Venue: GP Surgery 2 Today I sat with the practice nurse in the diabetic clinic. I learnt about the regular checkups that patients must attend in order to mange and control their diabetes including eye checks and foot checks. I also watched her break the diagnosis to a patient that they now have diabetes. I…
Read More6 WEEKS OF WORKING IN A LAB 🔬
I’m really interested in Science, but within Science there’s such a huge variety of careers that you can choose to pursue. My particular interest in healthcare and my desire to work with people are some of the many reasons I have chosen to strive to study Medicine. Medicine is still a Science and therefore it…
Read MoreCULTURAL DIFFERENCES, EMERGENCIES & TEACHING SESSIONS
Venue: GP Surgery 2 In the morning I sat in on the ‘on the day’ appointments with a registrar GP. It was really enlightening to see the variety of concerns that patients would come to the GP with as a matter of urgency. Some of them were less urgent and others were quite critical. One…
Read MoreJOINT INJECTION & WORRIED PARENTS…
Venue: GP Surgery 2 Today was my first day at this GP practice. I observed a patient being given a joint injection and how the doctor explained the risks that the particular treatment could have on him. I also noticed how he explained that the treatment wouldn’t necessarily be successful as only some people respond…
Read MoreURGENT TESTS, ASSESSING MENTAL CAPACITY…
When I went in to the hospice this morning the doctor had just taken a blood sample from a patient who he was suspecting as having a weakened liver function due to a cancer which has grown blocking some of the tubes to his liver. He told me about this patient and how they need…
Read MoreSYRINGE DRIVERS, CONTROLLED DRUGS…AND MORE!
I spent the day shadowing the doctor at the hospice which I volunteer it. I really enjoyed this experience and it was amazing to be given the opportunity to see a more clinical aspect to the hospice. It was very different from my usual role during the volunteering.
Read MoreSHADOWING AN FY2 DOCTOR
Venue: GP Surgery 1 In this particular Surgery there was an FY2 doctor on a placement, so I was able to spend a day with him to his approach to General Practice. It was definitely worthwhile and a great perspective to be able to spend time with a Junior Doctor and see how they practice…
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Life of a Medic 