New Doc! Med Ed SFP 2025-27. Aspiring Paediatrician and Medical Educator š©·
She/Her | Hull
Joined February 2020
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Repeatedly, I am seeing how someone becomes a Shruti.
I expected patient death to hit me hard. What hits harder is the systematic failings. My patients are dying preventable deaths because of skill and staff shortages.
I really am trying
I try to raise concerns. I get told that it āwouldnāt happenā.
I have been the only doctor for 8 medical wards. With no senior cover. Itās not safe. I try my very best. Iām a competent FY1. But that is not fair on patients.
I think the most striking thing about starting work as a doctor is the acceptance of poor care.
āItās always the caseā
āThis always happensā
āIt will never changeā
āYou need to get used to itā
I cannot and will not.
Poor care cannot be the standard
Throughout medical school, I was frequently told that I would not cope, not succeed in exams, in placement and at work.
I heard the personality disorder comments said to patients. I kept quiet that I, too, had a personality disorder.
I want to make a change.
Link below
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I am so thankful to my co-author Professor Tiffin. We met at a fitness to practice and later reconnected discussing research. We wrote this paper to challenge stigma and suggest medical school CAN be possible. Support can be put in place. There is a way forwards.
first on call shift complete.
it was incredible.
dream come true!
and i got positive feedback! what a great way to start my doctoring journey :))
went for a little walk to decompress and reflect on my first shadowing dayā¦
foot inversion on a rabbit hole
spent the morning in minor injuries! no fractures (thankfully!)ā¦ just a sore sprain!
the care navigator has nicknamed me Alice (in wonderland) š
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starting med school: cardiothoracic surgery (for like 3 weeks)
after med school : emergency med -> paediatrics
after medical school: tbc! liking palliative paeds / community paeds / ?PEM / definitely med ed too!!!
fun fact:
my aspiration to study medicine came from a school trip. you could only go if you wanted to work in healthcare. naturally, i told everyone i wanted to be a doctorā¦
ā¦itās gotten slightly out of hand but i can confirm i found a love
Dr Ez retweeted
Almost 700 medical students across the UK have no idea where their first job as a doctor will be this summer, leaving them in limbo and unable to make living arrangements.
So weāve written to Wes Streeting asking him to take action. Read more: brnw.ch/21wRR5v
