Great news! I'm a huge Dr. Hairy fan. I only wish there were more episodes... :-)
On 14 September 2012 14:15, Edward Picot <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all - > > Dr Hairy wins an award! > > In my "ordinary life" as a Practice Manager, I and Dr David Hindmarsh > (the doctor I work for) have co-authored a book, rather boringly called > "Professional Development for Appraisal and Revalidation (The Dr Hairy > Workbook)", which was published earlier this year by Scion Publishing > ( > http://www.scionpublishing.com/shop/product_display.asp?productid=9781904842972 > ). > It includes a DVD with all the Dr Hairy videos on it, plus questions > about the videos and lots of exercises designed to help GPs with their > "reflective learning". A couple of months ago we learned that the book > had been shortlisted for the Primary Care category in this year's BMA > (British Medical Association) book awards. > > Our first reaction was that there were probably only two or three > entries in the category, so the shortlisting might not be much of an > achievement; but on further inquiry we learnt that there were actually > 23 entries, of which only three had been shortlisted. Rather flattering, > but we still thought we hadn't got a hope of winning, because the tone > of the book is very similar to the tone of the Dr Hairy videos - rude, > tongue-in-cheek, and disrespectful towards the medical establishment. > Hardly likely to find favour with a fuddy-duddy organisation like the > BMA, we thought. But the BMA are obviously less fuddy-duddy than we gave > them credit for, because last night I attended the BMA Book Awards, and > we won the Primary Care category! I almost fell off my chair when they > announced it. > > I was the only one there, too: David's on holiday in Devon, and there > was no sign of our publisher; although he must have found out about it > somehow, because his website is already carrying the news. Unfortunately > there isn't a big cash prize, but all the same I can't deny that I felt > extremely pleased with myself, and still do. Perhaps it'll lead to a big > Hollywood contract... > > - Edward Picot > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- http://isabelbrison.blogspot.com/
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