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Jamie Roberts has returned to medicine. (Image: Rob Browne)<\/p>\nJamie Roberts is now a junior doctor and he has opened up on his first few weeks in the job<\/p>\n
11:47, 23 Aug 2025Updated 11:51, 23 Aug 2025<\/p>\n
Jamie Roberts has returned to medicine. (Image: Rob Browne)<\/p>\n
Jamie Roberts’ first month as a junior doctor<\/a> with the Cardiff<\/a> and Vale Foundation Trust has been eventful to say the least.<\/p>\n In an exclusive interview with WalesOnline in May Roberts outlined the intensive training required as he aims to become an orthopedic surgeon.<\/a><\/p>\n The former Wales centre always thrived under pressure on the rugby field but it is nothing compared to what he has faced as a junior doctor so far.<\/p>\n Roberts works four days a week as a resident doctor and his first few weeks in the job have been a whirlwind, facing some difficult moments already. But, as he says, it’s all part and parcel of the role.<\/p>\n “The first couple of weeks have been crazy,” he told MailOnline.<\/a><\/p>\n “I\u2019ve been involved in a resuscitation where unfortunately the patient didn\u2019t make it, a collapsed lung and a patient who had a fitting condition.<\/p>\n “That\u2019s come quite early.<\/p>\n “But it\u2019s part of the job. I\u2019ve probably used my mind more in the last two weeks than I have in the last two years and that\u2019s given me great pleasure because it\u2019s what I enjoy. I\u2019m stretching myself.<\/p>\n “You can never know everything as a doctor. It\u2019s not possible. Sign up to Inside Welsh rugby on Substack to get exclusive news stories and insight from behind the scenes in Welsh rugby.<\/a><\/p>\n “I\u2019m doing at 38 what the majority of medical graduates do at 23 or 24, so my working cohort are a lot younger than me.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s actually been refreshing. I\u2019ve enjoyed being around younger people. It keeps me young!”<\/p>\n Roberts will mix his career as a doctor with his role as an independent non-executive director on the Welsh Rugby Union board, along with various jobs in the media.<\/p>\n But even while on duty as a doctor his former rugby career follows him around, with patients asking for selfies a common occurrence.<\/p>\n “You can see the joy it brings patients to talk about rugby,” he told MailOnline. Get the latest breaking Welsh rugby news stories sent straight to your inbox with our FREE daily newsletter. Sign up here.<\/a><\/p>\n “It shows the passion people still have for the game in Wales.<\/p>\n “If doing that with me brings joy to them while they\u2019re in hospital, then that\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n “I keep reminding my colleagues I\u2019m just a kid from Cardiff who used to be good at rugby.<\/p>\n “That was my past life. Now we\u2019re in real life.”<\/p>\n