for context i’m a medical student on placement.
I was timetabled to be in paeds A&E for the morning. I arrived and asked if there was a doctor around that I could shadow. they said no but there is an ANP. I thought right ok not ideal but it will have to do.
The audacity of this ANP really shook me. Firstly she said there was a PA student that she had to train, even though we got there at the same time. So she said oh you can take it in turns to see patients with me. I wasn’t doing anything so just did some anki on my phone. she sees me when i’m on my phone and comes over, “i can’t have you sat on your phone, you’ll have to go and look for learning in a different department”. Understandably I was fuming but what can you do.
This really cemented the feeling that doctors and medical students are being more and more ostracized in the NHS. It’s a sad thing to see that we’re hated for wanting to aspire to more and work hard. Sorry rant over.