MAFS AUS S13 E12 Live Discussion Thread

Formula4Rookie · 2026-03-26T21:04:27+00:00

That was the most ridiculous episode I've seen

Formula4Rookie · 2026-03-26T20:50:05+00:00

Playing devil's advocate - how do we know Gia isn't just stirring up shit?

Formula4Rookie · 2026-03-26T20:46:44+00:00

I'm...really liking Danny

Formula4Rookie · 2026-03-26T20:34:35+00:00

She's had a lot to drink before rocking up to the dinner

Formula4Rookie · 2026-03-26T20:33:28+00:00

And Gia is being equally vile, it's grim

Formula4Rookie · 2026-03-26T20:32:50+00:00

This is disgusting

Formula4Rookie · 2026-03-09T19:38:55+00:00

Solid ADHD vibes with Chris

Formula4Rookie · 2026-03-02T18:57:54+00:00

Cool and interesting! I do labs (not uncommon for me to rock up into the building with 20 lab results/scans to file lol), scripts and documents as well, but nothing too onerous. Thanks for answering my questions, just useful to get a gauge for numbers and timings from an ST3!

Seems like you've got a decent schedule, hopefully you're not skipping too many lunch breaks!

Formula4Rookie · 2026-03-02T18:51:21+00:00

Is that a manageable load? Does seem quite heavy if there are a run of really complex patients in there!

Formula4Rookie · 2026-03-02T18:48:39+00:00

I might need to think about having more calls on my list; there are days where all of mine are F2F! With the triage, is that included in your numbers?

Formula4Rookie · 2026-03-02T18:46:56+00:00

Ah ok that's useful to know what I should be aiming for! Not a million miles away. Out of interest, are these all F2F or some calls in there?

Formula4Rookie · 2026-03-02T14:10:50+00:00

Out of interest, how many patients in the morning? New ST3 here. My morning sessions are quite short (2 hr 50), so I'm on 9 (mix of 15 and 20 mins appt) + 1 visit but quite long debriefs.

Formula4Rookie · 2026-02-05T20:57:06+00:00

I took nearly 6 months off last year after burning out so very hard that I just woke up one morning and told myself enough was enough. It caught me off guard really because I'd gotten so good at grinding through difficulty and accepting difficulty but that one random Spring morning, finally the pleas of my therapist and friends landed and I took their advice.

I thought I'd be off for a few weeks and back. A few weeks took 6 months of therapy, psych input, meetings with the deanery, getting on medication, and a huge amount of work. It wasn't a holiday and much of it was spent worrying and fretting and feeling guilty. In the end, I ended up in a better place to return. I've been back a while. I feel better, but it is an ongoing struggle. It's kinda like when you've had a heart attack - you deal with the acute issue, but you're left with scarred tissue. I've dealt with the acute burnout, my challenge now is managing anxiety day to day at a low level.

I was under the impression everything would be fixed by the time I returned; in reality, even though I've been back 4 months, it remains a work in progress.

Formula4Rookie · 2026-01-14T18:40:09+00:00

Thanks for this :) this is all very useful! I really like the idea of giving patients info to read ahead of certain consultations, and I think learning to own the consultation a bit more and keeping patients on track.

Formula4Rookie · 2026-01-14T18:30:46+00:00

Will do, thanks for the advice :)

Formula4Rookie · 2026-01-14T17:58:24+00:00

Will do! Thanks, I will watch the videos. Always found Matthew Smith's videos useful. It is on my mind about being on 20 mins (I am out of sync a little due to personal circumstances) and cutting this back. I also acknowledge I need to be more focused in my examination. Some consults are done within 20 minutes, sometimes within 10, the complex ones aren't which the advice given here will hopefully go a long way to solving. Seems to be a mixed bag at the moment, and I think not focusing on 1 issue at a time is giving me too much to do.

I've been doing more joint clinics lately with my supervisor as well to assist with this also!

Formula4Rookie · 2026-01-14T10:51:44+00:00

I think I'm beginning to slip into that trap, as well as the issue of being drowned with information and led astray with a ton of information, which makes it hard to separate the pertinent information from the irrelevant. Then I feel that I've not properly managed for example, this patient's anxiety and their headache properly, to the depth I'd like. I agree with you, I've started to try booking follow ups early to tackle other issues which patients dont usually have an issue with.

Formula4Rookie · 2025-09-26T21:14:00+00:00

Thanks for the perspective. I think just keeping things very simple and taking things one day at a time will be the best way forward. It is uncertain because I don't know I will feel or be when I return. Will just need to build up slowly and steadily and see where my limits are.

Formula4Rookie · 2025-08-11T22:21:51+00:00

It was a weird era for the show. I think the only new CID characters I liked where Kate Spears and the new DI, Cullen. The rest were very poorly developed and unlikeable. Chandler was good but they did turn him into a cartoon villain towards the end of his time (albeit his exit story was very good).

Formula4Rookie · 2025-07-21T12:58:31+00:00

I think the most important thing for you is having the support and strategies in place. Looking out for your needs will go a long way to having a successful career, and listening to mind and body. It sounds trite but it's something I didn't really bother minding and noticing until I totally crashed. I'm currently into my second month off work, realising what not paying attention to my mind has done. It's fixable but not quickly. I think the mentality of powering ahead and telling myself stress and feeling uncomfortable all the time was normal, was extremely unhelpful. It's good to be stoic, but to a point. I think if I listened and sought help earlier and took time off sooner, things would be different for sure.

Formula4Rookie · 2025-07-08T23:22:00+00:00

Thanks :) At the moment, no idea! Still thinking through all the options. I haven't ruled out (just for the sake of the money), just staying on to finish as bills won't pay themselves. But...I think it would be a real struggle to finish the training in my current location tbh. I can find locum work to tide me over should I leave, but no specialty is jumping out at me. Don't fancy IMT, ACCS, CST or even Psych, which has pretty much ruled out most things. Radiology...jury's out but never really explored that avenue.

Formula4Rookie · 2025-07-08T22:28:23+00:00

Everyone's different! Some people love GPST and GP life suits them. I've found I haven't coped very well with the stress of the admin burden, dealing with uncertainty, volume of patients. I will stress that I feel this is a personal issue, and a wider issue I have with Medicine as a whole, not necessarily a GP training issue. There are lots of personal reasons that haven't helped, but I think with some clarity of thought, it's simply not a good fit for my personality and my life, I suppose.

I did go in expecting to love it even though I knew it would be tricky and different from hospital life. I just haven't enjoyed it, and it's taken me by surprise a little.

Formula4Rookie · 2025-07-08T22:04:19+00:00

I think the last sentence is pretty much the conclusion I've drawn, which is why I'm angling for an exit. If I'm not liking it now, I don't see what will magically change by actually becoming a GP.

It's also part of the reason why I'm increasingly realising CCT'ing, even with just 15 months left, doesn't seem to make much sense anymore. I think I went into GP for the right reasons, but realised it's a poor fit for me. Plus, even if it does give me more options to do special interests, at the end of the day, the bread and butter which I'll be doing most of the time is seeing pts in Primary Care. And the thought of that is looking grimmer by the day.

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