Monday Admin and work day today. I wanted to try and get as much of the presentation list done so I didn't have as much pressure the rest of the week. Turns out, I didn't get as much done as I would have liked to but the effort was there! I also got a bit … Continue reading CCE Specialities Week 7 →

Monday Morning off today. Not that I did a huge amount with it. We had ABG training in the afternoon which I was looking forward to as we know the ins and outs of ABG's including how to translate the results (in theory, in practise I'm still second guessing everything) so I was keen to … Continue reading CCE Specialities Week 6 →

Monday Psychiatry week! Well, sorta. Warwick scheduled us with a doctor who was on annual leave so we ended up being passed around. We headed for the caludon centre which is the mental health hospital at UHCW for 9am to meet a consultant who had agreed to take us on for the day. We ended … Continue reading CCE Specialities Week 5 →

Monday Came down with a killer cold over the weekend so I decided to avoid sniffing over pregnant mothers to be and go in later for the clinical skills session at 1pm. I found out that actually I had chosen wisely as the clinic were only letting one student in so 2/3 of the students … Continue reading CCE Specialities Week 4 →

I never thought I would see the day when the word surgery didn’t make my heart flutter and my face turn into a big grin. Yet, here we are. I’m sitting here looking at the brain light that Henry Marsh signed for me and my heart is breaking to know that I simply don’t want … Continue reading A new path →

Monday So, back at it. Thankfully it's a 9am start so it's not too bad for getting up and on the bus for. We are on care of the elderly this week and to be honest, I wasn't expecting too much out of it. (I was to be proven wrong). Got to the ward for … Continue reading CCE Specialties Week 3 →

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 →