Over in the states it is currently still July 1st which apparently (according to
MedicDani) is Medical Student day there. So, this post was her idea and nudging me towards getting some fantastic advice from all of you hopefully! What I'd love would be for you to
tweet @ me or to leave in the comments box or to
email me is your piece of advice for brand new medical students, or students starting placements or junior doctors about to start their first jobs, or advice for medical professionals in general. Just one piece of advice is all I ask!
Here's
Dani's piece of advice:
Befriend the nurses and the aides. We will be your best friends or your worst enemies and we have more power with the surgeons than you think. We decide whether to like you or not based on your first day, so the only staff to fear on day one is the Nurses and aides.
Looking forward to reading all of your pieces of advice!!
Dani and I just realised it's actually the first day of residencies in the US, not Medical Student day, however, I think we should have one so the title of this post is going to remain unchanged!!
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