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Dr Google

Posted on October 7, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

I was going to write something political tonight, in fact I did write a political thing, but then decided I didn’t really know what I was talking about so I scrapped it. So, instead I’m going to talk about self-diagnosis … 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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Week 3 – How to solve the A&E Crisis

Posted on September 17, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

Firstly, I just got quite a shock when I clicked on my stats page… whoever has been reading all of my posts in the last 2 hours, you’ve managed to significantly inflate my ego. Thanks. So, today I’m going to … 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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Natural medicine aka witchcraft

Posted on September 2, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

Do you know what really pisses me off? Well, a lot of things do. But more than anything, it is things like this: If you go on the health tab on the Reader you see a shed load of these … Continue reading →

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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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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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