Day in my life as a Doctor in my 20s | Full-Time in the UK

We usually see 12 to 13 patients per day. Blood pressure cuff. I've seen so many kids with colds and coughs.

I need to leave for work in 4 hours at4 to 9. So I usually get a good few hours before work in the morning which is quite nice because that's when I can get done and be the most productive. I recently started this new rotation called GP or general practice, also called family medicine in some other countries. But as part of our training, we rotate through different specialties every 4 months. And we get nine days off from work in total during those four months. At the start of each rotation,

what I'd like to do is to plan those day offs and send it to my managers. And that's what I'm going to do now.

I really wanted to take all those nine days together so I have a longer break and you know I can use it to travel but I stopped myself and decided to use them to work and build things outside of medicine. So, I spread them all across the last nine weeks, taking each Monday off because, as some of you know, one of my main goals right now is to explore as many opportunities as possible outside of medicine before I commit to any specialty training as a doctor. And I'll

be gladly sacrificing my days off for that. It's not even a sacrifice because it's something I really want to do.

I'm going to have this chicken soup mom made for me. Super easy and convenient. I'll put some cheese on it and melt it and dip some naan bread. Yum, yum, yum.

This needs a little bit more heating Now the cheese has melted. It looks so good.

How crazy is it that it's almost 9:00 and it's still dark outside? That's winter in the UK for you.

One great thing about GP is that you don't have to wear scrubs. You can just wear smart casual clothes, which is a really rare option to have for doctors. But I'm wearing scrubs still because it's easier to put on and, you know, less less decision- making in the morning. Speedy.

Booster mode. Level one. Level level three. >> 1 minute past. >> I was just thinking, "Oh my god, I need to pack my lunch." But then I realized I didn't have time to have a lunch break yesterday. So, my lunch is left in the fridge untouched from yesterday. One less thing to worry about. A win is a win.

Good thing is I don't live too far from work.

Oh there's no parking space. Oh god. Honestly, the biggest problem with this practice is that there's no parking space basically.

I just finished seeing seven patients. Two of them were phone consultations and the rest were face to face. We usually see 12 to 13 patients per day and sometimes we're allocated to see a patient during our lunch break which was the case yesterday. I had to go to a home visit. So going to patients own home to see them and deal with their medical problem. We only do that for patients who are not able to come to us to the clinic. And now I'm going to eat lunch that I couldn't eat yesterday.

I'm just having some Turkish beans and rice with yogurt drink called iron. I usually like having my lunch break in my room cuz you need some alone time and peace and quiet sometimes.

This is the bag we collect in the morning to examine our patients. Blood pressure cuff, oxygen saturation monitor thermometer otoscope, blood sugar monitor.

It's gotten dark already and I'm done for the day.

We're in the shops now to do some grocery shopping to get some bits and bobs for tomorrow's breakfast cuz I realized I finished my mom's chicken soup and I have nothing else to eat. It was about time that I grow up and prepare my own breakfast.

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First thing I'm going to do right now is actually take off my scrubs because I've seen way too many sick children today. So many kids with colds and coughs. I want to catch any of that. So, I'm just going to take off my scrubs gear before I get into my bedroom. Honestly, I could have taken it off in the surgery, but I'm just

absolutely starving. If I remember correctly, I just have lots of leftovers. So, I just need to Okay, this is it. Okay. So, let me show you what I mean by that. I've got half a portion of green curry and less than half a portion of salmon pasta. So, I'll just try to finish off all the leftovers for dinner. Honestly, I've decided to just heat it up and eat it in the Tupperware because I don't want to have to deal with more washing up. I already have a good pile in the sink

absolutely starving. If I remember correctly, I just have lots of leftovers. So, I just need to Okay, this is it. Okay. So, let me show you what I mean by that. I've got half a portion of green curry and less than half a portion of salmon pasta. So, I'll just try to finish off all the leftovers for dinner. Honestly, I've decided to just heat it up and eat it in the Tupperware because I don't want to have to deal with more washing up. I already have a good pile in the sink

that I need to wash up this evening.

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It's funny how mom was like, "Rest a little bit, but still try to get some light things done so you don't end up losing your whole evening." And that's exactly what I'm going to do.

This thing is going down.

I don't really push myself to do anything mentally draining in the evenings because the energy to output ratio just isn't worth it for me or the quality of my work doesn't justify my efforts in the evenings, especially after a long working day, especially now that I started GP or family medicine. I feel so much more cognitively tired and, you know, decision fatigued. I think it's because, you know, I'm seeing my own patients. I'm having my own clinic. I have to do all these independent

decisions compared to when I was working in a hospital in a team. The brain fog I get now is just a different level. And that's why in the evenings I just focus on feel good activities and sleeping.