Ev'rybody Needs Good...
...Advice.
It used to be that a career in Medicine meant you were as good as guaranteed a job for life. With hard work, exams, research, you could go into any specialty you wanted and maybe one day become the best.
But now, in a desperate political bid to please the public and provide more doctors at Consultant level, the career structure is being given a total overhaul and the process is being streamlined.
What it boils down to is that half of all newly-qualified doctors will be fast-tracked and called "Consultants" after only 7-9 years experience, with the remainder staying as temporary trust grade doctors but doing the same work.
Everyone can have a job, but you won't have much of a say where in the country or in which specialty it will be. The flowchart even has a suspiciously large yellow box with the option "Leave Medicine".
We're desperate. The application forms are being published soon. We need to be told what to expect and how to boost our chances of being able to follow our own chosen career path once MMC (
It's a very unstable time. We need guidance. I turned to this week's edition of BMJ Careers to see if the British Medical Association, the largest support organisation for doctors, have any helpful words.
Biggest story? An interview with Dr Karl Kennedy from Neighbours.
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6 Comments:
Well, Karl Kennedy [i]is[/i] a specialist in brains, pregnancies and cancer... In fact the hospital in Ramsey Street seems to do pretty well with him as the only doctor. Perhaps that's the new plan for the NHS?
Well, if you are going to decide to succumb to the yellow box on the flowchart, at least leave it for a few weeks, because it's well known scientific fact* you can't split with your girlfriend AND quit your job within three weeks of each other without having a mental breakdown
*fiction
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Dr Karl Kennedy is now the star of TV celebrity talent show...is that another possible career path for you?
Mismanaging medical careers............ how apt..........in fact I like this so much how 'bout suggesting this as an alteration to the official website? Either that or employ Karl Kennedy to reform the NHS.......
karl kennedy is my hero- but as he seems to be the only doc over there it's obvious there's a staff shortage.........I vote we move on mass to Oz!!!
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