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Re: 14 hour shift in medici Troll.:hammer: Agree with patpatpat. If this is happening a lot (the rewriting bit) to other interns, you should talk to your intern supervisor/senior med reg to get the medical teams to try to sort out this stuff before the weekends. Also cannula resites...

It just comes with experience. As long as you realise your limitations and know when to escalate, you'll be fine--but it sounds like you are enjoying it. A medical degree doesn't train you for the medical workforce, hence the "trial by fire", but the conditions in Australia are significantly...

Is this your first weekend cover shift?

Today, yesterday--literally consultants who started their first consultancy (ie not fellowship) jobs at an urban hospital and did no research. Research is like IV fluids--a lack of it might not be the cause of problem but it's the first thing people go to when **** hits the fan and might...

My question for you is: an applicant for what? Decide what specialty you want and get known to the relevant people. An endocrinology paper in the NEJM will get you a step to endocrinology (where a PhD is close to a must), but will count very little for Infectious Diseases. Research in medical...

I disagree. If we are talking about anecdotal "friend of a friend" stories, then it's a case by case basis--specialty factors in strongly, as does if you are liked by your superiors. Newly minted consultants make it through without having a shred of research to their names. At the same time...

I didn't consider that and this might be true. I have had many who found their research years to be wasteful other than to teach them how hard good research actually is. If you can get it right, it could be useful to your specialty and going to a university that will enable you to do that will...

In my experience, which medical school you come from doesn't mean anything at all - if it does, then it means nothing when it comes to applying for specialties. What clinical school you come from may make a difference - some hospitals will preference medical students that have spent time in that...

I hear this too. This is why I feel we medical people complain more than we should. Surgery, however, is a physical workout and you need to have both great physical and mental stamina to be constantly alert at odd hours of the day. Re: chasing clients, I am not sure what this entails...

Roughly, worklife balance of specialties as a consultant (post training) is as follows: Somewhat good: GP, anaesthetics, radiology, pathology, dermatology, ophthalmology, rehabilitation medicine, palliative care medicine, endocrinology, rheumatology, psychiatry, neurology, ?sports medicine Not...

Practical and what I would have done, if just not to waste a degree (I might not even bother with GAMSAT depending on career opportunities for optom). Optometry seems like a decent are with good hours. Are you interested in ophthalmology? Second round offers do happen (I got one), so best of luck.

Career expectations and reality rarely add up. What you do is focused on what kind of person you are and how flexible you are prepared to be. By my final year, I never really had a strong inclination towards any field, so my approach was to rule out career fields. As my parents were somewhat...

While paeds is not my forte, I'll offer you some general starting tips: Get some work experience if you can. Pick med schools with placements at a large paediatric hospital for a more in-depth experience. Don't fully commit until you've done a number of rotations in other parts of medicine.

As the others said, contact the hospital directly and early. Sometimes it will be through a student coordinator so it could be worth asking for them. Re: hygiene practices - it's definitely not that bad. You won't be able to see everything or even all that much. I used to get a lot of work...

Specialisation overseas is viable. I have heard of doctors aiming to go to the UK and US. For the US, you need to take three exams before you are fully accepted into a training program. You do not need to be specialised when you do this. It may not necessarily be quicker and you would have to do...

I would say Newcastle. I have no experience with bonded positions and you should find someone who knows about it. A science degree, while helpful during medicine, may not add as much when you work (it is an extra degree, however). An undergraduate medical course should teach you the science you...

Observations re: undergraduate vs postgraduate: - having an extra degree under your belt counts for career pathway - any research that might come with doing another degree will count - if the undergraduate degree is related to the specialisation you want to do, it may help (radiography and...

Thank you for your post. I am curious as to how it removes their ability to make a living - isn't rural medicine quite lucrative with all the subsidies? Someone mentioned this had a slight negative tone, but I would say this is an objective account, although I feel there is room for variation...

I am Monash alumni - interviews were more important than UMAT and ATAR, but we are talking about more than 5 yrs ago. Just so you know, I got a second round offer with Monash, so don't give up! It is a great course.

The debt is not so much of an issue. Provided that you take out one of the low interest government loans, the burden of debt should be manageable once you start working. It does put the pressure on you to not repeat years, however (yes, it happens). I know much is said about a decline in job...