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I'm actually quite glad I was never sat down in an interview and asked this question.
Because, in all honesty, I don't really have a well-formed answer. I kind of like sciencey-stuff that isn't too maths-based, I don't openly despise all human beings, and I watched a lot of Scrubs and House during high school.
So I got to the end of year 13, kind of stuck. It's a big thing to put on a 17 year-old's shoulders, the decision of what they should do for, well, ever. And eventually I was ...

Well I've finished my ten weeks in the ED. It's been a lot of fun, it's been challenging, but it hasn't been particularly stressful or outrageously hard. The hours were good, there wasn't much overtime.I've enjoyed the diagnostic challenge of seeing undifferentiated patients, and the management challenges for the really sick ones in resus.

I'm glad I picked ED first it's a very supported environment to find your feet in. Some of the patient's I've enjoyed looking after most have been ...

So, that's it. My first term as an intern is done. I haven't blogged much since I started, and that's partly because I've been too busy, but in truth full time work has not been nearly as difficult an adjustment as I was concerned it would be. I had an accumulated day off last Tuesday, and simply having a day off on a weekday felt so unusual I decided that I must have adjusted already to working full-time.


I had a phone conversation with the intern coming up from Sydney to replace ...

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So how would you describe that pain?

A long week. This week I have been "on take" twice and have been in for my earliest yet post take ward round at the horrific time of 7.15am. Ouch. It was actually quite cool in a way being in so early and wandering around MASU before they had even turned the main lights on. Our MASU (medical and surgical assesment unit - basically the first ward you end up on post A+E) has no windows so very hard for patients

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Half a doctor hits the wards

Hey, I have been writing a blog for a few years now on my experiences as a clinical medical student on a different site but have just seen this section here... so I'll put a bit of each blog onto this bit and if you are interested in reading more about clincal med student life and my calamities on the wards then you can check it out there!
Here is my intro post (written about 2 years ago) :

My life in a nutshell



So I am

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