How do you do well as a junior doctor?

How a new doctor (F1, junior doctor) does the job well: feedback, asking for help, organisation, working with the team.

Axis: seek help early and often … work things out yourself before asking

Answers by date: 10 records in 7 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. The advice was refined (2018, 2019, 2020), never reversed, in these records.

date	who	answer	source
2020-08-06	Ali	Early on Ali hesitated to suggest plans to his seniors; after eight months on obstetrics and gynaecology he is comfortable proposing a plan, and the senior doctor usually approves it.	My Last Day as a Doctor - Reflections 00:14:01
2020-08-06	Ali	A junior doctor makes a difference by learning how the hospital system works and occasionally bending its rules for patients, such as getting a worried woman scanned after the scan department closes at 5pm, Ali says, rather than swooping in to save the day like Derek Shepherd in Grey's Anatomy.	My Last Day as a Doctor - Reflections 00:13:21
2020-07-17	Ali	Whatever Ali does not understand about a patient's diagnosis, investigations or management, he asks the consultant or registrar after they have seen the patient; they are usually very happy to explain.	Day in the Life as a Doctor (Gynaecology) 00:02:13
2020-07-13	Ali	Ali sometimes breaks rules at work and asks who made them, such as the rule against requesting ultrasound scans after 5pm because the department is closed.	What We Learnt In 2 Years of Being Doctors - Deep Dive with Molly Hunt 00:51:21
2019-08-02	Ali	Ali says looking a drug up in the official British National Formulary app takes about five seconds, and every hospital has its own drug guidelines too.	General Surgery - A Day in the Life - Junior Doctor Vlog 00:19:48
2019-08-02	Ali	Very little of a doctor's day-to-day work needs extensive medical school knowledge, Ali says: the vast majority is being organised, efficient and quick.	General Surgery - A Day in the Life - Junior Doctor Vlog 00:17:14
2019-06-26	Ali	For anything mission-critical, such as the treatment algorithm for a heart attack or a stroke, Ali uses an official resource such as the NICE guidelines or BMJ Best Practice.	How I use my iPad Pro as a Doctor 00:06:20
2019-05-27	Ali	On his first placement, cardiology in August 2018, Ali found negotiating scans hard; with experience he pre-empts the radiologist's questions, for example knowing the patient's creatinine before calling about a contrast CT.	My Geriatric Medicine Placement - Junior Doctor Vlog #02 00:17:48

date	who	answer	source
2018-10-13	That Medic	That Medic says many F1 questions can be answered with a bit of research in a book or trusted websites, so a good F1 seeks advice but also suggests a solution, the best way to learn.	How to be a good junior doctor (ft. That Medic) 00:04:59
2018-10-13	That Medic	That Medic says an F1 is the least experienced doctor in the hospital, so should seek feedback from everyone, nurses included, actively or through the Foundation Programme's case reflections and case-based discussions.	How to be a good junior doctor (ft. That Medic) 00:02:48