Dr Surina Taneja is a junior doctor from England who is interested in a career in surgery, but also took the time to explore other options. Surina worked in Australia, as a doc, for two years and has kindly come onto the pod to share her story. She explores her interests and shares her experiences in medicine on YouTube. Surina is particularly passionate about maintaining a work life balance in the pursuit of our career dreams.
Update: she has been accepted into surgical training in the U.K, congrats Surina!
We discuss:
- why she went into medicine
- why she side-stepped off the medical training ladder
- Her first two years as a junior doc in the UK
- How she found her first year in Australia (spoiler: it wasn’t the paradise that was sold to a lot of docs from the UK)
- The reality of working in Australia
- The ups and downs of taking a year off from the medical conveyor belt
- Her YouTube journey
- How to handle references when you take time off
Learn more about Surina here https://www.surinataneja.com/
Follow her YouTube channel here
For coaching with Isabella, go to balancedmedics.com/coaching
