The Story behind Scrubbed In...
Dr Abdul and Dr Amz
We like to think we are the Krept and Konan of Medicine with Scrubbed In being the icing on the cake for us. To find out how it really began I need to go all the way back to 2011.
Fresh faced and straight out of college I entered King’s College London for the first time to study Medicine. It just happened that the first guy I sat down next to was Amz, little did I know it would be the start of so many amazing things to come. Born and brought in the council estates of London we quickly found common ground. Yet he was the sharper one of the two from the very beginning. Dressed in the finest cotton known to man you wouldn’t have known otherwise. In contrast, I turned up wearing a tracksuit in a room full of future doctors. To be honest, not much has changed 9 years later.
Fast-forward a few years, struggling to keep up with Amz’s academic prowess we eventually entered clinical years as clinical partners. Clinical years were amazing for us both as we finally got a glimpse of what it meant to be a doctor cementing our love for medicine. We were living out for the first time in Margate with some of our closest friends with every night being crazier than the previous. It’s fair to say not a single textbook was opened throughout those 3 months away from home. Not to mention the countless number of complaints we received for noise.
The following years were some of the hardest but perhaps the most memorable. Side by side we assisted in theatres, published our research, travelled the world, started a business and finally graduated together.
I still remember holding up the graduating queue so we could ‘spud’ each other in the middle of the ceremony because for us things were about to change for the better.
However I didn’t do as well in my SJT so had to move away to Coventry for foundation training. It’s fair to say I had a lot of time to reflect and think about my journey. That’s where Scrubbed In was born after a late night phone call to Amz whilst he was on holiday with his wife. We realised we had such an amazing journey so far and what a shame it would have been if we didn’t share it with other people who also had a similar background to us.
The goal was simple, to share our story as a source of motivation and inspiration for others like us.
Since then it has grown immensely thanks to all your support. We are now fortunate enough to invite guests on a weekly basis who share their own story for our listeners. To date, our guests have included consultant surgeons, entrepreneurs and best selling authors.
Although we aren’t experts we love sharing productivity and lifestyle tips. As Scrubbed In has grown we have had the honour of meeting so many amazing individuals and hope to meet so many more.
You may be wondering why a newsletter?
Well, the purpose of this newsletter is to give you a summary of the highlights from our weekly podcast so everyone can benefit. We hope to convey all the gems delivered by our amazing guests. It’s also a chance for you to stay tuned to our story as it unfolds.
Stay tuned! We have so many amazing things to share with you all.
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