Dr Nick Coatsworth: Senior doctors should resist the ‘back in my day’ narrative

Dr Coatsworth says the comparisons can get in the way of supporting junior doctors.
Dr Nick Coatsworth.

Dr Nick Coatsworth says intergenerational comparisons — the ‘back in my day’-isms — can make it harder to address young doctors’ mental health and burnout.

The former deputy chief medical officer acknowledges he may be guilty of them.