The Reality of Becoming a Doctor in The UK: Med school, NHS life, and career regrets (ep9)

About this episode

This episode discusses the realities of pursuing a medical career in the UK, featuring insights from guest Maika on the challenges and rewards of being a doctor.

Is the path to becoming a Doctor still worth it in the UK? This week, my friend Maika is in the studio to reveal the honest truth about a career in medicine. This episode covers: What the post-graduate route to medicine looks like The highs and lows of med school Balancing med school and personal life What foundation training is actually like The less glamorous sides of medicine no one talks about Surviving deanery allocations What NHS Doctor salaries look like Struggling with work life balance as a Doctor Career regrets as a current Doctor in the UK Whether or not the path to medicine is recommend today Follow Dr Maika on her socials for more about Doctor life and Medicine! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maikamendoza/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@maikammendoza?lang=en

People in this episode

Host: Clouds Joo

Guest: Maika

Topics covered

• becoming a doctor
• medical school
• NHS life
• career regrets
• work-life balance
• foundation training

Keywords

• doctor
• medicine
• medical school
• NHS
• career regrets
• work-life balance
• foundation training

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NHS

Places: UK

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