Candy Cheng
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👫 Wifey to ICU trainee 👨👩👧👧 girly Mumma 👧👶 👩⚕️ General surgical registrar GSET 2022
Melbourne, Australia
Joined May 2019
In medicine, we were taught See one Do one Teach one Perhaps, we should See kindness Do kindness Teach kindness?
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I see you! Going through similar rough patch, we will get there!
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Congratulations @COXdaniel ! Inspirational!
The research juggernaut called @COXdaniel continued to plough ahead… the latest victim is TSANZ.. 😅 @UniMelbMDHS @GutFailure @TGEG_ResDx @sukahgoh Great achievements Dan 👏🏽👏🏽
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Nice to hear a talk at #RACS23 about how terrible selection processes at @RACSurgeons lead to prolongation of non-training time, increased mental stress and waste of years of young doctors’ lives #wecandobetter #meded
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Congratulations again! Another great surgeon in training :)
Grateful for the peers & mentors who’ve inspired & pushed me this far. I could never thank you enough. General Surgical Training 2023, let’s do this! 🥂
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Yes we are seeing the downside of ssfeworking hours - people simply not confident being independent post fellowship, leads to more post fellowship training. But is that really a downside? I hear both side of the story, but being a mamma-training-surgeon, I'm happy where i am.
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But overall, we are working towards better trainee well-being, emphasising recuperate outside work, promoting a balanced life, or at least attempt in that goal.
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It is a fine balance, isn't it. We introduced safe working hours, add night unaccredited registrars. They have their perceived disadvantages as less consultant contact, less operating and training time etc.
By the time I graduated from training I had about 4000+ operations under my belt. If we wanted to train more surgeons but there’s no increase in theatre time, then each trainee will have a reduced number of cases, reduced exposure to supervisors and reduced clinic experience.
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Most of the community clinic now has access to telehealth, and consultation is done over video calls in the clinic with a nurse in attendance. I'm able to engage with indigenous patients much better this way, instead of signing off their "fail to attend" file to F2F clinic.
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Now working in Alice Springs Hospital, serving a wide range of patients from the community with no easy access to travel and accommodation for a 15 min consult in clinic. I have to say, telehealth is such a useful resource!
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*telehealth* One of the positive things COVID brought along was development of telehealth. I find it difficult at the start. Now two year down the track, I'm starting to love it.
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I can always pick up the phone and call my supervisor or consultant for advice. And not to mention the amazing workforce that treat us not just as a pawn in the battlefield, but with humanity and support. Thank you @Morgansmad @Murali_HPBSurg @ozproudy and @KrinalMori
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Have you had moment in life where you look back, and feel privileged and happy to be in the organisation you are working in? Recently I had that moment. @Austin_Health and @northernhealth_ have been amazingly supportive since I was a wee intern.
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Great steps to the culture change! Normalising flexible training! Be inclusive and diverse!
Humbling & honest talk on flexible surgical working by Dr Adele Burgess, Head of CR Unit this mane. @Austin_Health driving change @Murali_HPBSurg @MarcosPerini3 @Morgansmad with 8/11 PT training positions in whole of Aus within Austin/TNH training hub #noonesizefitsall
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In time of crisis, we need to support each other. But most importantly, we need a system that will listen to our cry for help, and willing to support when we are in desperate need.
Burnout is a very real issue. In the last few weeks I have spoken to consultants, residents and interns all experiencing burnout. It is affecting all levels. Balancing personal need for rest vs saying yes to additional shifts to support colleagues is v hard. No easy solution.
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I understand we are short staffed in a country town, but our good will is not to be exploited. Thankful for the supportive admin and supervisor from our base hospital. But this still feel like a lone battle for us to fight. #MedTwitter
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"It is a waste of money and time to try to orientate someone new just for a weekend". As a leader of the service, is this the way to treat your employee at time of need? How do you expect us to continue to work in this environment?
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