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Since the 21st Century places so much emphasis on youth and good looks I have dropped the relatively perjorative term "junior" and refer to my younger colleagues as the "young doctors"! Surely even a mature graduate cannot take offence at being described as "young" and what is for certain, they are all a lot younger than me! It also alludes to the very important relationship between older and younger doctors so well described in "Kung Fu Panda"! At the end of the day, despite all the science and evidence based medicine stuff, these intelligent, young doctors are in fact "apprentices" - highly valued (and often extremely gifted) apprentices who will become the masters and hence are the future of our profession! Hence we old ones must pass on knowledge, wisdom and philosophy to the young ones as best we can!
Re: Five alternatives to “junior” doctor
Since the 21st Century places so much emphasis on youth and good looks I have dropped the relatively perjorative term "junior" and refer to my younger colleagues as the "young doctors"! Surely even a mature graduate cannot take offence at being described as "young" and what is for certain, they are all a lot younger than me! It also alludes to the very important relationship between older and younger doctors so well described in "Kung Fu Panda"! At the end of the day, despite all the science and evidence based medicine stuff, these intelligent, young doctors are in fact "apprentices" - highly valued (and often extremely gifted) apprentices who will become the masters and hence are the future of our profession! Hence we old ones must pass on knowledge, wisdom and philosophy to the young ones as best we can!
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