The longer you are in medicine, the more you realise that the most important thing is not patient care. Good patient care in Australia is not going to get you anywhere in life.
First of all, medicare is not going to reward you by providing good quality care. They reward you by the number of patients you see and the number of procedures you do.
Secondly, no one cares about the quality of care you provide. They worry about what is actually being written down - aka your CV. You can spend a lot of time doing what is deemed good patient care but at the end of the day, in order to enter training program, you really need a good CV. You can't spend most of your energy and time just looking after patients, the focus needs to be on building your CV and getting to know the bosses. As I observe frequently, doctors who don't put their CVs as priority, they often fall behind.
Enough of my whinge. If you want to be ahead, don't put too much focus on treating patients and shift your focus on your CV and exam.
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