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Some advice I wish I had when I just finished Med school:
1. Slow down your learning a craft , it’s not a corporate job . You have a lifetime to become good .
2. Your body is not the fuel to burn for your job , sleep , eat healthy , exercise and take a holiday every 3 months
1. Slow down your learning a craft , it’s not a corporate job . You have a lifetime to become good .
2. Your body is not the fuel to burn for your job , sleep , eat healthy , exercise and take a holiday every 3 months
3. The public healthcare system in SA has racism+ lack of compassion deeply in its culture . Be better than that .
4. Healthcare is a contact sport so you will have to grow armor around your soul.
5. The shift system doesn’t not love or care about you fight to make it so
4. Healthcare is a contact sport so you will have to grow armor around your soul.
5. The shift system doesn’t not love or care about you fight to make it so
6. Paediatrics, burns and emergency medicine is emotionally intense. One of those will give you PTSD. Get it sorted .
7 . Family medicine is the most important speciality you will learn because your mom will want advice on her blood pressure tablets even if your a Neuro surgeon
7 . Family medicine is the most important speciality you will learn because your mom will want advice on her blood pressure tablets even if your a Neuro surgeon
8. They never taught you how to properly integrate evidence based medicine into your day job. Get access to UpToDate, join a journal club, discuss stuff with smarter doctors .
9. Every disease you work with now will be treated differently in 5 years.
9. Every disease you work with now will be treated differently in 5 years.
10. When you make mistakes it’s because you didn’t do the basics . Like testing the pee.
11. Always do everything the same way , it’s when you take shortcuts you get burnt.
12. Doing patients and friends favors always blows up , deal with it and move on .
11. Always do everything the same way , it’s when you take shortcuts you get burnt.
12. Doing patients and friends favors always blows up , deal with it and move on .
13. Healthcare is nursing ,we are there to help them.Also you always shut up and just listen to an ICU sister.
14. The craft is a gift, you will get the privilege to see humans at their best and worst . Cherish it.
Finally: there is no normal doctor , take your own path.
14. The craft is a gift, you will get the privilege to see humans at their best and worst . Cherish it.
Finally: there is no normal doctor , take your own path.
