I.IV.II EX-MOTHER Much like my time in neurology, this rotation proved to be a relatively easy-going one. I mean, yeah, sure, we did have our busy days, but I don’t ever recall staying later than my normal working hours – except for those pesky on-call shifts that would have us taking care of all orthopaedic patients and their medical issues. […]
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Foundation Year 1 , Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery – First Day
I.IV.I FIRST DAY There I was, having just started my foundation programme, and suddenly I found myself in the fourth and final quarter of my first foundation year – orthopaedics. On my first day I was met by Emily – a house officer in her second year with whom I’d be sharing the firm’s workload. It didn’t take long for […]
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Foundation Year 1 , General Medicine
General Medicine – Journal Entries
I.III.VI JOURNAL ENTRIES Journal entries from my rotation in general medicine: We’re on patient 12 out of a long list of 23 to review on the wards when Dr Sugar gets a call that a twenty-something-year-old guy who was admitted after taking a cocaine overdose was unstable. We speed-walk to the other side of the hospital and find the unconscious […]