Tag Archives: Education

Everybody Lies

Posted on December 20, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

I’d like to apologise for the long gap in posts, my workload suddenly trebled overnight as exams approached and in order to continue being a medical student and being able to post at all I thought I should probably try … Continue reading →

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End of week 3 – Burnout

Posted on September 21, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

Part of me can’t believe that I have been back at uni for 3 weeks already,  but when I sit down and think about it; the second of September feels like it was a very long time ago. Already the … Continue reading →

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Week 2 – How not to get sued.

Posted on September 12, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

Week 2 – How not to get sued. Last week..well over a week ago actually (oops) I wrote the GMC coming in and telling us how not to get sacked. This week the uni has given us some lectures on … Continue reading →

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Day 1 – How not to get sacked.

Posted on September 3, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

I started my second year of medical school yesterday and unsurprisingly I have not received a penny from either NHS bursaries or from student finance. This means that (until they pull their collective fingers out) I am skint. It is … 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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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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