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First week as a MEDICAL STUDENT!
Saturday, 8 September 2012Yay, I’m finally a medical student! After so many years working towards this, at the time seemingly unreachable, dream I’m finally here! It still feels a bit surreal. I’ve...
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Wednesday, 26 September 2012 I've been at uni for 3 weeks now! I'm sorry for the lack of posts. This isn't because I've been so busy (although I have been), but because since moving into my new flat 2...
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Saturday, 6 October 2012I'm sorry for the lack of posts so far. I'm not planning for this to be a continuing trend though!It's takes a while to settle down into a new place, especially in a new city...
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Monday, 8 October 20121. I realised today that I can't pronounce the word ABDOMEN...2. This morning whilst making a cup of tea I managed to pour boiling hot water over my hand. Luckily it was my left...
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Monday, 8 October 2012I ashamed to admit that not once in the last week have I remembered to take my morning tablet before 6PM.I'm young (therefore my memory should still be intact!), only take one...
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Wednesday, 17 October 20121. Doctors always stand, and do consultations, on the patient's right hand side of the bed. I think is partly due to tradition and partly to give structure to examinations so...
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Career Choices
Sunday, 11 November 2012I've been thinking about career choices a bit recently.Firstly, whether I'm quite right in the head for even choosing to do Medicine in the first place. I love Medicine, but its...
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Saturday, 24 November 2012This is a pretty funny parody. It's aimed at Pharmacists, but if you have enough medical knowledge to understand the drug references, you might enjoy it...
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Wednesday, 28 November 2012This is my last week of term! It's gone so unbelievably fast - it seems like last week that I was just starting Med school. I've really enjoyed it, but I've also realised...
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Monday, 3 December 2012I'm in a grumpy mood today due to some personal circumstances I don't really want to go into and a few other factors. The flat's a bit of a mess and I think I've got a migraine...
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The cost of becoming a doctor
I read an article the other day which stated that it costs the taxpayer £250,000 to put a student through medical school (I can't find the link to the article now, but it was to do with the recent...
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Belated Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas y'all!I hope that everyone's had a good Christmas :). I'm back at home for Christmas which has been really nice; seeing all my family and eating lots of nice food! I got many nice...
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OSCEs and review of 2012
Happy New Year! I had a really good New Year's Eve. I went to a party with my boyfriend at the house of one of his family friend's. They'd obviously gone to a lot of effort decorating their house, it...
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Exam stresses
I'm really stressing out about my written exams right now. The information isn't that difficult, but I'm just struggling with the amount I need to remember. As soon as I memorise one piece of...
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So. The exam.Bleurgh.I (and others) think parts of the paper were pretty difficult, but I'm also kicking myself for not being at the required standard. I've realised that the way I revised for these...
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Exam number 2 went far better than my first exam. The questions were on things I knew about, and the few questions I wasn’t too sure about, I felt that I at least could put down a sensible answer. I...
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My First Real Patient!
This week was the first of my clinical skills sessions in the hospital. Along with 3 other students, I’ve been assigned to a consultant who will act as our tutor for the rest of the term. I thought...
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Exam results
So we got the exam results back, and………….. I passed!It’s not a big celebration though as I only just passed, but considering I knew I hadn’t done enough/the right type of work I’m pleased. On my first...
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My first chance encounter was when I was sat in our uni canteen. I was waiting for my friend, who was buying lunch, to join me when this older man comes up and sits next to me. He says “I hope you...
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So my 8am Friday lecture was cancelled today so I’m sat in the library writing this as my brain’s not yet awake enough to do proper work.I had a meeting with my personal tutor this week. He very nicely...
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