Ep 350: Jumping off the treadmill- South Africa edition

Cyra is joined by Nina, a South African doctor, how medical training in South Africa works: a six-year degree followed by compulsory government placement of two internship years and one rural community service year before independent practice, while specialist registrar posts are government-only, scarce, and often require years of waiting. Nina shares why she entered medicine after a childhood spinal fusion and admiration for her surgeon, but felt increasingly disconnected from the work, wanted a life outside medicine, and struggled with a broken system, long hours, and unpaid overtime. She nearly quit before community service but finished to keep future options, then began traveling. Nina explains she started posting raw, honest videos about leaving medicine to provide representation, gaining rapid online support, while facing more in-person backlash from colleagues and family, and emphasizes that reassessing and quitting can be a valid choice.

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