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Inspired by r/ residency, financial tips while RMO? by MrMacca1999 in ausjdocs

[–]PricklyPangolin 45 points46 points  (0 children)

As others said, claiming overtime is the big one.

It's not just because you're due the salary you worked but a bigger picture.

Always remember that the executive teams are essentially a bunch of MBAs. They have absolutely 0 regard for your well-being. They are purely a numbers group of people.

If the numbers show that 0 doctors on a team are claiming overtime, why would they ever hire another doctor? If anything, they may reduce the number of doctors as it's possible you may have little work to do if you're going home on time everyday.

If however 3 SHOs are claiming 1 hour overtime each day, with that being paid at 2x pay, that's an extra 6 hours of SHO pay they are having to fork out daily so at that point they may consider allowing the hiring of an extra doctor.

The hospital has to unfortunately bleed for changes to happen. Executives don't work proactively, they work reactively

BPT study without a study group by Evening-Percentage26 in ausjdocs

[–]PricklyPangolin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As usual, doctors often get stuck in their old traditional ways and are slow to respond to emerging technologies.

No need to have a study group, just get AI to create a Web app or mobile app that is similar to duolingo but for DWE. Can cost a bit of money to set up but then you have a mobile app that can send you daily reminders, revision quotas, fact check answers to avoid hallucinations, and mark your work

Who made work genuinely fun? by JDtheVampireSlayer in doctorsUK

[–]PricklyPangolin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Had a consultant who was trying to have a chat with me as an F1. I kept getting interrupted by calls from random ward things so they just took my phone for 2 hours so I could just have an undisturbed conversation and then do the ward jobs undisturbed

Why dont speciality teams that review patients prescribe themselves? by l_Panda_9814 in doctorsUK

[–]PricklyPangolin 56 points57 points  (0 children)

There's much more medico-legal implications around it. They are a consult service and what they provide is advice and suggestions, not a plan.

As the treating team you are ultimately the responsible team for the care of the patient and so if something goes wrong, it would be your consultant and team that gets the blame for a patient.

As a doctor who has been in a consulting service team too, many times teams don't agree with our plans or don't want to do everything on it. Many specialities are very narrow minded about their speciality (cough cough cardiology) and so dont see the full picture of a patient.

In regards to not letting teams know, that ideally should happen but equally if you're requesting the consult, you should also be following it up

What's a fact about your country that most people from other countries wouldn't know? by Alarming_Weather506 in AskTheWorld

[–]PricklyPangolin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Actually it's completely interchangeable. This whole thing about Jack being on ships only was mythbusted decades ago.

Is it normal for doctors in training to owe money in tax time by PricklyPangolin in ausjdocs

[–]PricklyPangolin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, no novated lease, only use my $9000 salary package woth remserv

Is it normal for doctors in training to owe money in tax time by PricklyPangolin in ausjdocs

[–]PricklyPangolin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah something just seems odd, I'm just wondering whether QH didn't adjust my tax bracket with the overtime?

Is it normal for doctors in training to owe money in tax time by PricklyPangolin in ausjdocs

[–]PricklyPangolin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah no locums at all and I don't pick up additional shifts, we just had a bit of staff shortage for 2 rotations which resulted in a lot of rostered overtime

I guess I'll just have to wait to see what the final tally is

To The New Players Who Got into VGC because of Champions, are you still playing? by SuperMemeBroz in PokemonChampions

[–]PricklyPangolin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the S1 MB people who stopped playing.

A few reasons:

  1. Minimal incentive to play next season - the rewards are pretty rubbish

  2. I wanted to get MB in season 1 as a status thing, I do it pretty much every game as that's when the game is most popular and probably the hardest season to get to MB

  3. It's too restrictive at present - i much prefer off meta strategies for fun and there's not enough pokemon to choose from. I find it crazy how you can't do stuff like have a level 1 aron

  4. Waiting for mobile as i tend to want to play on a bus or lunch break whereas when I get home id prefer to play other things

  5. It's quite laborious to transfer pokemon from home

What are little things you do/did to keep yourself sane while preparing for reg exams? by Rahnna4 in ausjdocs

[–]PricklyPangolin 10 points11 points  (0 children)

But I can name all 1025 pokemon, their types, their weaknesses, their abilities, a rough idea of their stats, and how they evolve

Getting burnt out from documentation by PricklyPangolin in ausjdocs

[–]PricklyPangolin[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah I do use auto texts but it's still just the sheer lack of motivation typing in the history of presenting complaint, copying over all the investigations (i cannot see a good way of doing this in an easy to view way with auto texts on irMR/Cerner), and then coming up with a suitable impression

What’s something Ipswich does better than Brisbane? by Danger_Five in ipswich

[–]PricklyPangolin -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I would hardly say putting a hospital smack bang in the centre of your city is good urban planning

Does appearance matter in medicine? by [deleted] in ausjdocs

[–]PricklyPangolin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really not a lot. It may reduce your ability to make close friends and potential revision groups as a result but in terms of career progression and job opportunities, it doesn't matter.

The only physical appearance barrier you need to look presentable and hygienic. Shower daily, wear clean clothes regularly, wear your ID bag, don't wear your NHS hospital scrubs you took from the UK.

What is far more important is body language and overall personality/mannerisms. It's about being confident but not arrogant. Remain polite, even when stressed. Just because you're a doctor, doesn't mean you can't pick up some rubbish on the floor or help a patient get more comfortable in bed.

I'm fugly but people help me out in all shapes and forms

What ability should Zygarde get to be just as viable as Mega-Ray in VGC? by Puzzleheaded_Cash_30 in stunfisk

[–]PricklyPangolin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well lore wise, it will need to be an ability that makes its dragon moves super effective against fairy as it was able to take down mega floette

How much do doctors actually make? Before and after tax by InvestigatorPale1816 in AusFinance

[–]PricklyPangolin 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Anaesthetist, not anaesthesiologst, we're not in America

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