As a medical student, all we ever hear about is 'professionalism' and how we must act responsibly 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. We're not even meant to get drunk once we qualify, as this could cloud our judgement if we are ever needed to help treat someone in public. This leads me to think if we will ever truly get time off to let our hair down again.
You could say that we should just head abroad on holiday with our hard earned money. We still don't get the time off. Have you ever heard an announcement on a plane asking if there's a doctor on board. We are obliged to answer the call for help, even if there is nothing we can do to help, or if it is just a simple vasovagal attack.
I suppose you could say we knew this when we signed up to the job. In fact, no-one mentions how you must live your life by these rules until about 6 weeks into the course. Thanks GMC, thanks a lot.
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