POV: 🔹 You’re a new physician associate from 2021 🔹 By virtue of simply being not a doctor, you get featured on the ‘Breast Unit Consultant Staff’ page 🔹 Consultants bow before you and recognise ‘the importance of keeping my role interesting’ 🔹 If you’d gone to medical school you’d be a YEAR 3 medical student; 🔹 BUT instead you’re doing independent operations under local anaesthetic, triaging new breast cancer patients and determining their wait times, operating with consultant surgeons, and ‘managing complications’ 🔹 This is all after entering the workforce before even completing any national exams under the guise of another ambiguous ‘associate’ something or other * meanwhile the ST8 breast surgeon with 8 years specialist training, 2+ years general training, and 5 years of medical school, is paid the same, has no ‘feature’ on the staff page, and is disposable * THE NHS HATES DOCTORS ☠️☠️☠️