TSR Med Students' Society Part V

God how little clinical exposure do you get? I only get 8 days of placement in second year.
But it's all changed at St Andrews this year, everybody seems to hate Edinburgh and all the "gunners" seem to be applying to Glasgow or Aberdeen, it'll probably be the first year when people get sent to Edinburgh who didn't put it as their first choice.

And I'll probably go to Glasgow, closer to home and the widest selection of placements. Plus the largest teaching hospital in Europe, so thats probably a plus.

None at all in first year (unless you count cpr and measuring BP as clinical skills), and then a couple of hours at a GP per week in second year learning basic examination of the main systems and also a few more clinical skills (Venepuncture, urinalysis etc). Don't you have an Osce in first year?

Glasgow would be a good choice, yep. How many people try and gun for Oxbridge or something?

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It eventually all sinks and then you can do lots of interesting things with your understanding of basic function once you start throwing in lesions (damage) to different places

I found sticking to the basics helped - so just perhaps learn the main sensory and motor pathways and the surface anatomy of the cerebral cortex. The brainstem and cerebellar parts are the most complex (especially cerebellar histology). But once again with the brainstem, just focus on knowing the motor and sensory pathways and then everything else later. I found learning a pathway at a time more helpful than learning everything at a certain level as the latter is too disjointed.

Thank you! Taken today off doing any neuroanatomy so gonna be more systematic tomorrow and hope it starts to sink in! Need everything to click together.

have a friend who's a third year med student
she was being an idiot and took a picture in anatomy lab
She was caught and awaits her fate...

Any ideas what will happen to her? a strong warning?

Does anyone have any good methods of learning all of the origins/insertions/functions of the forearm muscles? Currently dying trying to learn them...

Most of the flexors are from the medial epicondyle (minus the pollicis etc) - and the clue is in their name e.g. flexor carpi ulnaris - Its a flexor so medial epicondyle in origin, carpi means the wrist so it's going to insert into the wrist (pisiform). And it says its a flexor so it is going to flex the wrist, but you can also think that because its attaching right on the outside of the palm too it can also adduct the wrist. Does that make sense?

Most the extensors are from the lateral epicondyle too!

The forearm isn't too bad. Just act out the actions for the functions while you are learning and even draw them on yourself! It really helps.

Thank you! Yeah I'm just flashcarding them atm and noticing that most of the tend to come from the lateral/medial epichondyles so hopefully that will make my life a bit easier

The forearm isn't too bad?! Are you telling me it gets worse than this?

Edit: Found this on a donor form from Newcastle medical school:
"The taking and displaying of images (including photographs, films and electronic images) is outside the scope of the Human Tissue Act 2004". Might just be a telling off in that case, and maybe a note put on their file depending on medical school protocol.

I already know whos going to go for it, we've got one guy who wrote a paper in the summer of first year

Thank you! Yeah I'm just flashcarding them atm and noticing that most of the tend to come from the lateral/medial epichondyles so hopefully that will make my life a bit easier

The forearm isn't too bad?! Are you telling me it gets worse than this?

Wut.

I briefly considering trying for it until I realised they look at extracurriculars and all I do in my spare time is watch crap films and eat popcorn.

I can't remember who it was, but somebody here posted a PDF a while back listing the 'top 5s' for a lot of clinical things... anybody know who/what I'm talking about and able to help out?

I can't remember who it was, but somebody here posted a PDF a while back listing the 'top 5s' for a lot of clinical things... anybody know who/what I'm talking about and able to help out?

hi wasn't me who posted but I have attached the pdf I have of the Top 5 for surgery and will send another pm with medicine... are these what you meant?

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That looks awesome, could I have the medicine one too?

You just need to spin that into EC's...
Film club? Appreciation of the fine arts (Orange is the new black has won some awards! so totally counts)
I managed to spin socialising and drinking with friends to a book club... Because we all technically read books, and occasionally talk about books, normally with a lot of wine.
Also a connoisseur of fine baking- aka I eat a lot of greggs