Anna Burns
| Fact title | Fact data |
|---|---|
| Age |
24
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| Year |
F1
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| Department |
Respiratory - treating conditions such as asthma, cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis and lung disease
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- Quite shy and not as confident as some of her colleagues
- Panics when the nurse calls her doctor
- Very girly and loves getting glammed-up for a night out
- Loves ballroom dancing with her partner
Background
Anna was very squeamish as a child and her friends and family were very surprised when she said she wanted to be a doctor. She even had a phobia of vomit and still remembers crying hysterically once when her little brother was throwing up in the car. No one from Anna's family works in the medical profession. She has always been particularly close to her grandma, who was really proud of her becoming a doctor. Anna used to speak to her in Welsh and now she uses every opportunity to practice her Welsh with patients.
Anna studied medicine at the University of Birmingham and she is still working on building her confidence as a doctor. She still finds reviewing patients quite scary. She admits that sometimes she spends her days off worrying that she might have done something wrong the previous day at work. She is still learning how to control her emotions and how not to get upset when she is being told off by one of the consultants. Her way of dealing with the stress is often to just have a good cry when she gets home.
Anna lives with her boyfriend, who is a pilot – "His job is more glamorous than mine."
Social Life
Anna loves to go ballroom dancing with her partner – a hobby she took up when she was still in university. She thinks that she's a better dancer than her boyfriend and often criticises his dancing skills.
They also like to jet off together for the day in a plane. They try to fly somewhere different in the UK at least once a month for lunch. "Going up in the plane with him is terrifying but it's always cool to say we've flown somewhere for the day!"
Anna likes every excuse to dress up and make herself look glamorous. She is very excited about going to the ball with all the F1s and F2s in July.
Doctor Story
Anna admits that one of her inspirations to become a doctor was watching "Grey's Anatomy".
She has experience working in an ENT department and Obs/Gynae. She started her rotation in April in the respiratory department. She will also be holding a cardiac arrest bleep, which will notify her when she needs to rush to an incoming cardiac patient. She is terrified by that and she is worried that she will freeze up and not know what to do when the time comes.
