Breaking into the 'Old Boys Club'

Medicine has traditionally been a profession full of old white men. Even though the way has been well-paved by women before me, training to be a doctor can still be very challenging. Here are the stories of my trials and tribulations...

Friday, April 06, 2007

It had to come sometime

I guess I spoke too soon. I totally jinxed myself on my last call shift. That'll teach me to be so cocky! On my last call shift, I got 35 minutes of sleep and had to stay until 2pm the next day. It was a bit of a nightmare because in the morning, all the teams were switching over and we had new people, all the patients were being "geographically relocated", and there were no beds available on the wards so patients were waiting in emerg. Good times. Our team had to admit all 18 patients because all the other services (like HIV, hospitalist, family medicine) didn't have any beds available.

Today I am on call again. We shall see how it goes.

Tomorrow, I am heading to my dad's place for easter. It'll be a quick visit because I need to study for my exam coming up in 2 weeks, but I feel like I need a change in scenery for a bit. Plus he has a washer and dryer that I can use for free!!! Bonus! I am starting to appreciate the small things in life!

Wish me luck tonight!

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