life as a house officer Archives

Added on January 18, 2022 Foundation Year 2 , Geriatric Medicine

Geriatric Medicine – First Day?

II.III.I FIRST DAY? My next rotation would be in a specialty I never quite liked. One I was kinda forced to choose in order to get neurosurgery and general surgery. One I’d be stuck with for three months. Geriatric medicine. Blech. Imagine going from this wannabe hardcore neurosurgical trainee to working in a hospital for the elde… zzzzz. Sorry, I […]

Added on January 16, 2022 Foundation Year 2 , Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery – Journal Entries

II.II.IX JOURNAL ENTRIES Journal entries from my rotation in neurosurgery: I’ve been woken up at 3AM to see someone with a foreign body in their ear. This guy had managed to get a cotton bud stuck in there. At 3AM. Who the hell decides to clean their ears at 3AM? I’ve been practising my suturing technique since I was a […]

Added on July 21, 2020 Foundation Year 1 , Emergency Surgery

Emergency Surgery – First Day

I.I.I FIRST DAY Emergency surgery… my first rotation ever. Ah, what a time that was. One of the best and worst periods of my life, I gotta say. After two weeks of shadowing the other house officers and trying to learn as much as possible about how the hospital works, it was finally time for them to move on and […]

Added on July 14, 2020 Foundation Year 1 , Journal of a Junior Doctor

START OF FY 1

START OF FY I I could hardly believe that my five years in med school were over. Med school didn’t end with applause or closure – we were still in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. It felt like a door had closed behind me without asking if I was ready. I stepped forward anyway. Before starting this new journey, we […]