I agree! And though Dr Hairy is a medical man, I've always found his escapades also amusingly reminiscent of my experience in academia :)
Katharine On 14 Sep 2012, at 19:42, dave miller wrote: > wow - well done Edward - really well deserved - that's fantastic news. > Everyone agrees that Dr Hairy is brilliant. > And yes - more episodes please! > > dave > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
