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About MedQuest
The MedQuest Daily Challenge
The MedQuest Daily Challenge
The MedQuest Daily Challenge
🎮 Play a daily clinical Wordle-style challenge
🧠 Receive a concise Clinical Pearl alongside links to resources on the topic area
🌍 Explore other specialty challenges (great way to keep up-to-date with general medical knowledge)
🔥 Build a personal daily streak + invite colleagues to challenge you!
📈 Track learning and success over time
Learning should be fun so we've turned clinical learning into something to enjoy everyday.
The MedQuest Community
The MedQuest Daily Challenge
The MedQuest Daily Challenge
👐 Our secure, verified community has been built specifically for resident doctors in the UK
🤝 A place to connect with others who understand your experiences, find practical support, access opportunities, share knowledge and build meaningful relationships
💡Our Members Directory, Specialty Forums and Peer Support options are the perfect opportunities to make friendships and access the supports that work for you.
The result is a community that supports the whole doctor — not just the clinician.
The MedQuest Wellbeing Pledge
The MedQuest Daily Challenge
The MedQuest Wellbeing Pledge
Access to a variety of wellbeing supports designed specifically to support resident doctors in the UK.
💚 Wellbeing events
💙 Practical supports
💛 Peer Support Huddles
💜 Anonymous peer support channel
💗 Formal peer mentorship
💫 Clear routes to appropriate professional support
We believe that supporting your wellbeing isn’t an optional extra — it’s essential.
My Story
I was a Specialist Registrar in Academic Public Health when, back in 2010, I made the difficult decision to give up my training number and step into the world of research and teaching. At the time, I had three young children, we had just moved back to the UK from Canada, had relocated within the UK (again!), and I had the prospect of a
I was a Specialist Registrar in Academic Public Health when, back in 2010, I made the difficult decision to give up my training number and step into the world of research and teaching. At the time, I had three young children, we had just moved back to the UK from Canada, had relocated within the UK (again!), and I had the prospect of a 3-4 hour daily round trip to work. I truly couldn’t see how I could complete my training whilst also being a mum. I felt completely lost in the system.
After several years in academia, I then decided to leave medicine altogether — or so I thought. I went on to do a neuroscience-informed life coaching diploma (best decision ever!) and spent several years working with wellbeing start-ups in the business world. I learned a huge amount about wellbeing, technology, innovation and, most importantly, what happens when people don't feel heard or supported.
For years, I genuinely believed I would never return to medicine. It wasn't even on my radar. Until one meeting changed everything.
I was working for a brilliant company that had developed an innovative app to help employees raise concerns and challenges within their workplace. We were meeting with a medical directorate team responsible for implementing the app within their NHS Trust. Sitting in that meeting, I had this overwhelming feeling that I was on the wrong side of the table. It was a very visceral realisation that I needed to go back to what I knew best....being a medic.
What happened next still doesn't feel real. But one thing that was very real was the unwavering support I received along the way. People believed in me when I wasn't sure I believed in myself. They encouraged me, opened doors and reminded me that it was never too late to come back.
And in April 2024, I secured a LAS psychiatry post....and I haven't looked back! The NHS has changed enormously since I left. In many ways, the pressures are greater than ever. Systems can feel inefficient and frustrating, resources are stretched, and doctors and other healthcare professionals are working incredibly hard under immense pressure.
But returning has given me a perspective I didn't have before. I know what it feels like to love medicine but feel that you can't make it work. I know what it feels like to step away from a career you have invested years in. I know what it feels like to feel lost in the system.
And I also know how transformative it can be when someone reaches out, listens, believes in you and reminds you that you don't have to navigate it all alone. That's what has stayed with me. Because if I felt alone and disconnected all those years ago, I know there will be junior doctors feeling exactly the same today. And I don't want that to be the experience of the next generation of doctors.
I want doctors to have somewhere they can find their people. Somewhere they can ask a question without fear of judgement. Somewhere they can share the highs, the lows, the uncertainty and the crazy moments that only another doctor would understand. Somewhere they can make friends, find support, discover opportunities, learn from one another and simply feel that they belong.
Medicine can be incredibly rewarding. But no junior doctor should have to navigate it alone. I hope MedCircle makes sure of that!
Zoe