Your first day of being a doctor is very different to anything in medical school. What can we learn from those who have just finished their first year? What do they wish they had known? Join medical students Laura and Declan, and surgical registrar Greta as we discuss the tips for new doctors sent in by eight Sharp Scratch listeners who have just finished their first or second year of being a doctor. Looking for more tips? Read nine pieces of advice for new doctors from Abraar Karan, an internal medicine resident at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/ Harvard Medical School: https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2019/07/09/abraar-karan-advice-to-new-doctors/. Plus, more tips from doctors who have just finished their first year of being a doctor: https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2018/07/20/tips-for-new-doctors-advice-for-trainees-starting-in-fy1/ Tell us what you think about the episode and your ideas for topics to cover later in the series by leaving a review or by using #SharpScratch on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

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