Honesty is the best policy

A few years ago, I had just obtained my first job at specialist registrar level and was posted to a new hospital. Having only limited endoscopy skills, I was naturally apprehensive about the responsibilities of the new job and the expectations of being a specialist registrar. After the morning induction period, I was suddenly told that I was due on the endoscopy unit that afternoon and was expected to do my own list as the previous registrar had done over the past year. …