What is the working life as a speciality trainee? (hours etc)

Thread Starter What is the working life as a speciality trainee? (hours etc) Follow 1 hour ago 1 hour ago Quote: Originally Posted by ecolier It reminds me of PACES revision! You would see a bunch of SHOs roaming the wards out of hours looking for "patients with signs". We would get hassled big time for warfarin prescriptions, rewriting drug charts etc. etc. It was so depressing. This is me, currently (6 weeks to go before paeds clinical exam...). Just spent all evening roaming the hospital and trying to avoid the flurry of drug charts and fluids requests in the process. Bleurgh. OP - I think your questions have already been answered. I've been qualified for ten years now but am still a 'junior doctor'. I don't think the general public really understand the term and assume junior doctor is only the first couple of years, when it's really not. Exams are a bind.Juggling them with...
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