:D

sam34

Dr Galen wrote: »

show off.....

you're just jealous

sam34

Traumadoc wrote: »

They doubled training time in psychiatry then?:D

see, i was so outstandingly brilliant all throughout my career that they just offered me a post, anywhere i wanted in the country. with a fully resourced team and loads of in-patient beds.didnt have to interview or nothin'. :pac:

UndercoverSpy

MLH1 wrote: »

Oldest SHO and Youngest Consultant you have came across.

Why would you be interested in this info?

There are people of all ages in all courses in all colleges. Don't get it

opinion guy

I remember this one SHO years ago. Only a teenager he was.....American accent....his name was Dave...or Doug...or Douggie or something like that....

Traumadoc

How's ......? .....er?

Dr Galen

sam34 wrote: »

you're just jealous

If i was a real doctor then maybe, but seeing as I'm actually a nurse, and my username relates to an ancient Greek and monkey I'm sure I'll survive

I did say congrats though at the time

sam34

Dr Galen wrote: »

If i was a real doctor then maybe, but seeing as I'm actually a nurse, and my username relates to an ancient Greek and monkey I'm sure I'll survive

I did say congrats though at the time

i know you're a nurse, i was only messing in my post.

and you did say congrats, i remember that.

kelle

A consultant in the hospital where I work got her post at the age of 29.

I can't answer the question about oldest SHOs, I don't tend to ask them their ages!

sam34 wrote: »

I took up my consultant post a few weeks after my 31 st birthday.

Well done, Sam!

Dr Galen

sam34 wrote: »

i know you're a nurse, i was only messing in my post.

and you did say congrats, i remember that.

Hold on a minute. I shouldn't be slagging you. Your one of those minted consultants now! I'd be quite happy to be a kept man ya know Ms Sam34.....

On a more serious note, would being a young consultant a difficult thing? Being younger than your peers in any job can be difficult, would it be any more or less difficult do you think in medicine?

opinion guy

Sam since you are a consultant so young won't you get bored!?!? you no longer have years of slaving to do before consultancy. Won't playing golf becoming boring much too soon ?

sam34

Dr Galen wrote: »

Hold on a minute. I shouldn't be slagging you. Your one of those minted consultants now! I'd be quite happy to be a kept man ya know Ms Sam34.....

you should be so lucky.

oh, and it's Dr Sam34 to you, sonny :pac:

Dr Galen wrote: »

On a more serious note, would being a young consultant a difficult thing? Being younger than your peers in any job can be difficult, would it be any more or less difficult do you think in medicine?

i havent found it to be an issue with my psych colleagues, be they other consultants, nursing staff or psychologists etc.

what i have noticed is some condescending attitudes from medical/surgical consultants, the ones that have an issue with psych anyway and then they see me rock up... i happen to look a few years younger than i actually am, so it raises a few eyebrows. likewise, ive had the odd GP say "i've been a GP for 20 years, you've only been a consultant a few months..."

my attitude to that is that my age isnt an issue, ive proven myself in my training, my CV and my interview and now i'm proving myself in the service i provide. that speaks for itself.

i get it from some patients too, "you're too young to be a consultant"... i usually laugh it off by saying that im not as young as i look, or thanks for the compliment.

opinion guy

sam34 wrote: »

you should be so lucky.

oh, and it's Dr Sam34 to you, sonny :pac:




i havent found it to be an issue with my psych colleagues, be they other consultants, nursing staff or psychologists etc.

what i have noticed is some condescending attitudes from medical/surgical consultants, the ones that have an issue with psych anyway and then they see me rock up... i happen to look a few years younger than i actually am, so it raises a few eyebrows. likewise, ive had the odd GP say "i've been a GP for 20 years, you've only been a consultant a few months..."

my attitude to that is that my age isnt an issue, ive proven myself in my training, my CV and my interview and now i'm proving myself in the service i provide. that speaks for itself.

i get it from some patients too, "you're too young to be a consultant"... i usually laugh it off by saying that im not as young as i look, or thanks for the compliment.

Good for you! i like your attitude of "my work speaks for itself". When you are good, you are good. F**k the begrudgers.

Dr Galen

Thats good to hear Sam. I think you are right about the snobbery were psych is concerned. I've seen that in nursing too.

I wonder would the same positive attitudes exist in medical or surgical though? Youngest surgical consultant I knew of was about 34 or 35. Never seemed to have any bother, that was in ortho thoughthry always tend to pretty sound.