Exposing the Reality of the MIR Journey: Tiredness and Sacrifice

2023-10-07 09:57:29

Every year thousands of young people occupy their MIR square and they change the hallways of the university for those of the hospital, and despite it being an exciting leap, many of them insist on the requirement level additional linked to this new stage. To reflect this “hard” day to day, they have started a ‘trend’ on TikTok in which they illustrate through photographs the main differences they experience compared to their years of career.

One of the first profiles to publish this video was that of Lucia Svriz, resident in Madrid. Searching through images in her phone gallery, the young woman showed the physical and mental fatigue what their current schedules entail and warns those who want to follow the same path that they will be “addicted to coffee” or that they will have to “study and do the work that other doctors don’t want“, among other notices.

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A list to which he wanted to add, as a positive aspect, the support of his hospital colleagues accompanied by a photo of their respective clogs. Among the comments he has also planted some notes of optimism, responding to those who wrote to him from his desk, with the MIR notes ahead, that despite all these sacrifices finally “you are happy”although in the last moment of the video he assures that “I would be a student again.”

Tiredness and sacrifice, the big cons of the MIR

Among the comments on Lucía’s video is that of Ines Rodrigo, who thanks him for publishing a real video, that does not “romanticize” life as a resident. She herself wanted to join the cause and spread on her Instagram profile the biggest changes that she has experienced as a R2 of Family and Community Medicine in it Hospital La Paz regarding his journey as a medical student in the Autonomous University of Madrid. If applicable, add to everything mentioned the difficulty in reconcilingwarning the current opponents of the MIR that they will live “by and for Medicine”since they will have to invest “more hours in the hospital than at home.”

He has also highlighted that during the guards, the fatigue It can make future residents doubt, and make them not know if they themselves or some of their patients are worse. Unlike Lucía, Inés assures that she does not like coffee, and therefore the ravages of the long hours on call They are even more noticeable in your particular case. Furthermore, he does not always have the option to regain his strength, since as he shows his followers, in some cases he has no choice but to “eat anything” to attend to all his patients on time.

Among the issues that concern the Family and Community Medicine resident on an emotional level, the video includes some such as give up important dates with family or mourning after the death of a patient, something that is not taught theoretically in medical schools. However, she also wanted to reflect that despite rethink your profession “200,000 times”remember that it is your greatest wish and that the gratitude of patients is the most comforting.

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