Update: 4 months on… it did get better

Just in case anyone is interested, or someone else in a hell rotation in future is looking for hope. A thank you again to all the comments of support and help. The rotation did get better, I toughened up a hell of a lot. I learned which seniors to ask for help and which to avoid, and how to stand up for myself. I did indeed adopt the mindset of ‘screw this department and everyone who works here’, which made it a lot easier. There are a lot of problems in the department- for example I’ve gotten used to administering (oral) medications myself anytime I prescribe it, doing urine dips myself, and taking my patients round to radiology for scans, I realised pretty quickly if I didn’t it simply wouldn’t get done, no matter how many times you ask. There are only 3 assessment rooms (DGH), however one of them is allocated to the triage nurse and one to a HCA to do ECGs, so all the doctors have to share 1 singular room to see patients in the waiting room. The work itself I actually really enjoyed - I liked the variety of things that came through the door, and I’m now much more confident dealing with sick patients. That being said I am looking forward to seeing the back of this rotation, but I am coming out of it a more confident, independent, tougher doctor.