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Hi Dr Jackson, Is being an anaesthetist very time consuming? What are the hours like? Also, I presume you have to be okay with needles, were you ever needle phobic? If so, how did you get over it to get such a fantastic career?
Thankyou!
All jobs in medicine are busy and so time consuming. I am UK based so the hours as a trainee are very controlled now to max of 48hrs per week. When I was training we did over 100hrs per week. As a consultant I still work around 48hrs per week.
No I've never been needle phobic and I've not known a colleague to have the problem.
Hope that helps a bit
Dr Ian Jackson
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Dr Ian Jackson - please note UK based
Expertise
I am a Consultant Anaesthetist in the UK. My interests include ambulatory or day surgery, obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia, acute pain management (use of epidurals and patient controlled analgesia)anaesthesia for surgery on the airway, orthopaedics and most things except brains and hearts. Interest in prehospital care of trauma and provision of medical cover at motorsport events.
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Organizations
European Society of Regional Anaesthesia
British Association of Day Surgery
Obstetric Anaesthetists Association
Association of Anaesthetists
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