Getting stuck in...
Hi again,
It might only be 24 hours since I lasted posted anything here, but we're speeding through the basics of clinical medicine and have now covered abdominal examinations and practised a couple on patients on the wards. Living in a house of 4 medics, we've also been practising poking and prodding each other. We're all in different groups and so have done things in a slightly different order but it's useful to have an advance preview of how to do a cardiovascular examination at home before we do it with our MedEd tutors. A poor visitor who popped in to say hello last night heard nothing but our overexcitement about things we'd seen on the wards and comparisons of what we'd learned.
Since it is our Fresher's Fortnight at clinical school, there are also activities arranged for the evenings. So far we've had a BBQ, a trip to St Giles Fair, and last night a pub quiz at Osler house, which is the equivalent of a student union for clinical medics. As well as being a bit of fun and helping us to get to know the medics we've spent the last 3 years with better, this encourages us to intergrate with the 15 newcomers who have transferred from Cambridge and the 3 from London. Within our MedEd groups we are also getting to know each other better (including our organ systems!), and we have been allocated 5th year parents and 4th year brothers and sisters who we will meet for a meal tomorrow.
Now I'm going off to the hospital to learn and try out some more examinations.
Bye!
It might only be 24 hours since I lasted posted anything here, but we're speeding through the basics of clinical medicine and have now covered abdominal examinations and practised a couple on patients on the wards. Living in a house of 4 medics, we've also been practising poking and prodding each other. We're all in different groups and so have done things in a slightly different order but it's useful to have an advance preview of how to do a cardiovascular examination at home before we do it with our MedEd tutors. A poor visitor who popped in to say hello last night heard nothing but our overexcitement about things we'd seen on the wards and comparisons of what we'd learned.
Since it is our Fresher's Fortnight at clinical school, there are also activities arranged for the evenings. So far we've had a BBQ, a trip to St Giles Fair, and last night a pub quiz at Osler house, which is the equivalent of a student union for clinical medics. As well as being a bit of fun and helping us to get to know the medics we've spent the last 3 years with better, this encourages us to intergrate with the 15 newcomers who have transferred from Cambridge and the 3 from London. Within our MedEd groups we are also getting to know each other better (including our organ systems!), and we have been allocated 5th year parents and 4th year brothers and sisters who we will meet for a meal tomorrow.
Now I'm going off to the hospital to learn and try out some more examinations.
Bye!
posted by Jane Davis @ 12:20 AM
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