Oh my God it has been years, truly years. I have never not written on this blog for more than a few months and it has officially been 3 years! But apparently, I’ll always be back, so here we are! And here’s what happened in the meantime…
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Quotes From 3rd Year of Medical School
I wrote a post just like this when I finished my first year of of medical school, sharing some “quotes” of common things I had heard said throughout the year – read that post here! Third year of medical school is so different to first and second and being in a completely different environment means…
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Racism and Medicine: Why You Should Take More Notice
The recent unfortunate events that we’ve seen around the world have got me to really reflect on the topic of racism, and in particular racism in healthcare. We all know racism exists very prominently in today’s society – a sad reality that’s obvious to all those who pay attention to it. Whether that’s in the…
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3rd Year of Medical School…check ✅
The third year of medical school came to a very abrupt halt yesterday. This whole Coronavirus crisis I know is having so many huge implications on so many things. It’s shocking how something so tiny and invisible can collapse every system that our world runs by. Being in medical school obviously created so many questions…
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Thoughts About Moving on to Clinical Years
Going into clinical years, I feel as though this needs it’s own blog post since I wrote about my feelings when starting uni and this is a new beginning all together. Whenever I think about leaving Manchester and moving out to my base hospital I feel so many emotions, so now let’s see if I…
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My First Stethoscope…?
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…
Read MoreGLIOBLASTOMA & BLINDNESS
A glioblastoma is type of cancerous brain tumour. Despite securing a medical school place the I do still want to continue volunteering at my local hospice which I have been doing for over 2 years now. It has been a very rewarding experience and helped me to develop a lot of skills. Every so often,…
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Life of a Medic 