This was actually a 6-week course which explored the different ways in which we could overcome the technological and scientific constraints to make medicine more humane. I thought I’d share some of the key learning points from this course, particularly parts of the course which I found especially thought provoking. Some areas that were discussed…
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One of the first things that I noticed was that one of the patients who seemed to have been deteriorating over the past couple of weeks was no longer here. I spoke to the nurse who told me that she had unfortunately passed away after her stay, which had been several weeks long. Hearing about…
Read More“COMPLEMENTARY & ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE SHOULD BE PROVIDED ON THE NHS.” 🌿
I found this really interesting to research about as on one side we have the conventional medicinal treatments which are without doubt successful, but can have some severe side effects; whilst on the other hand we have non-scientifically proven treatments which are in some cases believed to have a placebo effect on patients, but have…
Read MoreMEDICAL WORKSHOP REFLECTIONS 📚
This event was run by Year 3 Medical students from Manchester University. In the morning we were all placed in groups of ten with people we had never met before. We were then given a mock PBL case on Cystic Fibrosis and expected to go through it with the guidance of a medical student who…
Read MoreORTHOPAEDICS (FRACTURE CLINIC) 💪
East Lancashire Hospitals Trust Work Placement – Day 3 Orthopaedics (Fracture Clinic) In this placement I was given the opportunity to sit in during some patient-doctor consultations. The first patient I saw had fractured his arm after smashing it through some glass. The doctor told me that this is quite a common case which is…
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East Lancashire Hospitals Trust Work Placement – Day 2 Year 1 Early Clinical Experience In this session I was able to experience a clinical exposure session with first year medical students. It was a really incredible experience as I was able to recognise the differences between them and the fifth years whom I had sessions with…
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East Lancashire Hospitals Trust Work Placement – Day 1 Teaching Sessions with Year 5 Medical Students For my first session I attended a lecture presented by a Foundation Year 1 doctor with year 5 medical students on data interpretation. The students had to practise making diagnoses based on the values of different substances in the…
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