Tag Archives: medical education

Week 6: Staring Death in the Face

Posted on October 10, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

Nobody ever tells you how hard it is to look a patient in the eye when you know that they’re going to die. This is especially hard when the patient hasn’t yet come to that conclusion. Trying to keep a … Continue reading →

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Week 5 – How to wash your hands

Posted on October 2, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

Today, purely by chance, I saw two patients with C.Diff. Clostriudium Difficile (C.Diff. to it’s friends..aka everyone but microbiologists) is a part of your normal gut flora, the trillions of bacterial cells that line your intestines. In most people it … Continue reading →

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End of Week 4 – How to laugh

Posted on September 26, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

Medicine is a serious subject. You spend the vast majority of your day dealing with life and death, or in my case, learning about horrible things which can kill you and your friends. Or at least that’s what you tell … 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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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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