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Some nurses will invite you to watch what they're doing, but that's inevitably mostly paperwork. The junior docs on my ward are too busy to even acknowledge anybody's existence. However, we now have medical students! Tag along with them and they'll show you everything they're doing. Also, if that doesn't work, just follow the ward round from a distance, like go chat to a patient in the same bay. You won't get to see much, but you pick up odd medical bits that you'd normally learn about on work exp.
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I found going on the drugs round with the nurses really helpful, just helps you pick up bits of basic pharmacology, see how the ward runs and just listen to people talking idly. Every time you come across a new drug, see if you can steal the leaflet that comes with it and have a quick read so you can work out what its for. Its all about building up little bits of knowledge over time, because that seems to stick really well.
And idle talk is so useful to listen to. People tend to just wonder off and say things unguardedly and without any particular design when they think they're being listened to unconditionally. You'll discover so much.
And idle talk is so useful to listen to. People tend to just wonder off and say things unguardedly and without any particular design when they think they're being listened to unconditionally. You'll discover so much.
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