[fairy spangles]

Last day of medical school today......actually seems like only yesterday i started. Now to kick arse in finals!!!

[Hygeia]

(Original post by fairy spangles)
Last day of medical school today......actually seems like only yesterday i started. Now to kick arse in finals!!!

Good luck!

[oxygenbubbles]

(Original post by fairy spangles)
Last day of medical school today......actually seems like only yesterday i started. Now to kick arse in finals!!!

Yay last day! Mine start in 6 days no idea what to revise at this point!

[Syncope]

(Original post by oxygenbubbles)
Yay last day! Mine start in 6 days no idea what to revise at this point!

I feel sick thinking about it. When's your OSCE?

[crazylemon]

(Original post by Philosoraptor)
Panic!!!
Explain?

Turned out he just wanted to organise teaching. I had to ab=pologise profusely for having a phone that doesn't pick up on either my main ward or AMU or A&E...

[Tech]

Hmmm, in a bit of a predicament.

So there's a long summer coming up. I'll have a couple of months spare after a week abroad.

A lot of people from my department managed to continue their projects on over summer (building phantoms, making measurements etc) but that wasn't applicable to my project.

I don't want to waste the time so I was thinking about heading to the local hospital back home to get some experience. Problem is, having not really had any clinical skills teaching beyond how to wash my hands and gain consent, I'm not sure whether I'd get anything out of it.

Any thoughts? I was thinking about asking radiology if they need someone to help with audits or do odd-jobs as that's probably where I'd be least useless?

[Becca-Sarah]

(Original post by Tech)
Hmmm, in a bit of a predicament.

So there's a long summer coming up. I'll have a couple of months spare after a week abroad.

A lot of people from my department managed to continue their projects on over summer (building phantoms, making measurements etc) but that wasn't applicable to my project.

I don't want to waste the time so I was thinking about heading to the local hospital back home to get some experience. Problem is, having not really had any clinical skills teaching beyond how to wash my hands and gain consent, I'm not sure whether I'd get anything out of it.

Any thoughts? I was thinking about asking radiology if they need someone to help with audits or do odd-jobs as that's probably where I'd be least useless?

I did a hospital placement in my first summer holiday. Had zero clinical skills but got to scrub in on lots of surgery Then went back to uni early and did an audit in theatres there. Worth asking, given it's summer they might be student-free and happy to teach you stuff.

Or you could do something non-medical... Presuming you still have 3 years of medical school left there's plenty of time to be getting experience and a limited number of long summers to enjoy

[Isometrix]

(Original post by Tech)
Hmmm, in a bit of a predicament.

So there's a long summer coming up. I'll have a couple of months spare after a week abroad.

A lot of people from my department managed to continue their projects on over summer (building phantoms, making measurements etc) but that wasn't applicable to my project.

I don't want to waste the time so I was thinking about heading to the local hospital back home to get some experience. Problem is, having not really had any clinical skills teaching beyond how to wash my hands and gain consent, I'm not sure whether I'd get anything out of it.

Any thoughts? I was thinking about asking radiology if they need someone to help with audits or do odd-jobs as that's probably where I'd be least useless?

I might look into a job at a GP summarising patient notes this summer. It pays decent, flexible hours, and would hopefully keep what remaining medicine is in my head until next September!

[Phryx]

(Original post by Tech)
Hmmm, in a bit of a predicament.

So there's a long summer coming up. I'll have a couple of months spare after a week abroad.

A lot of people from my department managed to continue their projects on over summer (building phantoms, making measurements etc) but that wasn't applicable to my project.

I don't want to waste the time so I was thinking about heading to the local hospital back home to get some experience. Problem is, having not really had any clinical skills teaching beyond how to wash my hands and gain consent, I'm not sure whether I'd get anything out of it.

Any thoughts? I was thinking about asking radiology if they need someone to help with audits or do odd-jobs as that's probably where I'd be least useless?

Um enjoy your summer? Once you start clinical placements you'll have plenty of time to 'get experience'

[Tech]

(Original post by Phryx)
Um enjoy your summer? Once you start clinical placements you'll have plenty of time to 'get experience'

Good point, and that was plan A.. but it really is a majority of people on my bsc who are on the ball with the extra experience and I don't want to fall behind this early on.

(Original post by Isometrix)
I might look into a job at a GP summarising patient notes this summer. It pays decent, flexible hours, and would hopefully keep what remaining medicine is in my head until next September!

I was considering something like that too - have no experience in it but from reading about it doesn't seem too hard to pick up!

(Original post by Becca-Sarah)
I did a hospital placement in my first summer holiday. Had zero clinical skills but got to scrub in on lots of surgery Then went back to uni early and did an audit in theatres there. Worth asking, given it's summer they might be student-free and happy to teach you stuff.

Or you could do something non-medical... Presuming you still have 3 years of medical school left there's plenty of time to be getting experience and a limited number of long summers to enjoy

Sounds awesome yeah summer is a good time, plus the med school back home is grad only so may be less busy.

[Isometrix]

My aim before graduation is to orchestrate something similar to this:

[RollerBall]

So I got mugged today >.>

[Beska]

(Original post by RollerBall)
So I got mugged today >.>

[Tyraell]

(Original post by RollerBall)
So I got mugged today >.>

Sad times. Hope they catch them.

[Becca-Sarah]

(Original post by RollerBall)
So I got mugged today >.>

You ok?

[RollerBall]

(Original post by Becca-Sarah)
You ok?

(Original post by Tyraell)
Sad times. Hope they catch them.

(Original post by Beska)

Yeah, tbf, it wasn't a particularly violent one. I think it was originally intended to be a pickpocket but I realised what they were doing just as the one removed my phone out my pocket and scarpered. Then the other one got a bit arsy with me and threw me around a bit.

Just pissed off tbh, I was on a busy main road and only been seperated from the group for about 10 minutes. Nightmare trying to report it/find out insurance details without actually having a phone though.

[Renal]

(Original post by Isometrix)
My aim before graduation is to orchestrate something similar to this:

Make it less ****.

[Isometrix]

(Original post by Renal)
Make it less ****.

they're freshers tbf

[Supermassive_muse_fan]

(Original post by RollerBall)
So I got mugged today >.>

Sorry to hear that


Coming to the end of this iBSc, have realised that I'm actually going to miss research well lab-based research anyhow. Not the looking/reading countless journals and spending hours interpreting what they mean. I won't miss that.

[SMed]

Coming to the end of this iBSc, have realised that I'm actually going to have to sit down and write this **** up.