23-05-2024 07:50 PM |
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I think pregnant ladies excused from calls from 3rd trimester
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I was excused from calls in third trimester
But I took exams immediately post partum and that was incredibly stressful coz I failed 1 year before. Luckily managed to pass the second time.
It was hard. Incredibly hard. Missed a lot of time with my older child.
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23-05-2024 06:43 PM |
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can someone who completed residency while being pregnant share how your experience is like?
not sure how people manage exams, work, calls on top of being pregnant and taking care of kid.
asking my parents or father / mother in law is out of the question as they are also working and live very far.
just curious how people do it
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I think pregnant ladies excused from calls from 3rd trimester
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23-05-2024 04:35 PM |
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can someone who completed residency while being pregnant share how your experience is like?
not sure how people manage exams, work, calls on top of being pregnant and taking care of kid.
asking my parents or father / mother in law is out of the question as they are also working and live very far.
just curious how people do it
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23-05-2024 01:26 PM |
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That's assuming OP wants to have children. Not everyone wants children especially these days
However I do wish I had children earlier. Its hard during residency.
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Exactly it is now or never.
When u grow old and die alone
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23-05-2024 10:30 AM |
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dont delay children.
coz it is either now or IVF. IVF dont always work.
suggest u go ahead with first kid during med sch.
if need be, take a leave of absence.
even my yllsom classmates, some took leave of absence during med sch (even though just early twenties). those that took gap year during junior HO/MO also nv regret it.
med is comfortable lah.
again HO is 5k, MO is 10k, reg is 15K, ac/gp is 20K annualised
but as LYK say if you are a woman, quickly go bear children first.
the in laws can take care
i just attended a funeral. served the biggest hospital in the south for 30 years.
zero. i mean like really zero ex colleagues came.
very sad not to have children. your colleagues wont rmb you. your patients wont rmb you.
only your family does.
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That's assuming OP wants to have children. Not everyone wants children especially these days
However I do wish I had children earlier. Its hard during residency.
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23-05-2024 10:29 AM |
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U think lei?
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That's not a very helpful reply
It's not rly hard to get hired. Try locuming around. Usu if you're quite OK you will get offers all the time
But it can be hard to take mc and leave
Prob needs negotiation
Esp if its a small company
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22-05-2024 01:01 PM |
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Hi everyone, I’m an incoming med student to one of the med schools in Singapore. (PG med, worked in a cushy 9-5 for a while) I understand from all the pages i’ve read in this forum that there’s a certain amount of jadedness around medicine/the system/pay structure etc. I just wanted to ask if there is any piece of advice you would give to a med sch student like me (that doesnt include quit while you can hahaha).
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dont delay children.
coz it is either now or IVF. IVF dont always work.
suggest u go ahead with first kid during med sch.
if need be, take a leave of absence.
even my yllsom classmates, some took leave of absence during med sch (even though just early twenties). those that took gap year during junior HO/MO also nv regret it.
med is comfortable lah.
again HO is 5k, MO is 10k, reg is 15K, ac/gp is 20K annualised
but as LYK say if you are a woman, quickly go bear children first.
the in laws can take care
i just attended a funeral. served the biggest hospital in the south for 30 years.
zero. i mean like really zero ex colleagues came.
very sad not to have children. your colleagues wont rmb you. your patients wont rmb you.
only your family does.
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22-05-2024 11:55 AM |
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also would like to add that i’m going in with my eyes open, I know it’s not an easy job and profession, and that it’s extremely tiring and stressful. Pursuing Medicine was after a lot of deliberate thought and weighing tradeoffs (my BTO payment is gonna hurt and my wedding —which will have to be a small one — is going to be deferred for another 4-5 years… + i’ll be taking a pay cut from my old job. Wanted to know how I, as a new (and fairly young but not as young as those graduating from YLL or LKC) doctor can survive in today’s world. Thanks!!
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Why delay marriage.
You should get preggie as a med student.
Can one. Med school is not hard.
Internship year v siong, U can't get pregnant.
As a mopex, U not gonna get into any program carrying a parasite in your abdo
As a young ressie, it's really stressful, U really don't want to be pregnant
if not your next opportunity is when U finish residency or when U quit the race and become a gp or locum.
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22-05-2024 11:23 AM |
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Hi everyone, I’m an incoming med student to one of the med schools in Singapore. (PG med, worked in a cushy 9-5 for a while) I understand from all the pages i’ve read in this forum that there’s a certain amount of jadedness around medicine/the system/pay structure etc. I just wanted to ask if there is any piece of advice you would give to a med sch student like me (that doesnt include quit while you can hahaha).
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also would like to add that i’m going in with my eyes open, I know it’s not an easy job and profession, and that it’s extremely tiring and stressful. Pursuing Medicine was after a lot of deliberate thought and weighing tradeoffs (my BTO payment is gonna hurt and my wedding —which will have to be a small one — is going to be deferred for another 4-5 years… + i’ll be taking a pay cut from my old job. Wanted to know how I, as a new (and fairly young but not as young as those graduating from YLL or LKC) doctor can survive in today’s world. Thanks!!
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22-05-2024 11:17 AM |
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Hi everyone, I’m an incoming med student to one of the med schools in Singapore. (PG med, worked in a cushy 9-5 for a while) I understand from all the pages i’ve read in this forum that there’s a certain amount of jadedness around medicine/the system/pay structure etc. I just wanted to ask if there is any piece of advice you would give to a med sch student like me (that doesnt include quit while you can hahaha).
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