Start of BST1: a chaotic return to hospital life, battling bureaucracy, onboarding hurdles, and the reality of entering emergency medicine training.
Shining
I.IV.IV SHINING My time in ortho was practically a blur. There was this unspoken camaraderie between us junior doctors, while the seniors mostly kept to themselves, tied up in outpatient clinics and theatre all day long. As always, I’d go in early to do my pre-rounds and check up on our patients. Then I’d brief Emily, and when our seniors […]
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 […]