The Trainee Steering Group (TSG) was founded on 26 January 2012 – over seven years ago, which sounds like an awfully long time. These days, I struggle to remember what I had for breakfast, yet I do still remember walking down Waterloo Road, on my way to the very first meeting. I felt apprehensive; uncertain of what to expect. I recall talking to Anna Moore, the first FMLM clinical fellow, and Peter Lees. I remember the optimism that was generated from the meeting of minds that had just taken place.
Imagine that there is a restaurant you walk past every day on the way back home from work. Something about it piques your interest – the weekend is coming up, and you have friends from out of town visiting. You wonder if the restaurant would be a good place to bring them, so you decide to have a quick chat with the host, who stands at the front. How would you want that host to behave?
I have been a member of the FMLM Trainee Steering Group since its inception in 2012, in the role of recruitment and engagement lead, and the past year has been a challenging, fascinating, and rewarding one for me.