Dr. Robert Marshall gave tips for interns at a session in 2013. He advised interns to get involved in patient care and medical education opportunities. He stressed the importance of self-care by fitting your own oxygen mask before helping others and maintaining a separation between work and home life. Marshall also encouraged interns to be professional, enjoy their personal lives, follow a "when you can" rule to avoid burnout, and get involved in improving the healthcare system through collegiality rather than competition.

1. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
About Internship
But Were Too Afraid to Ask
Tips for Interns Session, 2013
Dr. Robert Marshall

2. Get involved in medical education
Teaching and learning opportunities are created, not found

3. Physician, heal thyself
Fit your own oxygen mask before assisting others

4. You are a doctor
Get involved with patient care, you are not a “glorified secretary”

5. You are never alone in the hospital
Even if it feels like it sometimes…

6. Work is for work, home is for
home
Don’t take work home with you; hand over your patients to afterhours doctors when it’s time to go home

7. Be a Professional
Introduce yourself, rise above gossip, be considerate to everyone,
be discreet about your colleagues

8. Enjoy the other half of your life
You have (probably) never had both money and time together so
make your holidays count; make time for friends and family

9. Follow the “when you can” rule
Eat when you can, sleep when you can, sit when you can etc.
etc… because it’s not fun when you “can’t”

10. Don’t get jaded
Clinical leadership is an emerging field - if something can be
improved, speak up about it; get involved with service redesign

11. Be collegial, not competitive
Because you’re all in this together

12. Thank you
Dr. Robert Marshall
Intern Survivor (2012)
T: @robmarshall
E: robert.marshall@health.wa.gov.au