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Two Weeks on a Trolley: Long hours? Or a long time training?

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Dr Thunder, an Irish Paediatric Registrar currently working in Australia. Thursday, 23 September 2010. Or a long time training? A fan of too much work. Over the years, I’ve done my fair share of long shifts, nights, weekends, public holidays, and combinations of all the above. I always thought my colleagues agreed with me. Enough miserable faces on the corridors of the various hospitals I’ve worked in made me feel a collective yearning for better conditions. Regular basis, as happens in Ireland. These do...

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Two Weeks on a Trolley: the family doctor Vs the FAMILY doctor

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Dr Thunder, an Irish Paediatric Registrar currently working in Australia. Thursday, 6 January 2011. The family doctor Vs the FAMILY doctor. I hate being the only doctor in the family. Aunts, grannies, nieces and friends of theirs all seem too keen to show me their bumps and bruises at any opportunity, in the hope of getting a quick diagnosis. I even had a relative show me his penis recently! But what do you THINK might be wrong? To this day she tells everyone who'll listen that it's a crime for me to be ...

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Two Weeks on a Trolley: The downside of being down under.

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Dr Thunder, an Irish Paediatric Registrar currently working in Australia. Sunday, 13 February 2011. The downside of being down under. This blog, and many others are full of the joys involved in a move to Australia and New Zealand. A region where work/life balance is (usually) possible, and where we don't have to routinely watch patients die while they wait for outpatient appointments, or operating theatre slots. But there must be a downside, right? 1) Trying to get here. 2) Patient expectation is higher.

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Two Weeks on a Trolley: March 2010

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Dr Thunder, an Irish Paediatric Registrar currently working in Australia. Saturday, 6 March 2010. The 6 hour wait. This total con is coming soon to an Irish emergency department near you. Irish emergency departments are stretched to the limit. Back in Ireland, however, there are 3 options available to our political elite:. 1) Try a quick fix, in the hope of picking up votes in time for the next election. 3) Lie about it. "Problem? Ooohhh look.a penguin! So, option 3 has been tried. Minister Harney se...

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Two Weeks on a Trolley: August 2010

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Dr Thunder, an Irish Paediatric Registrar currently working in Australia. Saturday, 28 August 2010. Another GAMSAT snoozefest from the desk of Dr. Thunder. Yeah I know. I have an unhealthy obsession with GAMSAT. But I'm not just trying to be a bollix. It concerns me that the GAMSAT graduates I've worked with, and the senior GAMSAT course students I've taught, have been, in my opinion, less capable than their tradition course counterparts. Yet another study shows applicant selected by their GAMSAT results...

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Two Weeks on a Trolley: July 2010

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Dr Thunder, an Irish Paediatric Registrar currently working in Australia. Saturday, 3 July 2010. Dr Under (the weather). Wow, April 2nd was the last post on this blog! I've been out of action for a long time, and time has flown. I was actually sick. I was on the other side of the fence, which is why I haven't been up to posting. I won't go into details of my medical condition, as it potentially makes me identifiable, but suffice to say I had pretty big surgery. Waiting rooms are inhumane! But, in fairnes...

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Two Weeks on a Trolley: Kudos to you, Mr GP.

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Dr Thunder, an Irish Paediatric Registrar currently working in Australia. Friday, 5 November 2010. Kudos to you, Mr GP. Overheard in the supermarket today:. Mildly coryzal staff member. I've had this cold for 4 days now, and it's pissing me off. I went to my GP, and the idiot refused to prescribe antibiotics. That's awful. You should change doctors. Mildly coryzal staff member. So, there you go. Props to that unnamed, unsung hero of general practice. The future MRSA patients of the plant thank you :D.

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Two Weeks on a Trolley: Why?

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Dr Thunder, an Irish Paediatric Registrar currently working in Australia. Friday, 29 October 2010. Dear baby Jesus. Why. 1) do the sickest kids have the most difficult veins? 2) do the the kids with nothing wrong with them have the most anxious parents? 3) do doctors forget all non-bone related medicine as soon as they become orthopaedic surgeons? 4) do the kids with cancer always come from the nicest families? 7) do the politicians always know better than us when it comes to health policy? They stopped ...

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Two Weeks on a Trolley: April 2010

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Dr Thunder, an Irish Paediatric Registrar currently working in Australia. Friday, 2 April 2010. It's been a busy month in healthcare! I don't know what to blog about today. So many things have happened since my last post that I don't know where to start. So, why don't we have a little round-up of what's been happening:. I wonder did she catch up with any of the thousands of disgruntled Irish doctors and nurses working there, while she was visiting. Nope They're negotiating so that frontline healthcare pr...