And now for something completely different...
What have I learned?
Prone to imposter syndrome which threatens to strangle me
even on a good day, I learned that there is no limit to the deviousness of my
brain. Since the interview it has rewritten the interview over and over again so now I am slightly alarmed about the prospect of watching it.
I was approached to give the interview after giving evidence
in a case last year, the producer read the judgement and contacted me. I spent a lot of time deciding if I wanted to
take the step of being interviewed but in the end I decided to do it. The ethos of the programme at City is to turn
out sonographers who are not only clinically competent but who are confident
and politely bolshy enough to stand up for the profession and patients at local
and national level. I had to practice
what I preach!
And bloody terrifying it was too.
But probably not as terrifying as if I had not had expert
witness training and experience. I discovered
that the skills are similar. Stay in
your circle and don’t talk about stuff you are not there to talk about or stuff
outside your scope. I just hope I managed
it, I was surprised at the length of time it took, the same question filmed
from different angles. It was surprisingly tiring and with social distancing
and cold as it was filmed in my back garden, a space best described as a work
in progress.
No idea yet when it goes out, will be interesting to see
(from behind the sofa or between my fingers) how it turns out.
