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December 14, 2020
I used to dread hearing that question on placement
. This may seem ridiculous, for someone who was just 18 months away from becoming an FY1, when you are famously expected to be able to bleed difficult-to-bleed patients. I would return to the common room at lunch and hear that other students had completed their practical skills, and I would reflect on how I had tried two sets of bloods that morning, and failed. I would even try and avoid returning to the ward that day, for fear of being asked to do anything else.
At medical school, I have often suffered from imposter syndrome, believing I am not as competent as others believe me to be. When someone asks me to perform a “simple” second year skill which I then fail, I sheepishly return to the doctor to admit defeat. Although I have never been met with grievances from admitting this I often felt a fraud, and unable to do even the simplest of things expected of me as a student. In turn, this would affect my confi