About Rory
Dear reader,
Welcome to UKdoctoronFIRE, my blog primarily documenting career advice for physicians, MRCP guidance and my financial journey towards passive income. Apart from medicine and clinical research, I also enjoy weight lifting, investing and snooker. I feel that it is important to look after yourself before you can look after others. My most recent book UK Doctor Finance Guide details how I accumulated £300,000+ in liquid assets from a combination of saving and investing.
After blogging about MRCP for a while, I was eventually encouraged to write and publish guides by my readers so you may wish to get your own PDF copies of the popular MRCP Parts I and II Written Guide 2020, or the very useful MRCP PACES Guide I personally crafted.
I also recently published a guide for anyone who may be keen to know what the clinical life as a medical registrar is like, or what important considerations and asjustments you may wish to make when transitioning from an internal medicine trainee (IMT) to the med reg on call. You can get a PDF copy of this from here -> How to be a Proficient UK Medical Registrar in 2020.
I attribute a reasonable number of good life choices from reading and listening to (audio)books when I was younger and would encourage anyone to do the same. For example, for finance I would duly recommend Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki and The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley which are both classical and very readable texts. These were great initial prompts for kick starting what became my quarterly passive income reports (QPIR) back in 2016 and hopefully will inspire you too. Alternatively, for developing the discipline and motivation to continue advancing in any endeavor you choose, you may wish to start with Grit by Angela Ducksworth, The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson or So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport.
The good news is that you can get one of these books for free in audiobook format (or two free audiobooks if you’re a prime member). The advantage of listening instead of reading of course is that you can still learn from these great people whilst doing chores, commuting to work or showering.
good luck and stay inspired!
Rory
Dr Rory Chan is a Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Respiratory Physician currently working in Dundee. He attained MRCP(UK) in July 2015, the respiratory SCE (consultant exit exam) in Oct 2018 and a PhD in severe asthma in Jan 2023. He has 30+ first-author (80+ total) peer reviewed publications in various high impact factor journals and is an Early Career Editor at CHEST.
1,888 thoughts on “About Rory”