Monthly Archives: August 2013

Day 3 in A&E – Peaks and Troughs

Posted on August 30, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

Day 3 in A&E The last day of my short placement in A&E was a very mixed day. On the one hand, I got to properly clerk a patient for the first time on my own and suggest a diagnosis. … Continue reading →

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Day 2 in A&E

Posted on August 29, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

Day two in A&E. The day started at 7am on the CDU (Not to be confused with the CDC). The CDU as an acronym officially stands for Clinical Decision Unit but is much more commonly referred to as the “Can’t … Continue reading →

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72 hours in A&E

Posted on August 29, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

I recently spent 3 days working in A&E. I say working, what that actually translates to is I spent three days getting in the way of the doctors and nurses that were doing some actual work. I had been looking … Continue reading →

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Student Finance want me to sell my body for food.

Posted on August 28, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

For those of you looking for an amusing, whimsical story about how one of my patients did something funny, I’m afraid that will have to wait until I see an amusing patient, hopefully in the next two weeks or so … Continue reading →

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Common Sense

Posted on August 25, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

I’m a great believer in common sense. The notion that sticking to the letter of the law is not always strictly necessary and that things should have a degree of flexibility. Sadly in modern society this is often lacking. Take … Continue reading →

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First Patient, NHS cards and idiotic classmates. All in a days work.

Posted on August 23, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

Actual date 5/2/13 This week has been a very good week. I found out that I’d passed my exams, which is obviously good. I only just passed, but on this course at this stage it doesn’t matter, as long as … Continue reading →

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Appendicitis and a rant about fairness

Posted on August 22, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

Actual date 28/11/12 I haven’t written anything for a while. I have had a lot of work catching up things that I missed with me knee, so sorry about that, though to be honest, not much has happened except that … Continue reading →

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Health and Safety BS

Posted on August 22, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

Actual Date 31/10/12 Today I spent 3 hours in my hospital being taught how to move a box and a patient. Now, in my previous life I was a sound engineer for a small company near Liverpool, I was also … Continue reading →

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How to get into medical school (my view)

Posted on August 22, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

I’ve been asked to talk to a group of people at my old college and my old high school about studying medicine and how to get in and things like that and what it is like when you get here. … Continue reading →

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Medical Student Hyperchondriac Syndrome

Posted on August 21, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

Actual date 18/10/12 There is such a thing as medical student hyperchondriac syndrome. This is where medical students learn about a condition in a lecture and because they have one or two of the symptoms, they decide that they have … Continue reading →

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