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Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor
- Narrated by: Alexi Armitage
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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Summary
The best-selling real life story of a hapless junior doctor, based on his columns written anonymously for the Telegraph.
If you're going to be ill, it's best to avoid the first Wednesday in August. This is the day when junior doctors graduate to their first placements and begin to face having to put into practice what they have spent the last six years learning.
Starting on the evening before he begins work as a doctor, this audiobook charts Max Pemberton's touching and funny journey through his first year in the NHS. Progressing from youthful idealism to frank bewilderment, Max realises how little his job is about 'saving people' and how much of his time is taken up by signing forms and trying to figure out all the important things no one has explained yet - for example, the crucial question of how to tell whether someone is dead or not.
Along the way, Max and his fellow fledgling doctors grapple with the complicated questions of life, love, mental health and how on earth to make time to do your laundry.
All Creatures Great and Small meets Bridget Jones's Diary - this is a humorous and accessible peek into a world which you'd normally need a medical degree to witness.
Critic reviews
"Very funny and frank." (Independent)
"Funny and awful in equal measure." (Observer)
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- Windsor Gal
- 12-02-21
Really Enjoyable Read
Max successfully shares the humorous side of the junior doctor experience whilst maintaining the humanity and compassion required for the job and doing it with humility. I wish the book had been available in the 80s, when I was a nurse in the acute sector and perhaps I may have been a bit more sympathetic towards the junior doctors!
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- Anonymous User
- 14-02-22
Narrator not an issue
Prior to starting this book I read alot of reviews complaining about the narration. I purchased anyway and thought it necessary to add a review to give (some) balance. I thought the narration was spot on for this book which is a diary format. It's sharp and snappy and how I imagine it would be to read a diary and the different characters are distinctive and have their own identity. That aside the book is excellent too. Really enjoyed it!
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- Anonymous User
- 21-07-20
Fantastic listen
As a student nurse I love medical themed books and this one was fantastic. Highly recommend!
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- Roshan C.
- 18-04-19
A doctor's diary, no laughs unfortunately but good
i enjoyed it but it lacked some laughs and focused more on the real day to day life of the doctor with some grim moments. overall a good book.
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- TT
- 09-12-19
Even better than ‘This is going to hurt’
Whilst I appreciate other reviews that the narrator may not have been the best choice (this does get better as he appears to settle into later parts of the book) this is such a better listen than Adam Kay’s ‘This is going to hurt’ which is one of my favourite books that I’ve ever gone through. This book details Max’s year as a junior doctor, which focuses much more on an entire cohort of junior doctors compared to Adam Kay’s focus on a single character. Throughout the book, you’ll hear of fascinating stories of patients who rely on the NHS for their care. This is mixed in with Max living his life past medical studies - is he able to cope with the workload, how does working as a junior doctor impact your personal life and how does his friendship fray as they work together through their time in the NHS. It’s a brilliant representation of life as a junior doctor and how it takes the efforts of an entire team as opposed to a single individual to ensure that the NHS runs smoothly - a MUST read for anyone with the slight interest of what it’s truly like to work within the healthcare industry.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-07-19
Understanding The Problems Facing A Junior Doctor
This book is a must read for anyone thinking of entering the medical world and it’s problems.
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- Lava
- 29-08-22
Funny, entertaining and pretty accurate
I’m a GP trainee and found this book to be super entertaining and a pretty accurate reflection of what it is like to be a junior doctor in the NHS. I related to a lot of the stories in this book, and enjoyed the humorous way things were written, which made it a very enjoyable listen. The narration was brilliant and I will certainly be getting the other books by Max Pemberton!
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-02-24
Great stories and honesty
I loved it, read a few reviews saying they didn’t like the narrators voice. Didn’t find it an issue myself - I’m here for a flat deadpan delivery!! Full of dark humour and and the behind the scenes stories that you will love if you like this sort of thing!
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- Andy
- 06-08-19
Great listen
Loved it, great story, well read, quite amusing at times. Would recommend this book to anyone.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-02-20
Endearing, interesting, humorous.
I've always had a huge amount of respect for health professionals, this book increases it.
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