‘Normal for healthcare’ it NOT NORMAL The following is not ‘normal’: - paying to park at work - paying for annual registration to work - working beyond full time (>36.5h/week) - working 14 out of 16 days - working nights/weekends #MedTwitter #FiY1

@Aleexxies I worry about Drs being seen as 'clock-watchers' as that narrative works to construct us as workers rather than professionals. For sure, the historic origins of professional power are changing but we need to be careful that we dont facilitate our own deprofessionalisation.

@ACEMcCormack @WilsonAndrewDr @Aleexxies Story from friend when in Aus; they stayed late when a multiple RTA trauma call came in. The next day the boss said fill out your time sheet 4 the extras. The person said 'I stayed as I'm a professional', he answered "staying is professional, doing it 4 free is being a mug'. 2/2

@trentconsultant @ACEMcCormack @WilsonAndrewDr Hitting a nail on its head ❤️ I’m not workshy. But, I’m not free.

@ACEMcCormack @Aleexxies Whilst I dont have an answer to these issues, its clearly not unprofessional to want to finish your work in a timely fashion. In the rush to become treated like any other worker, striking, clocking in etc, I worry we will lose further professional power that we may never recover.

@ACEMcCormack @WilsonAndrewDr @Aleexxies I think very few in medicine would argue that staying late for an emergency/dying patient/to help a colleague is a problem, *however* when the system is set up in a way that it means the junior staff are regularly staying 1-2 hours after finishing time with no extra pay (1)

@ACEMcCormack @WilsonAndrewDr @Aleexxies Punching in and out AND taking responsibility for patients is NOT mutually exclusive. If you stay late, because you sorted out an emergency and then punch out afterwards and be paid for the extra hours, what would be wrong with that? That's what you should be vociferous about...