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The Theoretical Doctor @[email protected] · 2025-08-14 · 00:00 UTC

Reflection – After Almost 2 Years Of Practicing As A Junior Doctor

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“Would you want to return back to medical school?”

No.

I enjoyed my 5 years of medical school very much and I appreciate the memories formed throughout those years.

However, after working as a junior doctor for 2 years, I would not consider turning back time, just to go through medical school all over again. I enjoyed studying and it was equally tough and fun. Besides that, I had the best study group, “The Impostors”.

Going through the COVID-19 Pandemic season of social distancing and online classes made the journey easier. I remembered staying back in Kuala Lumpur and waking up in the morning prior to starting class just to set up my laptop and my connecting screen, sending the link earlier to the group, sharing the slides if needed and while the classes are on-going, I would go about cooking, cleaning or folding clothes.

My coffee and tea would be on standby and everything was prim and proper. Besides that, breakfast, lunch and dinner would always be prepped by me, for me or my friend who lives upstairs. After that, I would proceed to study during the wee hours.

I think the time I managed to complete reading various textbooks were during the COVID pandemic.

Then, I graduated and started my housemanship. It was extremely tough at first and it’s still difficult now at times but I’ve grown to accept the fact that there will be difficult days as well as good days.

Three months later after starting my housemanship journey, my first pay was banked in and subsequently, every month I received my monthly pay.

Eventually as I become more and more senior, things became more and more familiar and easier and some things or procedures became a reflex, even the management plans.

Thus, considering, the things that I’m doing now which I think is much easier as compared to my medical school days, would I want to turn back time?

Nope. Medical school is important and equally tough. On top of that, I’m not getting paid. Instead, my parents had to pay for my medical school fees.

So, no. I cherished those days as I said. But I certainly do not want to relieve them again.

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