A short conversational transcript from the YouTube video "Don't Let Failure Hold You Back!" in which Ndubuisi 'Andy' Egwim and another speaker discuss failing MRCP Part 1 multiple times, the high cost and competitiveness of the exam, and mentorship advice from an acute medicine consultant encouraging practical clinical experience ('real medicine').
I wrote MrCP part 1 three times. I failed at all of it.
It is, it is not an easy exam and.
It'S an expensive exam. It's not cheap. I think I took it for granted. I just thought, oh, I could lie in my bed and just read and.
It'S very competitive and I didn't eventually get to basis because by the time I got into my training I was thinking oh yeah, I'm going to do bases. And then. But my consultant this is what we talk about gatekeeping as well and professional journalist to farm well he advised me was an acute medicine consultant very brilliant guy. He always arrive on the world and say hi Andy, what's going on? Come, let's do some real medicine.
Like real medicine.
I always had to stay sharp so we able to look at the patients and discuss the cases. He said to me that at the end of the day it's all about fulfillment and I sent him a garden GP training offer says it's all about fulfillment because once you cct you get your ilr.