Assessments and paediatrics abroad.
Hi again,
Just a week left on general medicine now - and at the moment no patients who I haven't already clerked. Apart from checking up on the existing patients and waiting for more to come on Wednesday, when we're on-take again, I've had a lecture on geratology (the study of ageing, used instead of "geriatrics" here) and one on haemorrhagic stroke today. Usually we only have lectures on Friday afternoons, but for some reason we had extra ones today!
I had a cross-firm assessment last week, where a consultant from another firm watched me take a history from , examine and present a patient. I was expecting an elderly person in heart failure, a suspected pulmonary embolism or a pneumonia, because those are the sort of things most of the general medical patients seem to come in with, but I was given a 21 year old with diarrhoea. Despite that little suprise, the assessment went fine, and the examination I was told to perform was an abdominal one, which I think is the easiest! Apart from the case presentation, which I've already done, the only other assessment of this attachment is a report from my consultant (who at least vaguely recognises me from ward rounds!).
Over the weekend, I spent some time writing a CV and applying for placements for my paediatrics attachment in November-December. Because of limited spaces in England, some people (chosen by a ballot) are allowed to go abroad for this attachment. There are approved hospitals in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Singapore, or we can find another hospital and ask the medical school for approval to go there. We have access to reports from students who've been to various hospitals abroad in the past, and I thought one in New Zealand looked particularly good so I've emailed them. I've also emailed several others as back-ups. From speaking to older students, it sounds like doing paediatrics abroad is a great opportunity so I hope I have some success with the applications.
Just a week left on general medicine now - and at the moment no patients who I haven't already clerked. Apart from checking up on the existing patients and waiting for more to come on Wednesday, when we're on-take again, I've had a lecture on geratology (the study of ageing, used instead of "geriatrics" here) and one on haemorrhagic stroke today. Usually we only have lectures on Friday afternoons, but for some reason we had extra ones today!
I had a cross-firm assessment last week, where a consultant from another firm watched me take a history from , examine and present a patient. I was expecting an elderly person in heart failure, a suspected pulmonary embolism or a pneumonia, because those are the sort of things most of the general medical patients seem to come in with, but I was given a 21 year old with diarrhoea. Despite that little suprise, the assessment went fine, and the examination I was told to perform was an abdominal one, which I think is the easiest! Apart from the case presentation, which I've already done, the only other assessment of this attachment is a report from my consultant (who at least vaguely recognises me from ward rounds!).
Over the weekend, I spent some time writing a CV and applying for placements for my paediatrics attachment in November-December. Because of limited spaces in England, some people (chosen by a ballot) are allowed to go abroad for this attachment. There are approved hospitals in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Singapore, or we can find another hospital and ask the medical school for approval to go there. We have access to reports from students who've been to various hospitals abroad in the past, and I thought one in New Zealand looked particularly good so I've emailed them. I've also emailed several others as back-ups. From speaking to older students, it sounds like doing paediatrics abroad is a great opportunity so I hope I have some success with the applications.
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