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Dec 2019
23m 26s

A Career in Pre-hospital Care and Emerge...

Geeky Medics
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In this episode, we chat with Dr Simon Laing, an Emergency Medicine and Pre-hospital Care Consultant. We discuss his personal career journey, including the reality of the day to day job and the development of The Resus Room podcast. Dr Laing also offers advice to medical students and junior doctors interested in a career in Emergency Medicine and Pre-hospital Care.

Check out The Resus Room podcast here: https://theresusroom.co.uk/ (it's EXCELLENT)
Follow Dr Simon Laing on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/laing_simon

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