Caroline Moore - The professor of urology tells Helen Jones that her career path has not always been straightforward

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Caroline Moore, professor of urology at University College London, says that her first failure was not getting the A levels required to become a vet. Her second was failing her first year medical examinations a year later. "I was basically having too much fun and not doing enough work," she says. "I would turn up to all the lectures, but on two hours' sleep, which I now know is ridiculous." She didn't fail anything again until after medical school. "I passed my first surgical exam when I was pregnant with my first child but failed my second Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons exams following the birth of my second child," she says. "I worked long hours and had a long commute so it was quite challenging."