This post was written by our regular guest columnist, Balanced Medics, a fellow career-questioning doctor and writer who is at the beginning of their transition journey. Love this article? Check out balancedmedics.com or listen to their podcast on doctors who are searching for more. Lately, I’ve been feeling lost. Actually, I’ve been feeling lost for quite …
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.
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 …
When you grow up in a medical family, you notice how useful it is to know a doctor. Our friends come to my father constantly with their problems; whether it’s for advice, reading a scan or even organising a scan, knowing a brilliant Radiologist like my dad is an exceptional advantage. My uncle is my …
I can hardly believe it’s happened. Yesterday, for the first time in 40 years, doctors went on strike. I went out to the picket line at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital today to speak to and support the doctors out there. It was incredible how dignified this whole campaign has been. They know they have …
UPDATE – SEPTEMBER 2023: I don’t want to delete this article as it’s a part of my story, but I must tell you that I cannot continue to endorse Medic Footprints as a company, following their decision to pursue the highly unethical Multi-Level Marketing business model, in the form of ‘Travel Doctorpreneurs’. As a marketing …
When I talked to my dad about my resignation, it was difficult to bear the disappointment in his voice when he said: “So, what, you’re officially unemployed now are you?” He didn’t say it at all cruelly – it was just the statement of the awful truth that hurt. It was qpainfully real. I hit …
Dear Me, This year, for the first time in perhaps your whole life, you have opened your eyes to who you really are. Your history of anxiety, self-loathing and doubt have left you feeling scared in the face of this discovery. “Is it too late to change?” you say. “I should have done things differently.” …
It’s been two weeks since I stopped working. Two weeks sober. What a fortnight I have had… When I woke up the next day at 8am instead of 6am and had nowhere to be, it felt delicious. The hours of the day stretched out before me, with waves of potential, and to be honest, all …
The other day, I was on my way to the Royal London Hospital to discuss my resignation with the Dean of my Foundation School, when a man going past on a bicycle stopped next to me. “Are you lost?” he asked, with an accent that I recognised to be Sri Lankan. I turned away from …
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