Raising up trainees: the consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon

Empowering younger doctors is central to why consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon Usman Ahmed has become a role model to so many of his trainees.Ahmed, who is a surgeon at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, mentors people officially and unofficially, as he explains, “If people email me, I’ll help them.”This straightforward response is typical of the man who believes that medicine is a profession in which people need support, especially now. “Medicine is hard and from what we hear about equality and diversity inclusion, opportunities are often more forthcoming for some than they are for others,” he says. “It’s getting harder with the way the economy is and the costs associated with training. Students and trainees have so much debt, which impacts both their careers and their work-life balance. My peers and I were lucky that we were not as affected, so helping the next generation is about nurturing the…
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