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Queries about medical intern year

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  • #32
    david_defoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭david_defoe


    opinion guy wrote: »
    Prepare to be shocked :)
    Not saying it's not bad, only that here in Italy is bad enough for me to leave and try somewhere else. You'd be surprised by how many of my collegues say I'm right to go away and aren't leaving themselves just because of the language or the distance... About EWTD: 36h shifts and working 70h a week are absolutely normal here too, especially in EDs.


  • #33
    sillymoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭sillymoo


    foreverandever wrote: »
    http://www.imt.ie/news/latest-news/2012/04/alarm-over-the-lack-of-internship-posts.html

    I saw this today - probably not the best timing, being half way through finals and seeing this. Its has a lot of people in my class very worried. Our college also sent us the report from the HSE (published this month) about the number of applicants and it seem there are about 200 more applicants this year compared to last year. Il have a look and see if I can find it again. It makes interesting reading.

    Personally I have been trying to hold off worrying about this until after the exams. However it is the talk of the library at the moment!


  • #34
    sillymoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭sillymoo


    sillymoo wrote: »
    I saw this today - probably not the best timing, being half way through finals and seeing this. Its has a lot of people in my class very worried. Our college also sent us the report from the HSE (published this month) about the number of applicants and it seem there are about 200 more applicants this year compared to last year. Il have a look and see if I can find it again. It makes interesting reading.

    Personally I have been trying to hold off worrying about this until after the exams. However it is the talk of the library at the moment!

    Found it


  • #35
    foreverandever
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 207 ✭✭foreverandever


    I know, it makes for an interesting and slightly alarming read. This problem has been known about for four years though, once the graduate entry medicine began. I have heard some of the consultants and other doctors talking about it and they are quite sure that every irish student will get a job. It is the non-eus that will suffer the most and the problem will only get worse in years to come!


  • #36
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,671 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    It's getting towards 20 years since my intern year :eek: (A certain boardsie was in my class too!!)

    Its a little dispiriting to see that things have changed so little in that time and tbh I suspect that conditions for NCHD's are probably remarkably similar throughout Europe.

    Anyway David_Defoe i hope it works out well. Ireland has some very good teachers and some dedicated and inspirations docs so there are worse places to go.


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  • #37
    dissed doc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭dissed doc


    RobFowl wrote: »
    It's getting towards 20 years since my intern year :eek: (A certain boardsie was in my class too!!)

    Its a little dispiriting to see that things have changed so little in that time and tbh I suspect that conditions for NCHD's are probably remarkably similar throughout Europe.

    Anyway David_Defoe i hope it works out well. Ireland has some very good teachers and some dedicated and inspirations docs so there are worse places to go.

    I think in Italy probably, but not in UK, Netherlands, etc., .


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