FFS I wouldn't want a surgeon like this

[vetran]

I've deliberately not read the article. However, I presume it refers to female doctors going part-time after having children which I understand to be quite common. Over half of all medical students are now female.

In that case its a valid comment. It may be for many reasons we want to encourage women Doctors but if the reality is they will see less patients then we need to factor that into the equation and train more Doctors overall.

[BrilloPad]

In that case its a valid comment. It may be for many reasons we want to encourage women Doctors but if the reality is they will see less patients then we need to factor that into the equation and train more Doctors overall.

And then standards will drop. Its the only way.

[BrilloPad]

I wonder if standards will drop so I can become a doctor?

I think I will become a gynaecologist.

At the moment its just a hobby....

[The_Equalizer]

I wonder if standards will drop so I can become a doctor?

I think I will become a gynaecologist.

At the moment its just a hobby....

From what I've heard it's not all it's cracked up to be. A previous girlfriend did a six month rotation as a SHO at the GUM clinic. She's used to come home with some tales. Supposedly it was quite common for married men to have a guilt complex after playing away and attend with phantom conditions.

[SueEllen]

In that case its a valid comment. It may be for many reasons we want to encourage women Doctors but if the reality is they will see less patients then we need to factor that into the equation and train more Doctors overall.

The male doctors at my GP practice are also part time.

Basically GPs and many other specialists don't want to work full-time as the working conditions and hours are sh*t.

[The_Equalizer]

The male doctors at my GP practice are also part time.

Basically GPs and many other specialists don't want to work full-time as the working conditions and hours are sh*t.

And the pay makes it possible to go part-time.

[vetran]

The male doctors at my GP practice are also part time.

Basically GPs and many other specialists don't want to work full-time as the working conditions and hours are sh*t.

Again if that is true we either need to train more doctors or force them full time.

[SueEllen]

Again if that is true we either need to train more doctors or force them full time.

You can't force people to work full-time. You can as a government pay them less but that means you go back to the 70s and 80s, where there was a shortage of GPs as no-one wanted to work full-time.

[woohoo]

The male doctors at my GP practice are also part time.

Basically GPs and many other specialists don't want to work full-time as the working conditions and hours are sh*t.

Yep, we only have one full time GP, rest are part time, though not been in a while so may have changed.

[The_Equalizer]

You can't force people to work full-time. You can as a government pay them less but that means you go back to the 70s and 80s, where there was a shortage of GPs as no-one wanted to work full-time.

I thought that they could reduce the university fees for medicine, but on the understanding that medicial students then had to work in the NHS full-time for n-number of years afterwards. It's huge money to train a doctor to consultant level.