Sharing my journey through medical school + dropping nuggets of advice along the way…
I always thought there would be a definitive moment that I’d get my first stethoscope. I’ve never been one to jump the gun so I didn’t buy a stethoscope the moment I got into medical school. Most people don’t have one when they start medical school. I remember midway into first year, in one of…
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PEP stands for Personal Excellence Pathway and it’s essentially a research project that you have to do each year at Manchester. The reason why I’m writing about it today is because I’ve received a good handful of questions about it about the past couple of years so I thought I’d explain what it is in…
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How are you examined? When are your exams? Do you have to write essays? All questions that I get asked time and time again…so guess what (I’m sure you know the drill by now) I’m going to be answering all these questions by talking about how we are assessed in the first 2 years of…
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The first chunk of medical school is over, which does indeed bring with it tons of reflection on tons of different things. These 2 years have been a busy, busy and I’ve learnt an awful lot, and not just in terms of academics, but also about myself. If you read one of the posts I…
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Last year I shared my first year timetable, so this year it’s about time I did the same with my second year timetable! Just like last year, each week the timetable is slightly different so I’ve tried to pick one that I think best represents a “typical week”.
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Once you start medical school, right from the beginning of Semester 1 you start to hear these terrible rumours about “Semester 3”. Now, I’m presuming this is pretty much across the board in different med schools, so bear that in mind. Hearing these little things from older students doesn’t place you on a good foot…
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8:00 am – Woke up, got ready, had breakfast and then set out for my first 9 am start of this year.
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