TSR Med Students' Society (TSR Meds)

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yikes! never realised how good we have it here in Preston, what with pretty much daily consultant-led teaching sessions, 2+ ward rounds a day available to us, and no more than 7 to a firm! (in fact this semester it's 7 to a department!!)

Not to mention rarely being expected before 9

we went off to do some clerking/examining before "protected lunchtime" at 12:30 (does anywhere else have this?)

The ward I'm currently on have worse than protected meal time - the patients also get protected rest time - from 12-3pm (well, I guess it's good for the patients!) Bloody pain the the arse, but sister scares the living daylights out of me, so not locking horns over that one!

I generally find that the fewer students there are, the nicer they are - there was one guy who tore our whole seminar group to shreds one afternoon, and then when I saw him in clinic the next morning was perfectly pleasant. Fitting 6 students in any of our cubicles is just a nightmare, I'm not surprised the consultants (and the patients!) get stressed!

My star trick at the moment is to look around and try and notice something that's not immediately obvious and ask about it - then they are happy that you're being observant and that sometimes saves you from the nastier questions!

I've had a lazy day today - we didn't have anything organised for us, as a)the firm was on take, and b)all the MBPhD students had some special day, so us mere mortals didn't get a normal timetable. We arranged for an SpR to teach us at 11:30 but he didn't show, so we went off to do some clerking/examining before "protected lunchtime" at 12:30 (does anywhere else have this?) Then I couldn't be arsed to hang around and wait for rest period to end, so I went shopping for my panto costume. Can't believe my first attachment is over!

Elles - protected for the patients - we all have to be "food aware" and ensure all patients are not interrupted during mealtimes to "optimise nutritional status." It's a fair point, but also a pain in the arse.

I just got an offer from Birmingham today!

Do i qualify to join TSR meds society?

everywhere has protected lunch hours. never heared of protected rest period. its stupid and dangerous. If patients are so well that they can be left entirely for 4 hours then they should be at home. its not like we set out to pester them every few hours for fun.

Soon you'll realise protected hours are a bit of a god send. a time when you are free from those hastles on the ward like bleeding, can catch up on some TTOs etc.
You'll also learn that 'protected lunch hour' works both ways. Its in most hospitals protected 'non-bleep' hour too.

Unfortunately they're not.... they make life hell. Not only can you not see your patients, you then don't get your jobs done. And then protected rest time merges with visiting, and then teatime and so on. I'm also yet to experience 'protected lunch/teaching'. A weekend shift during which you do not eat or drink anything either day (9am til 9 or more likely 10pm) isn't great fun. My Na is often probably elevated, and I'm certainly regularly classed as oligouric or nil by mouth!

congrats i think there is a rule that you actually have to have started though i am not cirtain

yup, have to actually be a medic/doctor.
incidentally alot of the stuff on the orginal page is out of date (most just a year of course!)

yup, have to actually be a medic/doctor.
incidentally alot of the stuff on the orginal page is out of date (most just a year of course!)

sometimes most of the time, I ****ing hate medics! Especially those holier than thou, suck up, 'i am god' types!
*moan*

Who did what?

My personal hate is more the 'reads oxford handbook then asks rhetorical question that they know answer to because they just looked it up' ****s.

Long story, but the most annoying person in my year has really annoyed me today by being a sneaky little suck up ****!

Yeah I hate those types too.

I also hate those types that get the same teaching as you, yet dont understand anything. Then they want revision sessions which arent really revision sessions they are sessions to teach the them the stuff they didnt understand. Revision sessions are all well and good but when you've explained something to someone over and over again and they still dont get it you just want to say 'go and ask the ****ing consultants' rather than pretending you understand and asking us to teach you later'!!!!!