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15/07/08 - Grand Rounds 4.43

EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT! That’s right folks, this week I shall be dishing as much dirt on the latest rumours, gossip and scandal that the blogosphere can handle, and all from a rather slanderous angle!

DEATH ON DIALYSIS: IT TAKES THE PISS – ABOUTANURSE grapples with the concept of self-doubt surrounding sudden and unexpected death on the wards, in this touching, heartfelt recollection.

THE REAL DEAL – THE DAILY RHINO ...

04/06/08 - Gone phishin':

This post is totally reactionary, but hell is it ever justified...

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20/06/08 - OSCE:

In about 1hrs time I'll be sitting my first OSCE.

Not sure what to expect, who knows it may be even vaguely enjoyable?...

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23/06/08 - OSCEs Episode I - A Phantom Menace:

After the final end of year exam ...

20/04/08 - Suture Self?:

The other week a friend and I ventured into the basement of the Royal London for a guest lecture. It would seem that the silent corridors and rooms of the hospital basement are for three things; the MRI, the morgue, and the medical students. Sat in the dingy and dated lecture theatre, most likely surrounded by radioactive dyes in storage through one wall and cold dead bodies through another, we ponder as to what dramas are playing up on the floors above... ...

09/03/08 - A little out of hand:



I’m loving the new PBL, especially the way it’s tailored to make it relevant to us.



“Bartek is a 23 year old Polish labourer working on the Olympic site at Stratford. He is involved in an accident with a band saw which results in his right hand being completely severed 4cm proximal to the wrist.”...



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13/03/08 ...

17/02/08 - Feel lucky, punk?

Friday’s exams proved on the whole to be much more challenging than the FunMed cohort, as you can see:

FUNMED

What type of image is this?

A. CT
B. X-ray
C. MRI
D. Contrast media X-ray
E. Ultrasound

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19/02/08 - Dissection:

Just a quick request to start with, that is if you are ...

17/01/08 - Blue Bloaters:

General practice, only for the rule breakers apparently. You see, bespoke treatment can only be provided by the most defiant of doctors. Not like those hospital specialists, those conformists whom must fall in line and follow protocol. These are the words of our practice doctor whom I have great admiration for, though I do not necessarily agree with that statement. Smoking was the topic for the day, which turned out to be a real revelation...

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04/01/08 - New Years Absolution:

Another substantial interval with relatively few blog posts, apologies for the neglect and I know, a blog is for life not just for Christmas. Truth be told, there is either very little to...

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08/01/08 - New Year, New Unit:

The term kicked off with a 2-hour anatomy lecture extravaganza, which did not disappoint. All new material in vast and intricate detail, promises an ...

16/11/07 - Freudian Quip:

Yesterday’s cultural diversity workshop wasn’t as bad as I’d anticipated. Those things on the whole tend to be a nonsensical, open-ended, waste of time. I hate the whole overly politically correct verbatim that accompanies those workshops. Now, I’m not saying I would advocate the use of offensive terms by any means but when...

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20/11/07 - In Vain:

I finally reached the most dreaded ...

25/10/07 - You know it's a long way off when:

You’re not even half way through FunMed

You are yet to meet a patient or set foot in a hospital

Your uni swipe card expires in 2012

There’s an entire Olympics before London 2012

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26/10/07 - The Mendelian Bunch:

This week we have been covering genetics, and in particular inheritance of the Mendelian variety. ...

The following takes place between the hours of 5pm and 6pm.

5:01pm - Whitechapel

“Unfortunately due to a signal fault at Tower Hill there are no westbound services running at the moment”

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“Argh, typical, I’ve got to get back to eat dinner and meet my friend”, I groan.
“Well that’s the Hammersmith and shitty line for you…”
“I know, well nothing we can do might as well wait it out”
“We could get the bus?”...
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30-09-07 - Prosection Introspection:

As a child I would occasionally daydream on long car journeys or before I fell asleep at night, pondering what death is like. Back then as a naïve child with an overactive imagination I used to think that although you were dead, you could still feel what happens to your body on some spiritual level. Because of this I thought the idea of cremation was horrific, that you would feel the intense burning of your remains somehow. The same superstitious ...