We’re delighted to introduce our newest guest writer, Balanced Medics, a fellow career-questioning doctor and writer who is at the beginning of the transition journey. Love this article? Check out the blog for more or their podcast. It’s been a number of years since I realised that medicine isn’t the profession for me. This process …
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When you’re trying to change career, receiving unsolicited advice from people around you is a common and infuriating experience. Ex-doctor Anjalee Perera offers six strategies to deal with it.
I’m having a bit of a nightmare navigating the delicate social quagmire of speaking to another doctor when you’re a patient who also happens to be an ex-doctor. It’s always a bit strange being treated and cared for when your job is to treat and care for others, but now that I’m no longer working clinically, it feels even …
It felt so cool getting my full GMC registration. In a weird, geeky way it felt like the James Bond part of a medical degree – a Licence to Practice! I was strangely proud and excited. But today I gave it up. It was so easy to do – just a simple form to fill …
I am so pleased to be able to publish this guest blog by River, writer of Hanging Round the Inkwell. She’s a doctor who’s had her fair share of bends in the medical career road, and talking to her is a solace to me. Her reflection is a pithy insight into something every doctor has either thought …
After the initial novelty of my non-medical career subsides, and I slip back into every day life, I’m almost surprised how quickly this new situation has become ‘normal’. Was it really just six months ago that I was trying to decide whether to quit Medicine? Did I seriously stay up all night agonising over my …
One of the benefits of writing this blog is that it’s given me the chance to meet other medics who have decided to do different things with their lives. I’m so pleased to introduce this guest blog by theconfusedmedic, a fourth year medical student who has currently interrupted her studies to pursue other things outside medicine. She …
I feel very rested. I’ve just come back from a wonderful skiing holiday in the French Alps, and aside from the terror of voluntarily throwing myself down a frozen mountain, it was a chance for me to relax and reset. I did a bit of soul searching while I was away. There’s something about fresh …
Trouble in Paradise: the Type A personality effect Read More »