Venue: GP Surgery 1 Today, I was given the opportunity to spend my time with the Nurse Practitioner and I was quite surprised as to how similar their role is to GPs. I was able to see some patient consultations and learn some important skills and qualities required in order to work with a healthcare…
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Venue: GP Surgery 1 Today, I went to a GP Surgery to gain some work experience. I was pleasantly surprised by this experience as I thought General Practice would involve the doctors engaging in a very repetitive role and would be slightly monotonous. However, I was very engaged during my time there no I found…
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…
Read MoreRESPIRATORY CLINIC & WARDS 🌬🚬
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…
Read MorePATHOLOGY LABS 🔬
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…
Read MoreMY FIRST EVER WORK EXPERIENCE! 👭👬
Sorry to those of you that got the email notification about this. I was re-organising my blog posts to give you all a lovely overview of all the work experience and volunteering I did whilst I was applying for Medicine and seemed to have pushed this very old reflection to you all via email. And…
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