I contract COVID in Gozo and turn fourteen days of illness, guilt and isolation into study, writing and unexpected growth.
General Surgery – First Day
I begin FY2 in Gozo, trading Malta’s hospital chaos for a slower, smaller system that challenges me to rethink how I work.
START OF FY 2
I begin FY2 with greater confidence, new specialties and a determination to stay open to wherever medicine might lead me.
END OF FY 1
I finish my first year as a doctor, reflecting on how uncertainty, mistakes and hard-earned confidence shaped the clinician I am becoming.
Orthopaedic Surgery – Journal Entries
Journal entries from my rotation in orthopaedic surgery.