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Junior Doctors On The Front Line
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Sofia feels the pressure when she is first port of call for over 150 patients on her first surgical on call night shift, and Zohaib is not keen on performing his first rectal exam.

Six junior doctors, all in their twenties, are beginning their new placements at Salford Royal hospital. They face tough lessons pushing them to their limits as they confront the pressures and demands of winter in the NHS and the realities of being a junior doctor.

Twenty-five-year-old Zohaib chose to follow his father into medicine. He describes himself as extremely competitive and got into medicine hoping to 鈥渟ave lives like a superhero.鈥� Zohaib鈥檚 training begins on the Geriatrics Ward and under the watchful eye of consultant Arturo, he looks forward to learning about the unique challenges of caring for elderly patients.

With the Geriatrics Ward often at full capacity in the winter, many jobs are passed to the junior doctors, and Zohaib is asked to do his first rectal examination and enema.

Twenty-four-year-old Sofia left her home in the Falkland Islands to study medicine in the UK. Recently qualified, she is beginning her hospital training on the Colorectal Ward, meaning a lot of time is spent discussing patients鈥� bowels.

Whilst examining a patient who has had bowel surgery, Sofia鈥檚 colorectal knowledge is put to the test by Registrar Rebecca. Being tested is a vital part of every junior doctor鈥檚 learning but getting the answers right doesn鈥檛 always come easy. Meanwhile, 25-year-old James, a long-stay patient on Sofia鈥檚 ward, is currently being fed though a drip as he waits for major bowel surgery. Sofia has the difficult task of accompanying her consultant to deliver some bad news.

Changing shift patterns are one of the many things junior doctors must get used to and on a busy Friday night in Salford, Sofia is facing her first night shift, where she is the first port of call for over 100 patients across six wards.

With resources tighter and pressures higher than ever, working in a hospital is no mean feat. Our junior doctors are thrown in at the deep end as they take their training to the next level to find out if they have what it takes to be our doctors of tomorrow.

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  • 00:00

    Dua Lipa

    Hotter Than Hell

  • 00:01

    John Newman

    Love Me Again

  • 00:07

    Jess Glynne

    Don't Be So Hard On Yourself

  • 00:10

    Bastille

    Flaws

  • 00:10

    Bad Sounds

    Banger

  • 00:14

    Clean Bandit

    Real Love (feat. Jess Glynne)

  • 00:16

    Josef Salvat

    The Days

  • 00:18

    Jamie Woon

    Lady Luck

  • 00:19

    London Grammar

    Hey Now

  • 00:22

    Ellie Goulding

    Anything Could Happen

  • 00:25

    Gabrielle Aplin

    Please Don't Say You Love Me

  • 00:26

    Chvrches, Virgin Emi

    Get Out

  • 00:29

    Example

    Kickstarts

  • 00:30

    London Grammar

    Strong

  • 00:32

    Disciples

    On My Mind

  • 00:35

    They Might Be Giants

    Man, It's So Loud In Here

  • 00:38

    CHVRCHES

    Clearest Blue

  • 00:43

    Foals

    My Number

  • 00:44

    Ellie Goulding

    Lights

  • 00:45

    Ed Sheeran & Rudimental

    Bloodstream

  • 00:48

    Shura

    Make It Up

  • 00:50

    Ed Sheeran

    Hearts Don't Break Around Here

  • 00:49

    Benjamin Francis Leftwich

    Shine

  • 00:50

    Jamie T

    Power Over Men

  • 00:53

    Years & Years

    Eyes Shut

  • 00:55

    James Morrison

    You Make It Real

  • 00:56

    Ella Henderson

    Lay Down

  • 00:58

    Icarus

    King Kong

Broadcasts

  • Tue 24 Sep 2019 22:50
    大象传媒 One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & 1 more
  • Tue 24 Sep 2019 23:00
    大象传媒 One Wales HD & Wales only
  • Tue 24 Sep 2019 23:50
    大象传媒 One Northern Ireland HD, Northern Ireland, Scotland HD & Scotland only

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