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Originally Posted by Unregistered
EM is attractive because you work longer hours and shift work, but less days. example you work 3- 4 days a week and then the rest of the day you are off. so you can schedule more holidays with family. life also gets better with seniority.
not forgetting to mention that it is easy to get a job anywhere in the world and more likely to be recognised by their specialist board after a few years of working there.
EM is my first rotation in HO, but i ruled it out very quickly as i like working in outpatient setting, no ward rounds or standing around for a long time. that ruled out many specialties.
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You intern overseas is it? Sounds like Australia where A&E is a compulsory rotation. SG HO posting no A&E posting.
aiyah, I intern in auzzie i also think i can do A&E. 8 shift in 14 days. Consultant get 6 clinical shift and 2 other shift is teaching / admin. Their rooster planner also very nice, always group the nights and evening together give u one block in a month. End up u only have to shift your sleep cycle twice a month.
Come back SG , zzz, work in A&E i die. They plan the rooster by the week. One week work about 5 days. Shift can night jump to morning to night within 1 week. I was like WTF??
One month in i'm a bit zombified. SG A&E also got IM resident rotating through. Aiyoh, some of the most anal piece of sheets i ever meet. Plus somehow SG A&E super busy, i end shift still full of adrenaline cannot sleep.
Dun think i can do this for life.
ahah, i not pro like some of the pple on this forum , go aesthetics earn 400k or 600k or what not. I might be more suitable as the "before model" than the "after sample" in terms of looks. It's like a BMI 35 doing obesity medicine. Who will believe me? Choose FM. No competition then. No CV, no LOR nothing get in. No one wants back then.
Now regular 8-4:30.
See simple stuff. Anything more complex, i tell patient paiseh ah, i polyclinic doctor nia, i also not sure but i make sure i find the expert to treat you, refer and then move on. Not my problem liao. Hehe, sometimes i know but aiyah, why bother.. just a GP nia. I'm fine if patient nor colleagues have no respect for me. I get to do the easy stuff and get paid relatively well. Act blur , live easier.
if time MC and leave well, sometimes i get 5 days off during long weekends for my own mini-holiday. No go clinic , they close queue, no stress.
slowly farm lo. 300K a year. I reckon in another 10 years can part time or ask for no pay leave for half a year when my dividend income rise to 150K annually. Then slowly chill and locum away.