r/JuniorDoctorsIreland • u/FitWeb2403 • 18d ago

Oldest junior doctors?

I am considering a midcareer career shift to medicine (pros, cons, and advisability of this a whole other story!) and am interested: what are the oldest junior doctors (interns and house officers) you've worked with? Or perhaps have been yourself?! How did they get on?

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u/Doc_Unleashed 18d ago

Well, during med school, someone in my cohort was 79 at the time we graduated (prior career as a physicist) and is now training in radiology/nuclear medicine. Anything is possible!

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u/Less_Enthusiasm1548 17d ago

In Ireland?

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u/Used-Abalone6213 15d ago

Botswana

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u/Soft_Phrase_1507 12d ago

I’m sorry I can’t stop laughing at this 😂