Secret Doctor: Developing a thick skin is essential in life, more so as a medical student

A life of on-call shifts, handovers, and on-going learning. A junior doctor who has worked in Ireland and overseas looks at life as a medical student and as a graduate. Over the next few weeks, they will compare their experience of Irish hospitals with medical work in the southern hemisphere

The Secret Doctor

With trembling anticipation, I crossed the threshold of the hospital's main entrance, a place I hadn't set foot in for nearly 10 years. 

Back in my student days, I roamed these corridors alongside my comrades, indulging in lengthy lunches at the canteen.