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I have been lucky - returning to medicine has been such a positive experience overall.
But it has sometimes felt very difficult, with practical and emotional challenges.
and unpublished or anon. posts, and deleted drafts.
💭🧵
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#ReturningDoctor
I have been lucky - returning to medicine has been such a positive experience overall.
But it has sometimes felt very difficult, with practical and emotional challenges.
and unpublished or anon. posts, and deleted drafts.
💭🧵
1/10
#ReturningDoctor
Is this possible?
Where do I even start?
Has anyone else done this before?
Where can I find help, resources, support, guidance?
Who can I ask?
Will they be supportive?
Or will they laugh and tell me it's an impossibly daft idea?
2/
Where do I even start?
Has anyone else done this before?
Where can I find help, resources, support, guidance?
Who can I ask?
Will they be supportive?
Or will they laugh and tell me it's an impossibly daft idea?
2/
I need a licence to practise to apply for a job
How do I reinstate my licence?
I have reinstated my licence - now I need to appraise and revalidate
But I need a job to have an appraiser and a responsible body
If I don't get a job?
Will I need to relinquish my LtP again?
3/
How do I reinstate my licence?
I have reinstated my licence - now I need to appraise and revalidate
But I need a job to have an appraiser and a responsible body
If I don't get a job?
Will I need to relinquish my LtP again?
3/
Job application 1
Interview truly awful
Why am I putting myself through this?
Interview 2 - better
(Got a job, yay!)
Board induction and ALS - I feel old and out of place - my new peers are >20 years younger than me
Learning how to study for a course/exam again is hard!
4/
Interview truly awful
Why am I putting myself through this?
Interview 2 - better
(Got a job, yay!)
Board induction and ALS - I feel old and out of place - my new peers are >20 years younger than me
Learning how to study for a course/exam again is hard!
4/
How will I know what I don't know?
I'm 12 years older now - will I cope physically with night shifts, long days, full-time?
Getting to grips with the different NHS IT systems is a nightmare
I feel like a dinosaur 🦕 compared to my peers!
5/
I'm 12 years older now - will I cope physically with night shifts, long days, full-time?
Getting to grips with the different NHS IT systems is a nightmare
I feel like a dinosaur 🦕 compared to my peers!
5/
The cognitive overwhelm is huge
Learning to take clinical responsibility again is huge
Hospital systems are quite different now
Is there an expectation that I will take off where I left off?
6/
Learning to take clinical responsibility again is huge
Hospital systems are quite different now
Is there an expectation that I will take off where I left off?
6/
I am terrified of making a mistake
7/
7/
There are so few substantive jobs available - if I don't get a job, what have I done this for?
Am I taking a job from someone else?
If I don't get a job, will I have failed (again?)
(again) why am I putting myself through this?
8/
Am I taking a job from someone else?
If I don't get a job, will I have failed (again?)
(again) why am I putting myself through this?
8/
I don't think anybody really understands what this feels like
Not even close family
9/
Not even close family
9/
But
these uncertainties...
...what they actually say to me is that...
we need support for returners
mentors are crucial
role models are crucial
We have a workforce crisis
but returning to medicine is difficult
It should be - and could be - easier
#ReturningDoctor
10/end
these uncertainties...
...what they actually say to me is that...
we need support for returners
mentors are crucial
role models are crucial
We have a workforce crisis
but returning to medicine is difficult
It should be - and could be - easier
#ReturningDoctor
10/end
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