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Hello everyone,

I’m a physician with 12 years of experience, of which I worked as a Clinical Specialist for 1 year. I recently moved to the UK and all of my work experience is in India. I meet the basic requirements of the job as well, having a right to work and a full UK driving license. I have tailored my CV to Clinical Specialist roles (mostly surgical), yet haven’t found much success. Can anyone guide me on how to navigate the UK job market? I have clinical, product support and sales, medical education experience and I have made sure these get highlighted in my CV. It baffles me how my experience isn’t even getting me shortlisted.

I’d be grateful for inputs/ insight from people with knowledge on this matter.

Regards

Hello everyone,

I’m a physician with 12 years of experience, of which I worked as a Clinical Specialist for 1 year. I recently moved to the UK and all of my work experience is in India. I meet the basic requirements of the job as well, having a right to work and a full UK driving license. I have tailored my CV to Clinical Specialist roles (mostly surgical), yet haven’t found much success. Can anyone guide me on how to navigate the UK job market? I have clinical, product support and sales, medical education experience and I have made sure these get highlighted in my CV. It baffles me how my experience isn’t even getting me shortlisted.

I’d be grateful for inputs/ insight from people with knowledge on this matter.

Regards

We’re a 35-year-old couple preparing for our first IVF after 3 failed IUIs.

Wife: BMI 29, hypothyroidism controlled on medication, normal TSH, AMH 0.34, AFC - 2-5 Right Ovary, Left Ovary - 5x5 cms simple cyst.

Husband: BMI ~36, no other health issues, semen analysis completely normal.
We’re confused between two clinics:

Clinic 1: Very experienced, well-known/pioneer IVF specialist with a strong reputation. About 2× the cost and requires travelling to another city. Suggested estradiol 2 mg from around day 16 for priming, then IVF + ICSI. Microfluidics may be used depending on the situation.

Clinic 2: Less experienced but reputed and convenient (in our home city), and much more affordable. Suggested progesterone 10 mg from day 16–26, then IVF + ICSI + microfluidics.

Both seem to have good labs and use EmbryoGlue, with the usual monitoring, stimulation, trigger, egg retrieval and embryo culture.

Our main question is: How much does the individual doctor’s experience matter in IVF beyond choosing the stimulation/priming protocol? How important are their decisions during stimulation, scans, trigger timing, egg retrieval, etc., compared with the embryology lab?

Also, can we simply ask Clinic 2 to use the same estradiol priming protocol as Clinic 1, or is it not that straightforward?

Would you personally pay 2× for the more experienced doctor, or choose the more affordable/convenient clinic if the lab is good?

Would really appreciate advice from people who have been through IVF, especially if you’ve had experience choosing between clinics.

Looking for any ADHD person preparing for medical postgraduate/ licensing exams (NEET PG/ PLAB) to help each other navigate the preparation and consistency challenges. Interested people please DM.