Mad in America

JUNE 13, 2024

D octors are not trained to think critically. I went to medical school in 1977. I was still only 17 years old but it was a great relief after the horrendous years I had spent at an all-girls boarding school. My fellow students and I started our first year ‘pre-clinical’ training with 4 ½ days a week of lectures. We were expected to assimilate a massive amount of information and then to regurgitate it during the end of the year exams.

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Doctors In Distress Blog

JUNE 13, 2024

On Wednesday I called my rota-coordinator, L, and I had the mammoth task of trying to put into words how Ive been feeling for the past two months. How do you explain that you just cant do this anymore? That you just cant face going into work today. I ended up saying; Hi L, its A. Im really really sorry. Im meant to be on the 4pm-3am shift today but ever since starting this job Ive just been so stressed out and Im not coping and I just cant come in.

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