You may be wondering why I have not written here in, well, months. I was due to start CCE1 (core clinical education one) on the sixth on January. This meant I was flung out into the Hospital to start my clinical teaching , except my immune system had other ideas..... 4th January Moved back to … Continue reading A sickly return →

Monday In for clinic today. I was happy because I thought I could get the slightly later bus this week but it would give me 10 minutes to spare and with the traffic around Coventry, I did not trust this leeway of time. This is why I found myself standing at the bus stop at … Continue reading AC1 – Week 9 →

One of the things I wanted my blog to be is truthful. I may appear this happy, pocket rocket but it's hard. Especially when your brain does not exactly work the default way. So , this week was hard. Really hard. Feel free to skip, but I want to show how Med School really is, … Continue reading AC1 Week 8 →

Monday Whoop whoop. LIE IN ! First time in weeks that I haven't had to be up before 6am. It felt AMAZING and I woke up ready for the day instead of practically falling out of my nice cosy bed. I had airway teaching at 10:45 so spent my time slowly getting ready and actually … Continue reading AC1 – Week 7 →

Monday Hospital again, and thankfully my last ridiculously pre-6am wake up call. Today I had to be in the hospital for 7:30am which does not sound too bad but the bus from campus was at 10 past 6 so it was an early morning for me! I arrived at the paediatric ward and it is … Continue reading AC1 – Week 6 →

Monday 5am and my alarm kicks off. However, it's ok , I HAVE MY SURGICAL INDUCTION TODAY !! I had to get a slightly chaotic transport route to get there as I was stationed in Rugby and I don't drive. One Uber from campus to the train station as I was up before the busses … Continue reading AC1 – Week 5 →

Monday How is it week 4 already? Only, feels like I have been back for about 4 seconds. Though I have the exhaustion levels for 4 months ! Anyway, Monday started with a nice early wake up call as we had the fire drill here in my accommodation block. Let me tell you, 200 odd … Continue reading AC1 – Week 4 →