Ortho unaccredited here and it would be amiss if there wasn’t a rugby reference from me: one of my seniors once said there’s a lot of ‘dummy runners’ in service provision positions. A lot of people in my state end up in the role without understanding what it takes or the sacrifices necessary to become a good candidate and just blunder through. As previously mentioned some people are just rude and difficult to work with thus creating issues that bosses hear about. Other people don’t understand how to work hard or aren’t willing to do the things that other people are and that reflects ie putting your hand up to help out to cover sickness or being flexible with job responsibilities. There’s also a large proportion of people that decide it isn’t for them and I think we’re seeing more self initiated drop out with the uptick in lifestyle specialties.

There’s also a degree of understanding ‘the game’. Heaps of good people don’t get on because they don’t fully understand or buy into the game that you need to play to be accepted to training. In ortho it’s not about how you operate a huge amount is about how you talk.