Crossroads

II.IV.V CROSSROADS That’s how it went for the rest of the rotation. Work hard, work harder – no time for play. But I was fine with that. It’d be over soon enough anyway. At that point, I had my future all mapped out. I was hoping to pass my exam so that by the time I finished my Foundation Programme, […]

Sacrifice

II.IV.IV SACRIFICE My time in emergency medicine was… different. It was a period of growth and existential crises, one that forced me to reevaluate parts of my life that had previously grounded me. It wasn’t so much the medicine itself as it was everything that came with the job. Despite having come a long way in curbing my superiority complex […]

London Calling

II.IV.III LONDON CALLING My newfound existential crisis had to take a back seat. Regardless of my new love for emergency medicine, it had to come second – at least for the time being. Surgery was all I could think about now that the MRCS Part B exam was right around the corner. This exam is usually taken by basic specialist […]