END OF FY II Blink once, five years of med school over. Blink again, and suddenly, two years go by. Just like that, I had finished the two years of the Foundation Programme. With my e-portfolio complete and my End of Year reports fully satisfactory, I was now a fully warranted, full-fledged doctor. Up until that point, the title I […]
END OF FY 1
END OF FY I Blink once, and a year passes by. That’s exactly how it felt on my very last day as a Foundation Year 1 Doctor. All those excruciatingly long, seemingly endless hours spent at hospital distilled into a single year – which, in hindsight, felt like just a few minutes. In just one year, I went from being […]
Meaning
I.II.III MEANING During my second rotation, I had my fair share of time to think about my practice as a doctor and about my personal life – one I had been neglecting for quite a while. You see, working in a hospital with dying patients has you thinking about many things. As the great Meredith Grey puts it, “In staring […]
FOREWORD
FOREWORD Welcome to my mind, all you crazy, beautiful people! Are you ready for round 2? I wrote this journal during my days as a Foundation Doctor from 2020 to 2022, recounting my tales in and out of hospital. This is about how I started my medical career, but it’s also about coming to terms with the many life lessons I was forced […]
Tomorrow
V.II.I TOMORROW Tomorrow marks the start of the end. Tomorrow I start my finals. Some seven years ago I decided I wanted to become a doctor. Five years ago I took my first step. Five years of hard work. Five years of learning and studying and practising. Five years of adventures, five years of growth. Five years. All leading to […]