General Medicine Archives - THE ROVING DOCTOR

Added on April 18, 2021 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 […]

Added on February 16, 2021 Foundation Year 1 , General Medicine

Good Doctor

I.III.V GOOD DOCTOR It was during that rotation that I realised I wasn’t as good a doctor as I thought I was. And that was all thanks to Dr Sugar. In fact, what follows is something akin to a love letter to her. From now on, whenever I mention her, I want you to picture my eyes all teary with […]

Added on February 9, 2021 Foundation Year 1 , General Medicine

Losing Touch

I.III.IV LOSING TOUCH I’m not the most spiritual person out there, but if there’s one thing I’ve always appreciated about myself, it’s that I’m almost always in touch with my inner self. When I feel like I’m losing touch with myself, there’s a ritual I usually do. I turn off all the lights, light some candles and incense, put on […]

Added on February 2, 2021 Foundation Year 1 , General Medicine

Alchemy

I.III.III ALCHEMY Alchemy can be defined as the esoteric, magical means by which an object is brought to its original, divine form or, alternatively, the exoteric, proto-scientific process of transmuting one thing into another. This was all the rage a few eons ago. Alchemy was believed to lead the way to infinite riches, knowledge, and even immortality. It was said […]

Added on January 26, 2021 Foundation Year 1 , General Medicine

Time of Death

I.III.II TIME OF DEATH You know, having watched so much TV, read so many books, heard so many stories… I’d always thought I was kind of impervious to death. Like I’d already gotten used to it. It’s a natural part of life, no big deal. It wasn’t until I started working as a doctor that I actually began coming to […]