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Half way through AT

I started AT nine months back. I have had medicine and surgery placements and am done with both sit-ins. It is such a great feeling. I am still a bit bitter at times that I waited so long for this, but 99 percent of the time I am happy and grateful. I have had advantage of the habit to not complain too much and try to see it positively. It has helped me in stressful situations, all those hyped up areas like nights alone at surgery akuten, difficult wards in medicine and surgery, having double as many patients on some days compared to other days. I have tried to get through and enjoy and learn as much as I can. Some days the lesson has not been purely medicine related, instead it has been how to manage time, how to deal with quick changes, how to have a check on my emotions, how to help a colleague, how to talk to a worried or disappointed patient, how to come home on time, how to prioritize and how to say No. I am forever grateful for having been through this, in many ways I feel like ...