I have work experience in a hospital (current year 12) but I have no idea what to ask I have basic questions but I was wondering if anyone has anymore I could ask
I suspect there may not be an awful lot of time for talking. If so, it is likely to flow quite naturally as part of a conversation. If you have a couple of prompting type questions that sounds great and just be yourself.
What you may find yourself doing more specifically is observing.
Have a look at the key qualities of a doctor and as you are going around look out for when and how you see them.displayed. what did the doctor do to exemplify them, how did the patients react. What was your impression of how Teamwork was working, what about communication, Empathy, etc. Did you see any specific examples of how the broader MDT worked together or the interactions between doctors and the rest of the MDT.
Read up on these things and how they are defined before you go so you are consciously looking out for them. Then when you get home (or if you have a lunch break) think about what you saw, and how it relates.
You are yards 12 so you have some time, but it might be really useful to start a reflective diary not just for what you see in your work experience but also to note examples of how you have displayed those attributes. Example...
NB the reflective diary bit (as in how to reflect etc) is useful in the above link, but the pdf itself is old so references to specific med schools or A levels on the application side may be out of date. So for that sort of stuff always refer to the website.
I suspect there may not be an awful lot of time for talking. If so, it is likely to flow quite naturally as part of a conversation. If you have a couple of prompting type questions that sounds great and just be yourself.
What you may find yourself doing more specifically is observing.
Have a look at the key qualities of a doctor and as you are going around look out for when and how you see them.displayed. what did the doctor do to exemplify them, how did the patients react. What was your impression of how Teamwork was working, what about communication, Empathy, etc. Did you see any specific examples of how the broader MDT worked together or the interactions between doctors and the rest of the MDT.
Read up on these things and how they are defined before you go so you are consciously looking out for them. Then when you get home (or if you have a lunch break) think about what you saw, and how it relates.
You are yards 12 so you have some time, but it might be really useful to start a reflective diary not just for what you see in your work experience but also to note examples of how you have displayed those attributes. Example...
Really interesting link to that website thank you; and really great advice to listen to what the patient says to the doctor about their health and its impact on them.
However, I would be very very surprised if any year 12 work experience student would ever have to take a history ? Surely not? My assumption would be that it was very much listen and learn only?
Really interesting link to that website thank you; and really great advice to listen to what the patient says to the doctor about their health and its impact on them.
However, I would be very very surprised if any year 12 work experience student would ever have to take a history ? Surely not? My assumption would be that it was very much listen and learn only?
I think she means if they were to show an example of them taking an history and went through the steps with us