Junior Doctors: Life on the Wards (2023)

September. 13,2023

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Junior Doctors: Life on the Wards

First year junior doctors embark on their careers at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, one of Europe's biggest teaching hospitals. A year of emotional lows and extraordinary highs awaits.

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Junior Doctors: Life on the Wards

2023

First year junior doctors embark on their careers at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, one of Europe's biggest teaching hospitals. A year of emotional lows and extraordinary highs awaits.

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 2023

3 Episode

Episode 1 - Episode 1

September. 13,2023

It's a gruelling life being a junior doctor in NHS Scotland after the Covid pandemic. With a shortage of doctors, and waiting lists for life-saving operations at an all-time high, we focus on six First Year Junior Doctors (FY1s) embarking on their medical careers at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

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Episode 2 - Episode 2

September. 20,2023

In at the deep end, first time junior doctors start work on the hospital front line. Tobias is left to man the ward as the surgical team work to save 11-year-old Tyler's arm.

Episode 3 - Episode 3

September. 27,2023

Bilal gets hands on experience of intricate pre-op examinations on patients ahead of major brain surgery and attends theatre to observe life-changing surgeries. Sarah has worked across a number of departments, and is likely to become a GP. She strikes a life work balance by running with a group of friends into the icy North Sea once a week. Callum's dedication to his burgeoning medical career is matched by his passion for musical theatre. When he's not assisting with life-saving operations in the hospital's theatres, he is treading the boards, entertaining Aberdeen's theatre goers.

First year junior doctors embark on their careers at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, one of Europe's biggest teaching hospitals. A year of emotional lows and extraordinary highs awaits.