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Finally something I can offer advice on. Ill be blunt. I have old friends who tried to get into medicine and could and were happy. those…

- continue practicing, I actually like it and it keeps me entertained/ from being bored. Maybe I might retire early sometime later though?…

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…

super late reply but yes free food is the only way they seem to entice doctors never seen a coffee voucher though

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…

Hi 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…

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…

the thing with funny patients is i remember laughing whilst sitting down and typing my notes and then forgetting what they actually had :(.…

toughest exam ive done but also probably fun, felt pretty good afterwards its probably changed since ive done it if your doing it good…

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…

Nope. and for the second part im not sure, probably not because im pretty useless outside a hospital situation and dont really render…

not as a doctor, as a student you have to get exposed to obstetics and gynaecology.

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…

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…

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…

haha not my field, and sorry i dont know anyone to get you mates rates :P

apologies i realised i didn't actually answer your question regarding the different skills required. Yeah mathematical style of studying…

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…

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…

[@smuggler](/comment/5640449/redir): 150k sounds pretty good. Engineering seems very interesting these days. In an alternate universe if I…

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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…

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…

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…

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…

>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…

hey thanks pharmacist i make it a point to write scripts legibly - worst case scenario it gets dispensed as the incorrect one and patient…

source: http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/careers/conditions/Awards/he-profmed-salaries.pdf go to page 15, under medical officers year 1 66,293…

just read the post, not the comments yeah i dunno, probably go back to get the results but go to someone else for future tests. Hard to…

Thanks to the above ozbargainer for answering as well. Regarding ward based medical specialities (not ED/ ICU/ that kind of thing):…