I'm a doctor in less than a year
Happy? Worried? Overwhelmed? Excited?
It is currently the 3rd of August 2021. If everything goes to plan, I finish my exams in May and by June and before I turn 27, I will be a D O C T O R. Wow.
To some this may seem like a whatever thing or a whatever moment. However, for me, it seems very very surreal. Growing up and always being asked what I want to do and me always replying with doctor, not fully knowing what it means but just knowing that it’s a respected profession and my father is one. (From the age of 8, in Tanzania, we are always asked what we want to do and saying you don’t know just never made sense to the teachers.
Fast forward to now, after doing the IB, a bachelors degree in the UK and now a medical degree one year away from completion, it just feels super surreal and too good to be true - but alas, it’s true.
How do I feel?
Excitement & Impatience
The majority of what I am feeling is impatience and excitement. Being in the hospital, I’ve realised that majority of medicine in practice is being shown how to do things and you doing them with supervision and then slowly doing them on your own (obviously to have knowledge on what you’re doing is needed and why you’re doing it as well). That is why I think I’m ready to be a doctor and that I am ready to learn how to manage patients on my own and manage an emergency situation and escalate when necessary etc. I just want the responsibility, financial independence, the title of a dr. That is the excitement part and also a little impatience part.
The impatience is mainly due to the fact that I have been a student for over 8 years now, 3 years BSc and 5 years medical student and I’m just tired of being a student. Yes, as a junior doctor you’re still a ‘student’ but at least I’ll be earning, I’ll be a doctor, I’ll be working. It WILL be different no matter what anyone says and I can’t wait for that. That is where the impatience comes from.
Nervous
Am I nervous? ofcourse. Anyone who says they’re not, is lying. Nervousness, but not because I don’t know what I’m doing but because It’s the beginning of something new and a lot of responsibility will be thrown on me. So, naturally yes, I do feel nervous and I am sure closer to the start of my job, I will feel the nerves even more.
Are you a new doctor? are you a final year student? how do you feel about being a doctor soon?
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