II.IV.VI JOURNAL ENTRIES Journal entries from my rotation in emergency medicine: I go in to see a patient with a fever, headache, generalised muscle aches and a cough. She’s Ukrainian and doesn’t know a single word of English. Luckily enough, her husband is a Ukrainian doctor who boasts that he speaks five languages fluently, including English. Unluckily enough, he can’t […]
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Foundation Year 1 , Neurology
General Medicine – First Day
I.III.I FIRST DAY Next up would be my rotation in general medicine – having chosen gastroenterology as my subspecialty. I’d be working under one of my favourite consultants, Dr Sugar – with whom I’d had the pleasure of shadowing during my days as a med student. My first year as a doctor was shaping up to be a great one! Together […]
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Foundation Year 1 , Emergency Surgery
Unravelling
I.I.VI UNRAVELLING By the end of those three months, I genuinely felt like I was finally a full-fledged doctor. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I still realised I knew nothing and that I was still an idiot on the grand scheme of things. Be that as it may, over those three months not only had I survived such a […]
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Foundation Year 1 , Emergency Surgery
Transition
I.I.V TRANSITION As much as the work varied, days started to blend in. What at the very beginning seemed so out of reach had become somewhat routine as time went by. In fact, by the time I got used to this routine, my rotation in emergency surgery was about to be over. And by the end? Let’s just say that […]