# I'm finally out of hospitals and working in General Practice- hurrah! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 4, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-out-of-hospitals-and-working-in-general-practice-hurrah/552638 "2010-09-04T23:29:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-out-of-hospitals-and-working-in-general-practice-hurrah/552638/1 "2010-09-04T23:29:47Z")
Well, 10 years after starting medical school, 4 years after graduating, I’ve finally started working in GP. I can’t describe how happy I am to finally be working Mon-Fri 8:30am-6pm, with only occasional weekends and evenings. Oh, and no bleep (pager)- utter bliss. The only time I’ll ever have to work in a hospital again is at a time and date of my own choosing, at locum rates, and I couldn’t be happier. I only have another 17 months of working as a trainee GP (oh, and a couple of exams) before I become a fully independent, self-employed GP, with the insurance premiums to match. Woot! ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-out-of-hospitals-and-working-in-general-practice-hurrah/552638/2 "2010-09-04T23:39:38Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-out-of-hospitals-and-working-in-general-practice-hurrah/552638/3 "2010-09-05T04:32:35Z")
Well done! The dope has been following your progress. I remember when you graduated med school! Enjoy your wealth of newfound personal time. Any plans for new hobbies? ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-out-of-hospitals-and-working-in-general-practice-hurrah/552638/4 "2010-09-05T10:31:19Z")
Well, irishbaby took her first steps yesterday, so I suspect that will take care of my free time! I’m loving the freedom and variety, and having a regular routine for a change. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-out-of-hospitals-and-working-in-general-practice-hurrah/552638/5 "2010-09-05T12:19:38Z")
What, you didn’t enjoy being on call, working ungodly hours, never getting enough sleep, dealing with irate/drunk/disgusting/dead people? And the food, how could you possibly not miss that! Congrats! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-out-of-hospitals-and-working-in-general-practice-hurrah/552638/6 "2010-09-05T14:48:58Z")
Congrats! What a long, strange trip it’s been, no? ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-out-of-hospitals-and-working-in-general-practice-hurrah/552638/7 "2010-09-05T15:14:33Z")
Things I won’t miss: the bleep, the food in the canteen, working 39 hours over a weekend or a 90 hour week, A&E on a Saturday night, not having my own space, never sitting down for more than 15 minutes at a stretch, endless ward rounds, politicking with the MDT (i.e. trying hard not to piss off the nursing staff) and routine daily bloods and lines. Things I will miss: being able to discharge patients, always being busy, having results available the same day, always having people to chat with, that friendly cuppa the nurses make you at 3am on a hellish night shift, handwriting notes (I like to draw diagrams- computers don’t let you do that) and having the option of being “unavailable because of an emergency”- patients now know where I am…all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-out-of-hospitals-and-working-in-general-practice-hurrah/552638/8 "2010-09-05T15:29:05Z")
I’ll make it official, “I have a cyst in the palm of my hand, can you look at it please?” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-out-of-hospitals-and-working-in-general-practice-hurrah/552638/9 "2010-09-05T17:35:27Z")
> [@irishgirl](#): > > Things I won’t miss: […] A&E on a Saturday night, . What? too many Law & Order reruns?😃 What’s A&E for us Norte-Americanos? ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-out-of-hospitals-and-working-in-general-practice-hurrah/552638/10 "2010-09-05T17:59:29Z")
A&E= Accident & Emergency=Casualty=ER You know, on a Saturday, the place drunk people go when they fall over and split their head open, or break their jaw in a fight, or fall out with their partner and take a lot of pills, or get found passed out in a gutter… and then puke all over or swear at the medical staff trying to patch them up.