Pyes Surgical Handicraft is a classic of medicine, the first edition published in September 1884 and the last, the 22nd edition in 1992. This book is a guide to the small skills and day-to-day tasks of a newly graduated doctor.
In Hamilton-Bailey’s preface to the 18th edition (1962) he writes
there will be found information of a practical character that the surgical dresser is expected to know but in which, in these days of crowded curriculum, he receives little or no specific instruction.
This is what I hope this blog addresses – the snippets of information that are not covered in the curriculum but can smooth and improve your path through medicine. There is much that I have pieced together, been taught or realised by bitter experience since graduating that is like this – tips that are useful day to day or make your working life easier, more productive and more rewarding and it is this I hope to provide with this blog.
I am a general practitioner and GP clinic owner at Preston Family Medical. I am a new owner – having helped opened the practice in November 2019. The path to clinic owner traveled via general practice training in rural South Australia, Alice Springs and Castlemaine Victoria. My business partner and I were thrown into clinic ownership when the corporate owner decided to close our clinic – this was a surprise to us and a demonstration that any employed or contractor position can change overnight.
I am a GPwSI – General Practitioner with Special Interest, in my case vasectomy and skin cancer work. I want to help others train, organise and provide care in their niche.
