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Junior doctor for 1 year now
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I cant give medical advice (and i'd probably be wrong, lol)
[AMA] I am a junior doctor, ask me anything
Lbariumnebula on 14/02/2018 - 18:07
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yeah i dunno, probably go back to get the results but go to someone else for future tests.
Hard to give a meaningful comment with the small amount of details provided and only one side of the story. Assuming the gp didn't actually do anything unprofessional or odd, i guess just to brush it off as an unintended reaction? haha tough scenario.
What do you think?Edit: I think this guys reply seems pretty level headed
Report him for what?
From your post he didn’t do anything out of line, trying to hide it is an appropriate action.
GPs are people just like the rest of us, and thus will behave accordingly (albeit with some trainings)
If you feel uncomfortable ask for a female GP in the future.
I assume you are working in a hospital. What are the hours and rotation like? Thanks.
Depends heavily on the hospital and even within a single rotation/specialty it depends heavily on the team.
E.g. I haven't worked at Concord Hospital but some of my colleagues have pretty easy going days 9am-5pm, leaving on time, getting lunch break etc.
Other hospitals such as Liverpool or Westmead tend to be way busier. 730am - 6pm isn't unusual for an medical intern/resident, 6am-5pm for surgical terms or up to 9pm or later for registrars.
Some rotations pay overtime, others don't.
So you guys work mainly daytime, and night shifts etc are quite infrequent? Does that mean only skeleton doctor staff overnight? Thanks.
Thanks to the above ozbargainer for answering as well. Regarding ward based medical specialities (not ED/ ICU/ that kind of thing):
Normally the teams are present during daytime hours. the evening (5pm to 10pm) are covered by skeleton staff - mostly a handful of junior doctors and some registrars. Certain specialities have different rosters, for example obstetrics and gynaecology will have their own juniors and surgical trainees present. But for the most part yup its skeleton staff.
Night shifts transition to even fewer junior doctors and registrars, and its possible to call the consultants (bossess for their speciality) in the middle of the night for emergencies. Where i'm at night shifts are infrequent, as a juniour you probably only get to work 1 or 2 weeks of nights a year (7-14 days). Not bad i think.
The below only applies to the particular hospital I worked at and others are likely different.
Just to add a little more detail, a year consists of 4-5 rotations and usually one of these is a "relief" rotation.
At my hospital this meant your weeks for that term consisted of one of a few options:1) Day-time roster for a random medical/surgical/other team where another intern/resident is away for whatever reason and the hospital needs someone to cover.
2) After-hours - start at 2pm or so and finish at 10pm or so
3) Night-shift - start at 9pm, finish at 830am the next morning. At my hospital we would do 7 nights in a row and then get the following 7 days off.Our rostering people were pretty good with requests so if you enjoyed having the week off you could opt to do more nights. That way in a 10 week term you'd only work 5 weeks and have 5x 1-week breaks free for short holidays and whatnot. Alternatively if you hated nights (such as myself or those with children) they'd be pretty accommodating too.
Hey doc, interesting that after hours starts at 2pm for the hospital you worked at. What do they do in the overlap time (2-5pm) when the home treating team is still in hospital? I assume help a busy team out with jobs?
Yeah that's right. They would go to their assigned wards and help do mundane things like rechart meds or resiting cannulas. Or if nothing much is happening then just chill on the common room ;)
As of this year the hospital I worked at was going to trial the after hours being assigned to particular teams (rather than wards) and help out with jobs but I've left so can't tell you how that's panned out.
Hey, so it varies. The official time is 800-430pm with a 30min meal break (lol)
in reality, depends on the team.
So for a medical speciality term 800am start, then finish is usually by 5pm, sometimes you gotta stay back till 6 to get stuff finished, skipping lunch, that kind of thing.
On surgical specialities you usually start at 700am , finish times are usually pretty late like 5pm or 6pm, but there can also be some down periods in between where you don't have to do much.
Theres of course some nightmare situations where you're on a busy term at a busy hospital which I've heard can be like 8am to 7-8pm everyday.
What's your salary during your intern year, 1st year residency and every year until you get certified.
source: http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/careers/conditions/Awards/he-pr…
go to page 15, under medical officersyear 1 66,293
year 2 77,705then depends if you become a registrar (get into training) = 96,798
otherwise continue as a junior 85,466keep in mind you work overtime, weekends, evening, nights which add a penalty on top
ok. Similar to engineering.
Yeah, i think my buddies who did engineering are about the same, i heard some started about 80k which seems really good. Do you do engineering?
Engineers kind of bomb out at 150k unless you do mining/software, become a lead/principal engineer (very difficult) or go into management.
@smuggler: 150k sounds pretty good. Engineering seems very interesting these days. In an alternate universe if I couldn't do med id do engineering. Technology is changing a lot so it seems exciting
Yeah, it's a bit like other science based professions. Always gotta keep learning and reading otherwise your current skills become somewhat obsolete. Unfortunately, it's not very glamorous. Won't see many engineers driving around in Mercedes S Class in nice suits.
All I'll say, if your a doctor and you can write neatly, the pharms will love you. Also good work mate. We had a resident on our campus recently and it was interesting learning how different it is for you guys. Such a massive achievement.
hey thanks pharmacist
i make it a point to write scripts legibly - worst case scenario it gets dispensed as the incorrect one and patient doesn't get what they should. otherwise it saves time since the pharmacists dont have to call you and ask you to redo it.
I spent a few weeks at a pharmacy as part of a medical school term, so i feel the pain of not being able to read the handwritten scripts. Even back in the day with paper notes, i can understand why people have bad handwriting (you have to write fast or miss out a lot of info) but for the stuff that actually directly affects the patient (such as scripts, imaging requests, blood tests) those should be written very legibly.Thankfully we're slowly getting transitioned to digital meds, probably will take a while.
Thanks for the kind words, a few of my mates did pharmacy first and told me the conditions were tough and the pay low :(. Hopefully it gets better!
Thanks for the reply. Ah thats good you did a few weeks in a Pharmacy. I have a mate during intern at the moment and seems her uni don't offer any exposure. They didn't even make the point to her of the importance of calibration. Good to hear other uni's are going the right way about it.
Anyways keep it up mate :)
Yeah it honestly was one of the highlights of med school actually, just to see what its like to be working from the other end.
Thanks a lot to you guys too, ive lost count of how many errors ive made on scripts that pharmacists have helped me fix up. Must be a bit annoying for you guys to have new interns at the start of each year who inevitably screw up and have to chase them xD.
Do you feel special or something?
I hear a lot of medical students suffer from depression, do you at all? or your fellow students?
Do you feel special or something?
Nope, I just saw the ama for medical student and thought i'd do one. It's valentines day and I'm bored lol.
Before i was a doctor I used to think they were special. I still think other doctors are special, but I don't feel so myself. I have a lot of respect for them, I see so many of them work really hard and the senior doctors do a lot of tough work. But also there are many people working other jobs that must require a lot of effort.
Like the people serving mcdonalds drivethrough look like their job is quite full on. At least I got my mcflurry, but to my disappointment the $2 deal was finished :(I hear a lot of medical students suffer from depression, do you at all? or your fellow students?
Nope, i'm really happy i got into medical school and have become a doctor. I think the first day as a doctor was the most proud moment in my life. Now i'm used to it haha
Err, maybe one or two students seemed to have some type of mental health issue. I think the majority of the time its just the exams are approaching, the uni gives you crappy assignments, the admin staff at uni are obstructive — it all leads to the feeling that everythings against you which could make anyone feel a bit down.I think we're lucky in NSW, our internships are not merit based so all you gotta do is pass and you still become a doctor
Which medical school did you go to?
UWS
I would like to ask you a million things!!
PGY1? Any idea on a specialty field?
Do you have good support by senior doctors?
Do you enjoy the work?
Hardest aspect and favourite aspect?-Hopeful Doctor
PGY2 this clinical year. Survived internship! not as bad as everyone seemed to say it would be. I think the harder years are yet to come (being a registrar looks tough)
Radiology (if possible, i should be studying now lol)
- my personal advice is dont worry if you cant decide by now since your still in med school, youll quickly figure out what you like and dislike when you start working. but if youre very sure of what you want, it doesn't hurt to try get a headstart since everythings competitive these days.Yes on the support from senior doctors, but it varies term to term. Some of it is intrinsic (surgeons wont help you with medical issues) and some of it systems based (overworked and too busy which limits help time) and in very few cases maybe some people arent nice to juniors. Thankfully the latter is getting rarer these days. The atmosphere varies from hospital to hospital so ask around before preferencing!
Do i enjoy? hell yeah. Its easily better than any year of medical school, and definitely better than all of med school combined. Plus you get paid too, rather than paying for the privilege of getting rekt by uni policies/ administration. Everyone I've met likes it especially versus med school.
Hardest - long shifts on the weekend are tiring , 8am to 11pm. Dealing with confused, delirious patients is rarely fun either but hey, part of the job.
Favourite - fixing peoples problems. Theres honestly a LOT of good parts but it boils down to being presented with a list of problems and jobs to do in the day and just working out ways of doing them. Some parts get repetitive but every so often you do something interesting that you wouldn't think you do. Quite fun actually, just got to keep your eyes open and look out for opportunities. Especially as a med student, try see what interesting things you can watch and help with (holding something or tying up someones gown isn't hard and usually lets you watch some cool procedures).You can ask more questions if you want, i am sufficiently bored lol
Awesome, great to hear that you are enjoying it and have, by the sounds of things, quite easily transitioned from Med School to full time employment with no worries.
Being older I think I wont have as many problems as some of the other graduates once I am in Internship / PGY's, people sort of look at me and assume that I have more experience than I do due to the fact Im older. I find even in hospitals the doctors are less dismissive of me if that makes sense?
I want to pursue a career as a GP which I hear you can start paving the way in the internship year to commence training in PGY1 in best case scenario. Is this true?
Radiology sounds interesting although I imagine it would be very difficult?
I think doctors maybe mistake you as a jmo or even registrar if you look older than your typical JMO (early-mid twenties seems to be common age for JMO). Or perhaps its just the whole respect your elders thing? I've mistaken the slightly elder JMOs are registrars since they physicailly look like it (plus its not nice to mistake a registrar for a jmo so i do it to be safe). I think having experience from a job before medicine would help but ive seen people who seemed upset they dont get paid unrostered overtime, so just beware its different in some ways (im sure you are).
yeah for GP you can sit the exam during PGY1, get onto the program. Then in PGY2 make sure you fulfil the requirements (like paeds) and then PGY3 you become a GP registrar. If u dont make it in PGY1 just resit exam in PGY2.
Radiology seems competitive but also really cool (the technology behind it, nuclear med, interventional rad). I'm crossing my fingers and applying, i'll see how i go
I have heart few who managed to enter medical school with good grades in Maths. They entered medical since it's the top prefered option amongst Asians. Once they are in medical school, they got into depression as they have to have a skill, which is different from mathematical to study medicine. Is it true?
Yeah maths helped a lot in getting a good ATAR.
I answered a similar question above on depression in medical students, please see that. I feel anyone smart enough to get into medical school is almost overqualified and is more than capable of getting through it.
As they say, the hardest part is getting in. I suck at maths now, i think for a lot of people you just do those subjects so you can get a good mark and do medicine, rather than the other way round.
apologies i realised i didn't actually answer your question regarding the different skills required. Yeah mathematical style of studying and thinking does not really apply to medicine. medicine is initially more biology type science based, then later also involves elements of clinical interaction and team work. There is some memorisation too although not so bad these days with computers to help. The maths can become relevant in some fields such as calculating electrolyte deficiences, calculating blood flow and pressure gradients (like icu, ed, heart type stuff). Even in physics such as radiology or nuclear medicine or radiation-oncology treatments where you need to know the science. But otherwise yeah after you get into medicine you have to forgot your maths and do a different type of study. Is there any specific part you would like help with?
Any bargains on knee reconstructions?
haha not my field, and sorry i dont know anyone to get you mates rates :P
hey, in another thread people were telling me i need to see a doctor because i take a dump on average ~5 times a day.
thats normal isn't it?its the people that say they only go once who should see the doc IMHO.
thanks for your help doc
if your serious (which I dont think you are) then sorry but i cannot give medical advice
if not, yeah i think everyone else who isnt going minimum 5 times a day has something wrong and should stock up on some metamucil when on sale. Or ozbargain tip, if metamucil is not on sale just buy some cheap kebab store chicken and eat it 2 days later - same effect and with some added protein!
Thats about normal for me (and most of the population) I feel fine and am healthy so won't bother my doctor about it.
Thanks.
With healthcare costs to the general public increasing year on year does this make your job more difficult?
it probably has something to do with staffing and maybe hospitals might hire lower number of doctors to keep costs low? I'm not sure really, I think salary is for sure a big cost to hospital but dwarfed by equipment and medicines cost. There seems to be a lot of inefficient spending but im not in a position to understand too much about hospital budgets. Feels a bit weird to have new shiny buildings in some places and old crumbly in another.
1) Given the long shifts you guys work and sometimes repetitive issues/patients you see do you have to remind yourself that you are treating “people”?
I’ve had a couple of visits to hospitals recently and the attitude of some of the nurses/doctors were terrible!
this ones a little harder to answer
on one hand i have to answer yeah, if im covering an after hours shift and am seeing people for the first time to sort out their immediate problem, its unlikely ill remember the name but rather think "yeah shes the one with the chest pain". Of course the patients got other aspects to her other than the chest pain, but sometimes when its super busy all i can do is fix the priority issues and leave the rest to the main doctors during the daytime. SO i think in these situations patients could feel like they aren't being treated as a person rather than an acute medical issue.but if its my regular patients were talking about , such as the people on my patients list during day time hours, i'd say yeah i get to know them pretty well and havent noticed anyone feeling left out.
Have u ever been in one of those situations where you hear over the P.A - "is there a doctor in the room" (or plane)?
If you were to encounter that, would u put your hand up?
Nope.
and for the second part im not sure, probably not because im pretty useless outside a hospital situation and dont really render emergency services anyway. to be honest an ambulance type person would be better in that kind of situation.
Have you done a rotation as a gyno?
not as a doctor, as a student you have to get exposed to obstetics and gynaecology.
When did you decide you wanted to be a doctor?
Do you see many patients on ice?
Do you mean on the drug, or in the freezer?
Intoxication
likely in year 10 of high school i was pretty firm on trying to get into medicine.
yeah a lot of em, i think at this point almost every doctor who works in ED for a term meets lots of drug users
How hard is the UMAT? Asking for a friend
toughest exam ive done
but also probably fun, felt pretty good afterwards
its probably changed since ive done it
if your doing it good luck, i assume medentry + past papers is the way to go?Great, thanks mate
What's the most hilarious problem you've seen a patient about?
the thing with funny patients is i remember laughing whilst sitting down and typing my notes and then forgetting what they actually had :(. so i surely have forgotten my best stories.
i cant remember anything too great, just foreign body in rectums. story was he "fell" on a glass bottle, haha i remember cos he looked so shady when he tried to explain it. But thats actually a very common presentation in certain areas (to the point where you'd probably get at least 1-2 per day in the department)
Hey mate!
I'm PGY6. I'm a CMO, do mostly after-hours cover at private hospitals (flexible hours, no overtime or training commitments, locum rates).
Radiology sounds like a smart decision; it would have been my pick.
You're still a young guy… have you found yourself thinking more and more about work/life balance, the time-sink that is specialty training and the various commitments you need to meet (worse as a consultant than registrar), and how that will affect the quality of your life.
It's a big issue for all of us, and most of the issues regarding higher incidences among our profession of drug abuse, mental illness, and suicide (or just to a lesser extent, the burden of the mental stress we all suffer) tend to branch from the central tenet that this work takes up too much of what we do.
I've kept myself perfectly safe and centered going through med school and residency, but foresaw that the long-game was extremely tough and potentially dangerous.
The one piece of advice I give to guys coming through below me is to put a lot of thought into everything else around work, and what it's going to be like at 40yo and 50yo with much greater social responsibilities (so much easier in your twenties!).
Hey doc, always appreciate advice from my seniors, thanks.
Your post owes itself to a thoughtful answer so ill try my best (im not the sharpest with words)You're still a young guy… have you found yourself thinking more and more about work/life balance, the time-sink that is specialty training and the various commitments you need to meet (worse as a consultant than registrar), and how that will affect the quality of your life.
I'll be honest, have I thought about it? Somewhat, but not to a great extent. The feeling I get whilst doing these junior years is more or less to pick a path (which is a big decision in its own right) and then to try do what you can to get into the program and then finish it in the shortest time possible. Easier said than done of course. Where work/life balance seems to fit is more or less can i sacrifice life commitments in order to boost my work ability without feeling too terrible about it? if so then yeah, I guess i'll do it. The competition for a lot of the things I'd find interesting to do is immense and theres the whole mentality of well if i'm not going to try as hard as this other guy, i'll be left behind. Chatting with registrars they do remark the training periods is a few years of very hard work but it seems more or less the norm these days. I'm just thankful I don't have my heart set on some ultra-competitive field like ophthalmology.
It's a big issue for all of us, and most of the issues regarding higher incidences among our profession of drug abuse, mental illness, and suicide (or just to a lesser extent, the burden of the mental stress we all suffer) tend to branch from the central tenet that this work takes up too much of what we do.
I can't disagree with the part that often the majority of our time is taken up by work. I actually don't mind it so far, but I've only been working for 1 year and the saving grace is I realise I won't be a JMO forever (i hope not)! It's hard to see a way around it unless you can change your speciality preferences or lifestyle drastically. I hear from my colleagues doing GP training that they don't regret it and seem to have good work/life balance, but even then I think its still tough. In my view, it seems to be a byproduct of the competition surrounding speciality training. competing with a bunch of people whom are already selected to be the brightest of the bunch is recipe for a lot of struggle. Its hard for me to say wether or not I think this is actually a problem, from one point of view its mean people who do manage to get through are very very good which is to the benefit of the patients/other doctors already in the field.
I've kept myself perfectly safe and centered going through med school and residency, but foresaw that the long-game was extremely tough and potentially dangerous.
Good to hear, don't think I've met more than a few who liked medical school haha. Regarding the tough path, its honestly kind of hard to correctly assess just how difficult it is. In some way having a challenge is good but maybe its biting off more than i can chew? My attitude so far has been just try and see what happens
The one piece of advice I give to guys coming through below me is to put a lot of thought into everything else around work, and what it's going to be like at 40yo and 50yo with much greater social responsibilities (so much easier in your twenties!).
lol I havent even begun to consider. Much to your disappointment, I'm one of those people whos young and has no out of work commitments. So I can try commit most of my time to try getting somewhere (and I need to because geez im no where near as good as everyone else!). I really do appreciate the advice your giving me, its a subject a lot of us young docs wont ponder about for long and maybe later wish they had earlier. I do have to concede it is pretty easy starting off young, i hear a lot of mature age jmos tell me that if they were my age theyd try for speciality training, but now theyve got a family etc. they'll do GP.
Thanks for reading!
I was 25yo when I graduated (similar to you, maybe a year older, makes me think you might have done undergrad med in 6yrs). I spent 4yrs of med school then another 3yrs of residency searching for the specialty which was the best fit and jockeying with the pack. I feel these 7yrs where the making of my final decision, to be a CMO (not specialize). I reflect on the type of person I was when I was 20yo and got my GPA and admissions score (which next-to-guaranteed me a place in med, a seminal moment of my youth) and the type of person I am now, 10yrs later. The former is one of a single-minded kid who would do anything to achieve what I'd decided was the best thing I could do, the later is one that accepts my own limitations and is working on being more all-rounded and better engaged with different experiences in life, while trying to work toward a probably inevitable middle-age where I'll be focused on the types of things that will matter most for me in life, a spouse and children and family and new opportunities, all of which are more easily achievable and can allow a much greater allotment of time when the burden of work and any financial dependency has been minimized.
You sound, and I can only presume, pretty fresh-faced, and surely well placed within the cohort around you. The trajectory of your life will owe so much to what you do right now and in the next 10-15yrs. Compromises are inevitable… the more foresight you have, the more likely you'll stop yourself from regretting the things you didn't achieve rather than attain satisfaction in the things you did.
It has been interesting to hear your story and perspective, thanks. I'll try keep it in mind.
Your tale does make me wonder however, given the decision not to specialise, whats your views on career progression? I've met other CMO's who work in hospitals who tell me their plan is not to be in the same position for too long and eventually to complete GP training as their long term goal. Where do you see yourself after a while? Thats been the big question I've had on the rare occasion I've met doctors not in training. A few I met locumed then quit medicine (which I find sad) but the overwhelming majority end up doing GP.
Once again thanks for your advice and I hope you can achieve the work/life balance you want!
CMOs decide whatever they want to do.
Yes, many do GP training, many do ED training (more rarely a specific medical or surgical pathway). Had a good mate who used CMO as a stop-gap into doing sports physician training and is now an established AFL doctor.
Many are women who are child-bearing at that crucial period, between ~25-35yo, drawing a good income that's flexible, and delaying their chosen specialty to a more manageable time (often GP or OBGYN).
I've met a number of true career CMO - guys in their 50s and 60s, each with interesting and varied histories of practice (in lieu of an actual fellowship), who have placed their clinical practice into a much more manageable box and allowed them to foster great relationships, families, and other interests.
Others refocus on there own specific ambitions, or follow personal interests or hobbies. I've met one who assisted in the screenwriting of a prominent Oscar-nominated film a couple of years ago, now he's in LA writing. I know one guy who runs a simple import/distribution business while clocking in night duty hours at some quiet private hospitals, does very well. Another now older guy who has a massive obsession with golf (yeh, bit cliched!) but has a mad handicap, makes him happy. Many are doing it in order to put the years into completing a PhD, with a view of either clinical or academic work thereafter.
Medicine's a professional degree, and in that sense there's a clear well-trodden path most have walked (and struggled) before you. The world opens up once you individualize your own approach.
Hi comrade,a nurse here.To start,"Welcome" to medicine,and i am so glad you are enjoying it.
I won't ask any questions (we tend to save those for lunchtime,and really aren't the sorts of things i'd ask here),but i will give you a couple of tips to help you out later…ones i wished I had been given.1:Listen to your nurses…most have been in the field for many,many years,and have trained hard.We see the patients a lot more than Drs do,and have a lot of experience in our chosen specialty,so we can give some pretty helpful advice at times(and at one point or another,many of us have stopped a new Dr from doing some pretty "out there" stuff if you know what i mean). Having said that, DON'T take crap from some of them either…a few will try to make themselves feel superior by making you feel inferior (that goes for more senior Drs as well at times).
2:This is a darn hard relationship you have chosen (yep,it's a relationship..not unlike a marriage,you will see why at some point,and it's not always a good one). Take time,always,to try and De-compress from it all by doing stuff that makes you remember you are a young man as well (go out with your mates,ask that girl out for a date,go to that concert / movie / restaurant and DON'T talk shop). It may well save your sanity (and definitely make you a better Dr by feeling fulfilled in all areas of life).As a junior,this is easier said than done (study / rotations and the like),but with all that you will come up against during your career,it is essential.
3:Work to get where you want whilst you don't have any wife or kids (i don't know if you do now or not)…it is harder than i can explain to do that when your wife / kids wants time with you,but it's always "no" due to work (trust me,it can make for a difficult "work / life" balance).
and lastly,4:Remember this time being a junior…even when you are a Reg.Suddenly getting that "white coat syndrome" when you are a Reg,when everyone remembers you from this time now,does not sit well….and won't be much fun when the next batch of juniors has to work under you (i am lucky,i haven't had that a lot with many Drs i have worked with,but the few i have…damn).
Best of luck with all that you do,and may all the nurses you work with be friendly,all the senior Drs be willing to share all the info they have gained over the years,and may all your handovers begin with "bed number 1,2,3,4…all haemodynamically stable / coherent / ready for DC (and all YOURS).hahahaHi Nurse!
I won't ask any questions (we tend to save those for lunchtime,and really aren't the sorts of things i'd ask here)
Whats lunchtime? :P I must be boring because the only question I get at lunch time is "are you the team for this patient?". I must be missing something…
Thank you very much for your advice!
Re
point 1 - of course, we're all a team. I find it varies a lot from hospital to hospital and ward to ward. Some
places have a very good culture of communication and others…. much less so. Thanks for saving the patients from our mistakes! heh i guess as a junior you just have to take the good with the bad, best case scenario you love the term and worst case scenario you're only there for 2 months then never have to come back.point 2 - good advice but the difficulty is in the easier said than done part.
point 3 - yeah single/nofamily/young is a good combination to get training done asap.
point 4 - yeah i dont get it, but thankfully its become less and less acceptable to be disrespectful to your juniors (after all if they cant do the work then you have to do it, so they should be supportive!). I think its maybe a combination of being overworked and busy which maybe makes people a little not nice, I give everyone the benefit of the doubt.
Best of luck with all that you do,and may all the nurses you work with be friendly,all the senior Drs be willing to share all the info they have gained over the years,and may all your handovers begin with "bed number 1,2,3,4…all haemodynamically stable / coherent / ready for DC (and all YOURS).hahaha
Thanks for the kind words! Hopefully your JMOs are nice to work with as well
Hi.HAHAHA.Yes,i know…most of what i mentioned is easier said than done (you know,"do as i say,not as i do" and all),BUT it is stuff to keep in mind (it may just help one day.Just little tips to help a comrade on his way to being happy in this business).
Now,about this "Lunchtime":A mythical situation in which we are (apparently) allowed to eat / drink / pee / discuss the important stuff (IE: "Did you see that girl on My Kitchen Rules last night" ? ,"What's that perfume you have on,it's beautiful" ? or "Damn,did you check out that new Dr ? " and basically just do anything not remotely work related (unless a new surgical resident pops in,who has told us exams are coming up,then it's "So,if you had a gunshot wound to the chest,severed svc,what would you do to save them…and in fact,could you" ?). Then we talk shop and listen.That's the sort of talk we may do at lunchtime (and one question i wouldn't ask you here,but we did get a pretty awesome answer). It is as common as Haley's comet,about as anticipated,and made the most of when it comes.
I hope that all your placements are great,and that the team members you meet make you placements a joy (after all,you may find your true calling in an area that you are placed,and having great staff make that an easier decision).
Do you try be a ozbargainer at work? Go to every free lunch and broden all the food, coffee vouchers etc.
That's me.
super late reply but yes
free food is the only way they seem to entice doctors
never seen a coffee voucher though
Have you read Samuel Shem, 'The House of God' or Max Pemberton, 'Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor'?
nope, as odd as it sounds i dont have the time or will to read books that arent textbooks
especially about medicine, i dont want to always think about only one aspect of my life
If you had a billion dollars right now what would you honestly do? Continue practicing as a doctor or something else?a
What is your ultimate dream if you had all the money, health and time in the world?
Supermodels on a beach? I know I would.
continue practicing, I actually like it and it keeps me entertained/ from being bored. Maybe I might retire early sometime later though?
probably just playing video games, although to be honest i do that anyways. I'm pretty content as it is.
What's your opinion on below,
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/361217