True accounts from a junior doctor. From bargaining with a child using stickers in exchange for a blood draw to complex, sickly elderly patients to dark medical humour between healthcare professionals, being a doctor is a rollercoaster of a calling...
New job: hi, welcome to the department. This is a relatively cushy specialty so you'll have a good time.
New job: also you do 70-80 hour weeks, 30-hour on-calls every 5 days, and Saturdays are half day working days.
New job: also also to comply with the law that we have to give doctors at least 24 hours off once a week, if you're on call on Saturday, we'll let you go home at 9am on Sunday and you're expected back on Monday at 9am, so you get exactly 24 hours off but nothing more.
Me:
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Me as a new junior doctor: damn, hope I can work okay during my 13 hr night shift. Better get some sleep during the day.
Me now, facing another 30 hr on call with no sleep: F*ck.
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