Random thoughts
When I found out who else was doing resits, I wasn't surprised that some people also hadn't passed, but I was surprised to see some people in the resit group.I also look at some people and think that...
View ArticleRevision
My first exam is tomorrow. I've been averaging about 9 hours revision a day, and yesterday I managed a revision high of 12 straight hours (even eating lunch whilst revising). Today I'm taking things a...
View ArticleExam Update
I had my re-sit exams on Friday and yesterday. I felt that Friday's one went pretty well and I came out of it happy. Yesterday's one however, was pretty hard so overall I'm not sure if I've passed....
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Back to the real world
I’ve just come back from a 9 day holiday in the countryside of France. It was such a nice break!Back to the grind tomorrow though. I’m doing a locum shift with a company which requires all their locums...
View ArticleThe joys of med school
My boyfriend’s father is currently in the process of buying a holiday house in France. My day dreams of long and numerous holidays lazing in the French countryside were rudely dashed however, when I...
View ArticleTales from the pharmacy
These are several stories that happened to me whilst working recently which I thought I’d share (any identifying details of the patients below have been changed!).It was the middle of a busy shift when...
View ArticleA week in the life of a second year med student - MONDAY
This week is my second week back as a second year! The first week back went really fast. It was good, but it looks as though there's going to be a LOT of work this term. I thought that I'd document a...
View ArticleTUESDAY
6.15 – Another early start. I didn’t get the best night’s sleep due to my boyfriend waking me up at 4am and telling me that it was time to get up (I think he was still asleep at the time and dreaming),...
View ArticleWednesday, Thursday and Friday
My sincere apologies. I did mean to post my daily dairy at the end of each day this week, but the last few days have been so full that I’ve only got round to writing them up now. I may have forgotten a...
View ArticleExam worries
Oops, it’s been a while since I’ve last posted. This term is just going really fast and I don’t really know where the time goes! It’s just over 6 weeks until my big scary exams. 6 weeks really doesn’t...
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Where's Bernard's watch when you need it?
Hi.Apologies again that I haven't updated in a while. Uni is very busy right now, with only 4 weeks-ish until exams. I know they warn you that medicine is a lot of work before you start uni, but I...
View ArticleLots of neuro
As is the constant theme in the run up to exams, my life isn't really consisting of anything interesting outside of revision hell at the moment. I've currently got half an hour left until the FIFTEEN...
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The Coffee Formula
I have a complicated relationship with coffee. I love it - it's tasty, smells great and has caffeine in it so what's not to love, but it doesn't always love me. I'm pretty caffeine sensitive and I have...
View ArticleGrumpy revision times
Why have I done this to myself? Lets be a doctor, I said. I'll be fine with extra studying and exams, I said. It doesn't matter that I'll be poor, over-worked and stressed for the foreseeable future, I...
View ArticleExam Review - OSCEs
My exams are finally over! My OSCE was on Thursday and the two written exams were on Monday and Tuesday. I’m locuming in the really quiet pharmacy until 11pm again tonight so I thought I’d write up a...
View ArticleExam Review - Written Exams
Our medical exams are weird. We sit 2 written papers, each containing 10 questions (with each question having 20 marks). The pass grade of the papers is based on how many questions you pass rather than...
View ArticleGiving up
I feel like a bit of a train wreck at the moment. As you might of guessed from my recent silence, I didn’t pass the exam. I did well in the OSCE, but failed the written, not by much but still a fail....
View ArticleA bit more optimism
Apologies for the outpouring of self pity the other day. I've perked myself up and accepted that whatever will happen, will happen and there's no point moping about it. I've pretty much come to terms...
View ArticleA long overdue update
Sorry I haven't posted on here for so long, I didn't feel much like blogging for a while. I didn’t pass the 2nd year resit exam, which was really shitty. And it was made worse by the fact that I only...
View ArticleReport Writing
I'm currently finishing off writing the report for my research project which we had to undertake as part of our SSC2 block. I'm finding it really hard to motivate myself to do it though. I was quite...
View ArticleEnd of GP Block
Sorry I haven’t updated in a while. When I last posted I was doing my research project. I’m glad to say that I’ve since finished it and passed it with good marks!At the beginning of January we started...
View ArticleEnd of Paediatrics Block
This block seems to have gone so fast! The above year have had their finals exams and have just had their results back. In less than a year that will be me, a scary thought! A year feels like a long...
View ArticleStart of Final Year!
“Hi, my name is….., I’m a final year medical student”I haven’t achieved this by passing any exams, but since coming back to university from our summer break I am now technically a final year! This...
View ArticleFinals
“Hello, my name is Dr PSD”I can’t say that just yet, but I will be able to soon because I PASSED MY FINALS.I’ve also had success in my UKFPO application so things are looking pretty rosy around here...
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