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SAS Week 2023 - Dr Zoe Robertson

I have been a specialty doctor in anaesthetics for the past 2 years in the trust. Prior to this permanent trust employed role, I had completed the first stage of anaesthetic formal training within the North East region and then was an anaesthetic teaching fellow to the Newcastle medical students at Northumbria.

I am also the SAS tutor for the trust. This leadership role mainly involves organising professional development and educational events for the 40-plus SAS doctors and dentists within the trust throughout the year. Every trust has a SAS tutor along with SAS LNC representatives and the new role of SAS advocate. These 3 leadership roles work in collaboration to allow SAS doctors and dentists to have support, advice, career development and progression within the trust. I also am on the SAS committee of anaesthetists at the Royal College of Anaesthesia.

Being a SAS anaesthetist allows me to progress clinically within anaesthetics along with pursuing my interests in postgraduate education and well-being.