The Disillusioned Blog
BIG NEWS! Our First Virtual Retreat is going LIVE
19/11/2021
Feeling stuck in your career? Want to make a change, but have no idea where to start? Join Disillusioned Medic Founder, Dr Anjalee Perera, for this live Deep Coaching experience…
Finding your why
1/11/2021
Lately I’ve been feeling lost. It can be hard to question your career as a doctor. The journey to finding your why can be difficult, but at the same time so rewarding…
Fear of failure: why I'm scared to quit med
21/08/2021
I haven’t enjoyed being a doctor for a long time, but I still haven’t quit. Why my fear of failure is stopping me…
Dealing with unsolicited advice
12/07/2021
When you’re trying to change career, receiving unsolicited advice from people around you is a common and infuriating experience…
Soundtrack to the end of a career
11/05/2021
One of the things that really helped me in that ‘psyching up’ process was music. I listened to the same songs over and over again…
The three month hurdle
25/11/2020
I’ve now passed the dreaded three month mark in my new job! People say that the first two to three months in a…
I have a new job
27/09/2020
I was one of the millions of people all over the world whose career suffered a blow because of Covid-19…
Hallelujah
19/06/2020
Ok….so this is a bit embarrassing. On last week’s Real Reflective Practice on the theme of ‘Creativity’, I opened…
Chin up
29/05/2020
So last week was mental health awareness week. I feel like this year it’s come at a particularly poignant time…
Still waiting...
01/05/2020
So it’s been well over a month since I got the email from the GMC to tell my they’d reinstated…
Upcoming Livestreams
15/04/2020
Happy Wednesday all! Just a quick note to tell you I’ve got another THREE Real Reflective Practice…
Waiting for the call
09/04/2020
Day 19 of lockdown. I had a bit of a ‘moment’ today. I’d had a tough parenting day and it…
I'm doing a livestream about doctor guilt!
04/04/2020
REAL Reflective Practice for Doctors: GUILT Forget your e-portfolios for a moment…
20 tips on what to do if......
30/03/2020
With everything that’s been going on lately with Covid-19 – the insane rotas, the failure to protect staff…
Wanted: Leadership in the NHS
28/03/2020
I’ve been going round in circles this week. I’ve spoken to a lot of people. Including the Guardian…
Slapped round the face...
21/03/2020
It turns out I didn’t need to send that email after all. Less than 12 hours after I posted my…
The call of COVID-19
20/03/2020
Never, ever did I think I would ever see the day that I would consider returning to medicine. For the…
Doctor Me First
10/02/2020
I got interviewed on a podcast!!! Maybe it’s a bit sad to be as excited about this as I am…
Do I regret leaving medicine?
07/02/2020
Nadine got in touch to ask me whether I’ve ever regretted my decision to leave medicine or…
What is career progression like...
14/01/2020
I’m trying out video! On my Youtube channel, I’ll be answering common questions I get from…
The disillusioned medic is back!
07/01/2020
Hello and Happy New Year! It’s Anjalee here, the Disillusioned Medic, and I am delighted to say…
Farewell from the disillusioned medic
27/08/2017
August 27th 2017 Dear Readers, This will be my last entry on this blog – for a while, at least…
Should I quit medical school?
10/04/2017
If you’re unhappy at medical school, you face a bit of a dilemma: should you stay and slog it…
New job and new start.....
02/03/2017
I have some news…I have a new job! I’ve been interviewing with a global management…
Crippled before the race begins: how the...
05/02/2017
Hello all, I wrote this yesterday after I went to Birmingham medical school for the day to…
12 months older, I must admit...
31/12/2016
So here it is, New Year’s Eve, and 2016 is coming to an end. It’s been a bit of a…
Tying knots and unravelling tangles
14/11/2016
Dear Readers, I can only apologise for my radio silence for the last couple of months. I do have a…
So...what do you do? Part 2
13/09/2016
I’m having a bit of a nightmare navigating the delicate social quagmire of speaking to another…
From Medicine to Media: my first...
21/08/2016
Production companies are always looking for attention-grabbing ideas and inspiration for TV…
Giving up my license to practice
05/08/2016
It felt so cool getting my full GMC registration. In a weird, geeky way it felt like the James Bond…
Which way to vote? My 5 main dilemmas
29/06/2016
There’s not long left to vote in the BMA referendum on the new junnior contract…but what is…
What we could have done...
08/06/2016
The last couple of weeks at work have been so busy in the run up to the company’s big biannual meeting…
Dreams and realities..........
07/05/2016
It’s been four months now that I started my new non-medical job, and I think it’s time for a reality…
Sending a thank you to the junior doctors
26/04/2016
Today, for the first time, junior doctors went on a full strike. They’ve been backed into a corner…
15 tips: what to do if you want to quit
14/04/2016
Lately, so many of my old junior doctor colleagues have contacted me to ask for advice about leaving…
Guest post: what we signed up for
30/03/2016
I am so pleased to be able to publish this guest blog by River, writer of Hanging Round the…
It's as if I'm in the wrong body
15/03/2016
After the initial novelty of my non-medical career subsides, and I slip back into every day life, I’m…
The forgotten six thousand
08/03/2016
One of the benefits of writing this blog is that it’s given me the chance to meet other medics who…
Trouble in paradise.............
28/02/2016
I feel very rested. I’ve just come back from a wonderful skiing holiday in the French Alps, and aside from…
10 things that medics in non-clinical jobs...
31/01/2016
So ends my first week as officially not-a-doctor. It’s been a challenging start; I’ve had to start at the…
Something unexpected happens...
25/01/2016
After my unsuccessful bid for the charity job, I renewed my search for work with vigour. Medic…
Job interviews and rejections
23/01/2016
“I’m really sorry, but they’re not going to offer you the job”. I was on my way to Sainsbury’s when…
The perks of being a doctor
13/01/2016
When you grow up in a medical family, you notice how useful it is to know a doctor. Our friends…
Striking doctors and healthcare innovations
13/01/2016
I can hardly believe it’s happened. Yesterday, for the first time in 40 years, doctors went on strike. I went…
So...what do you do?.......
05/01/2016
December is the prime time for this question, or versions thereof. With everyone getting together for…
Officially unemployed.......
03/01/2016
When I talked to my dad about my resignation, it was difficult to bear the disappointment in his voice when…
A New Year letter from my better self to me...
31/12/2015
Dear Me, This year, for the first time in perhaps your whole life, you have opened your eyes to who…
Hitting rock bottom - apparently you bounce
16/12/2015
It’s been two weeks since I stopped working. Two weeks sober. What a fortnight I have had…When I woke…
The dangers of ego...
04/12/2015
The other day, I was on my way to the Royal London Hospital to discuss my resignation with the Dean…
My last day....s
03/12/2015
On Tuesday 1st December 2015, we all thought it was the last day. Every four months, foundation doctors rotate…
The new junior doctor...
23/11/2015
A great deal has already been said about the junior doctor contracts row, so I will keep this short…
First forays into the literary world
18/11/2015
Having my mind on medicine for the last few years, I feel very out of touch with the literary…
The parental reaction........
07/11/2015
I told my parents about my resignation today. I cheated. I chose this weekend because on Sunday…
"Divorce" - A poem about the emotions...
04/11/2015
Although it’s getting easier now, making the decision to resign has been a long, drawn out process…
Why don't you just finish? Life on a conveyor belt...
03/11/2015
You’re 15 years old. It’s careers days at school and various people are giving you talks, presentations…
Alternative careers and wellbeing for doctors...
01/11/2015
I came across Medic Footprints in the way I seem to discover everything these days: Facebook…
The first day of the rest of my life
31/10/2015
Disillusioned with medicine, and tired of being a doctor, Anjalee resigned from the job in the NHS in Dec 2015…