View from ABDO: Lifelong learning is vital for the profession

At this time of year my attention is turned toward our student members, and those qualified members sitting higher qualifications, as they eagerly await their examination results.

Exams, if I cast my mind back to when I was at school, always seemed to happen on the hottest days of summer, in stuffy gym halls. Then the summer draws on and we stress about the results.

Finally results day dawns; in my day, a letter was delivered by the postman to my home address. I was at work, so a series of phone calls ensued and mum delivered the news. Today it’s quite different and one swift email or text will deliver your fate.