A book medical students and junior doctors should read.

'A country doctor's notebook' by Mikhail Bulgakov - a really good read, about a young freshly qualified doctor sent off to rural Russia for his first post, back in 1916-17. He manages to capture that sense of inadequacy, loneliness and utter terror that comes when first starting work as a doctor. It's reassuring to know that the feeling doesn't change with each generation - it's reassuring to realise that you are not alone.


A GP's reflections

quite a good article by Max Pemberton, a junior doctor and telegraph columnist

and another reflecting on change-over time