Rob RamblesContrarian takes on medicine and life in South Africa.https://robrambles.blog/Working for free is now a qualificationhttps://robrambles.blog/working-for-free/https://robrambles.blog/working-for-free/Unpaid doctors, a word with no slot for them, and a minister who says they don't exist.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe mountain is the producthttps://robrambles.blog/the-mountain-is-the-product/https://robrambles.blog/the-mountain-is-the-product/Everyone wants Cape Town. Almost nobody has done the arithmetic.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow to run quality assurance (and audits) without being hatedhttps://robrambles.blog/how-run-quality-assurance-audits/https://robrambles.blog/how-run-quality-assurance-audits/Findings aren't good or bad, and the auditor who lives in a silo never hears the truth.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTAn MO post was never supposed to be a commitment to specialisinghttps://robrambles.blog/mo-post-commitment-specialising/https://robrambles.blog/mo-post-commitment-specialising/Specialising demands total commitment before you know what the field is actually like.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTA medical degree is not a salary bandhttps://robrambles.blog/medical-degree-salary-band/https://robrambles.blog/medical-degree-salary-band/An MBChB is a licence for one lane. Step out of it and expect to be repriced.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTIs there still a job waiting for you after 6 years spent studying medicine?https://robrambles.blog/job-waiting-after-medicine/https://robrambles.blog/job-waiting-after-medicine/Internship: yes. Community service: yes. A medical officer post afterwards: probably not.Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTQuality Assurance: What I actually do all day (and why it's not what you think)https://robrambles.blog/quality-assurance-what-i-actually-do/https://robrambles.blog/quality-assurance-what-i-actually-do/Not a dusty corner and not a hermit's job. What quality assurance looks like from the inside.Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTInsider Tips to Nail Your Junior Doctor CV and Interviewshttps://robrambles.blog/nail-your-junior-doctor-cv-interviews/https://robrambles.blog/nail-your-junior-doctor-cv-interviews/Notes from a JUDASA talk on getting your CV past fifty others and surviving the panel.Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTQ&A - Rob, what else can I do with my medical degree?https://robrambles.blog/what-else-medical-degree/https://robrambles.blog/what-else-medical-degree/The question in my inbox more than any other, answered for two groups of doctors.Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTClinical to Corporate. Four lessons I've learnthttps://robrambles.blog/clinical-to-corporate/https://robrambles.blog/clinical-to-corporate/Four things a doctor learns in the first stretch of corporate life, overtime included.Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTLeaving clinical medicine behindhttps://robrambles.blog/leaving-clinical-medicine/https://robrambles.blog/leaving-clinical-medicine/Why walking away from patients isn't the loss everyone assumes it is.Tue, 06 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT