Sharing my journey through medical school + dropping nuggets of advice along the way…
This is guest post written by Alexa, a soon-to-be final year medical student who runs A Med Student’s Journey. There are so many incredible online resources out there for medical students and Alexa’s always sharing lots of great study resources on her Studygram so I thought she’d be the perfect person to give us the…
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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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You don’t have to have been following me for long to know that I do like putting together those “typical timetable” and “a week in the life of a med student”. I think they’re perfect for giving a true insight into what each year is like and the sorts of things you’d be doing. For…
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I’ve disappeared with not so much of a puff because third year has been a whirlwind so far. So much, so different, exhausting, yet exhilarating. We’ve had 3 weeks of third year now, the first week was induction so that makes 2 weeks of placement and here’s what I have to say…
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A huge congratulations to everyone who has made it and it going to be starting medical school this September. Whilst this is surely going to be incredibly exciting for you all, there’s bound to be some nerves flying around. I have been asked different things about what you can do to prepare, what to take…
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One of the things I did a lot when I was applying for Medicine was read up on a health topic and then create a blog post to help me reflect on it properly and gather my thoughts together. A few days ago I was just cruising through my site and reading the odd reflection…
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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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Life of a Medic 