When I was nine…
When I was nine, I decided that I was going to be a doctor.
When I was twenty four, I decided that I wasn’t.
So then I was faced with the difficult and somewhat unexpected decision of what to do instead. With a background in medicine, my recruitment consultant gently nudged me away from my plan to advertise cars, and I found myself working for a medical education agency. It was the right move to stay in healthcare, not only is it my area of expertise, more importantly it is what I care about.
Having worked on the wards, I have seen the miscommunication and sometimes complete lack of communication that occurs between patients and their doctors. I have irritated numerous consultants with questions on their patients’ feelings and opinions. It is the great privilege of the medical student to have the time to talk about such things! (Perhaps partially as a disguise for our limited medical knowledge)
But on a serious note, I absolutely believe in the importance of having a patient-centered approach to medicine. So when I met the team at Hive, by unexpected fortune, I couldn’t have imagined a more perfect place for me to be.
I’ve been here for 6 days now. So far, so good.