Hays, Richard (2025) F.R. Aude. Doctor Impostor. F.R. Aude, 2024. ISBN 978-0-6486241-0-3. Australian Journal of General Practice, 54 (5). p. 320.

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[Extract] Most medical graduates will have powerful memories of their first postgraduate year – the period when, almost overnight, they had formal responsibilities and accountability for their actions, and were paid. The latter is easy to celebrate, but what about the former? Many find this a stressful time as so much happens so fast.

Healthcare cannot slow down to match the pace of novices and then speed up as ability and confidence grow. Instead, the first postgraduate year is like jumping onto a moving conveyor belt and hanging on for a ride through a combination of heavy workloads, a series of formative ‘first’ experiences, missed meals, disrupted family and social lives, attempts to ‘fit in’ and, sometimes, worrying de-stressing behaviours.

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