When I first decided I wanted to be a surgeon (5th year of medical school), I realised I could not suture, because I always thought I wanted to be a paediatrician! So I had to do something about it. I went to theatre as much as possible (on reflection it was not that much), I was allowed to watch, I never was allowed to do, but I did not know any different. This continued from medical school until a year as a trust grade SHO (Junior clinical fellow). On one blessed day, it wa

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