2025: The year when I beat Procrastination

As we step into 2025, I’m ready to make this the year of growth, discipline, and achievement. Here are my resolutions for the year ahead:

1. Academic Qualifications:
  • MRCP Part 1
  • MRCP Part 2
  • Continue MSc

2. Courses:
  • IMPACT
  • US Course- ?FAMOUS/FUSIC
  • Echo Course

3. Conferences:
  • Present in UKKW
  • Present in Med+ 24
  • Speaker in BD Doc Conference

4. Publication
  • Systematic Review (Ongoing)
  • Case Report (Cardio 2x, Renal 1x)
  • Review Paper (comparing Internal Medicine Training in UK and BD)
  • Declined Kidney Offers (Done my part)
  • Long COVID (Done My part)

5. Projects
  • TAVI readmission and frailty
  • Lupus Nephritis Management
  • ?New Project on BP variability with Dr. AK
  • ?Systematic Review (Plan something new after MRCP 2)

6. Leadership
  • Peer Teaching (BMJ)
  • FY1 teaching (BMJ)
  • FY2 teaching (BMJ)
  • Liase with Library (BMJ)
  • Once a month LinkedIN posts

7. Teaching
  • Teach in 2 ILS courses (from Feb)
  • Teach at ALERT Course- (will contact from Feb)
  • Spend 4 hours each months on 1:1 mentorship

8. Personal
  • Exercise once a week from Feb

9. Habits
  • Attend Every class of MSc
  • Make Notes of every teaching and Recap

10. Skills
  • CT Chest
  • CT Abdomen: Attend Abdominal CT Essentials Course
  • USS: Attend US Course

11. Hobby
  • 10 New Blog Posts
    • Reflection on Geriatric Rotation (End of January)
    • Comparison of Postgraduate Medical Training on Bangladesh and the UK
    • How to prepare portfolio for IMT
    • Diving deep into the NHS: How a CKD patient is looked after
    • What is appraisal and how to prepare for your first appraisal
    • Amazing apps that you should use
    • Use BMJ Best Practice
    • Why do you need to wait when you go to see a doctor in the UK: Part 2
    • New in the NHS: Things to do
    • How to write a ward round Note
    • Prep Before your on-call shift
  • Videos (yet to finalize plan):
    • How to prepare portfolio for IMT
    • JRCPTB Portfolio maintainence
    • Video on L2P (Appraisal)
    • Demo of BMJ Best Practice
  • 3 Books:
    • Parenting (need to decide the name of the book after Jan)
    • Deep Work
    • Outliers
    • Eat That Frog
  • Start working on my own book
    • Plan
    • Write a table of content
    • Write 1 chapter
    • Plan re publishing

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  • Pharmacology Flashcards

12. Personal
  • Inspire 2 new Doctors: maybe a gift for his achievement
  • At least 30 hours of focused studying every month, regardless of exams

13. Catch up from 2024:
  • Systematic Review Course Cochrane
  • Meta Analysis course (MAA)
  • Introductory Medical Statistics Course

Faisal Abdullah
London W12 0UD

Have a look at my last years resolution!

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