Tag Archives: University

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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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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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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Blood Sucking Monsters

Posted on August 21, 2013 by thegradmedstudent

Actual date 26/9/2012 The procedure that a junior doctor is most likely to have to perform on a patient is taking blood. It has a few names, venepuncture being the one that we were given. It doesn’t look like it … Continue reading →

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