Having realised early in my medical school training I was a medic not a surgeon, I had long assumed I would end up being a cardiologist or gastroenterologist. I enjoyed looking after acutely unwell patients, liked intervention and procedures and enjoyed being part of a hard-working team. The thing that always worried me was that I would become so specialised in my chosen field, that I would end up forgetting how to manage the vast range of medical conditions present among hospital inpatients. [download-attachments container="div" style="list" dipslay_icon="1" display_count="1" display__size="0"]