“… I had no friggin idea what the heck I had chosen… “
We continue on from the previous episode, and are talking WORK with Sunny.
In Summary:
In this episode we dive into things like:
- What makes her day a good day vs bad day?
- How did she end up choosing a career in Medicine?
- What does it take to be doctor in her field?
- What she loves and hates about her job…
- And more!
Don’t let me hold you up anymore..… onto Episode 4 ~
Podcast Content and Show Notes:
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Also, timestamps may differ slightly by a few seconds.
| 00:01:35 | What makes the day a good day? |
| 00:03:09 | What makes the day a bad day? |
| 00:06:19 | What is it about your job that you particularly love? |
| 00:07:52 | What’s an “interesting case” |
| 00:08:43 | What do you dislike about your job? |
| 00:09:25 | The Graveyard shift, and on-call. |
| 00:12:59 | When did you know you wanted to be a doctor |
| 00:13:26 | Having no idea what we are actually choosing when choosing a university degree. |
| 00:14:16 | Medicine doesn’t suit everyone… |
| 00:15:17 | Don’t really get an experience of what it is like to be a doctor while you’re a student. |
| 00:15:45 | What rotation did you do as an intern? |
| 00:18:48 | When did you know you wanted to work in ED? |
| 00:19:57 | Required qualifications for Medicine. |
| 00:25:50 | Is a high level of intelligence a requirement to do Medicine well, or is common sense sufficient? |
| 00:28:55 | For those who are thinking about pursuing a career in Medicine/ED, what advice would you have for them? |
| 00:32:39 | How many years is the under graduate degree (Australia, NSW) |
| 00:35:38 | More about the Internship. |
| 00:36:58 | At what stage can you can you start considering specialisation? |
| 00:37:08 | The need and requirements for on-going study. |
| 00:39:48 | Potentially in your 3rd year (Registrar), what happens once you know what specialty you’d like to go into? |
| 00:44:09 | So how long does it take to go through the process of specialising in ED? |
| 00:45:47 | Are there multiple colleges for each of the specialisations? |
| 00:45:58 | What are some other examples of popular specialisations with only few slots? |
| 00:47:15 | Are you paid a reasonable wage while working as a trainee specialist? |
| 00:47:48 | What happens if you fail the final exam? |
| 00:49:00 | Do quota requirements and student numbers affect whether a certain proportion of students pass/fail? |
| 00:50:18 | What happens when you become a specialist, but there are no specialist level jobs available? |
| 00:51:26 | Can you have your own practice as a specialist without your full accreditation, or what can you do if you don’t meet your accreditation requirements? |
| 00:52:39 | When do you start earning money as a doctor? |
| 00:52:48 | Is the wage of an intern a reasonable adult wage? |
| 00:53:26 | So what’s this about the “poor doctor” in their early years? |
| 00:54:22 | The HECS-HELP debt – University Student Loan system from the Australian Government. |
| 00:55:18 | CORRECTION: “for a university exam” should have been “for a university degree”. |
| 00:55:38 | When applying to the specialty colleges, within what ballpark figure are the fees for applying? |
| 00:57:19 | If you could do it all over again, is there a different occupation you would have considered? |