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Dr Burnt’s consultation

Muhammad A Khattak
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (6): . || doi: 10.5694/mja12.11609
Published online: 1 April 2013

A day in the life of an oncology registrar

It’s Monday morning and I arrive at the oncology outpatients department to do a clinic with my consultant. It’s overbooked — yet again. The reminder alarm on my smartphone starts beeping. The alert flashes that I have to submit my oncology advanced training paperwork today and try to get hold of my supervisor to sign it off, and that I’m doing a journal club presentation tomorrow.


  • Department of Medical Oncology, Royal Marsden NHS Trust, London, UK.


Correspondence: adnanktk@hotmail.co.uk

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