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Medicine and vocation
“Vocation” won’t prevent the impending workforce crisis
BMJ 2023; 381 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p1280 (Published 06 June 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;381:p1280- Akanksha Thumbe, clinical teaching fellow
- Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK
- a.thumbe{at}nhs.net
Matt Morgan, 6 May
Morgan questions whether vocation in medicine is dead.1 In my experience as a junior doctor, the term “vocation” only seems to be used when arguing why doctors should accept their current working conditions despite General Medical Council surveys showing that they are threatening trainee health and wellbeing.2
Perhaps medicine …
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