Getting out of my comfort zone.

 And now for something completely different...

Being interviewed for TV is much harder than writing, lecturing with notes, attending case conference with barrister, conference between experts and giving evidence in court.

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.

The BBC piece can be found here...