Oh Hai Guys

Been busy- passed exams, partying hard, alton towers, uni finished at the end of the month, job hunting, enjoying life, etc.....

Life is good

So the exams were OK.

Currently we have another 4 weeks of term in a SSC (Student selected component) and the weather is amazing. My work load is pretty light so far this week I've been in the hospital for about 4 hours with maybe an hour tomorrow, and is assessed with 2 1000 case reports! Awesome. So for the next few weeks I'll be mostly out in the sun and maybe seeing the odd patient here and there.

All summer SSCs should be like this.

A Plea to the examiners

if you put histology into a computer based exam could the pictures actually be large enough to see?

k thanx.

DMS

And so it begins

First exam tomorrow- GI, endocrine and 1/2 of respiratory.
Yup our written/online exam is split due to some university rule stating we can't sit in front of a PC for more than 2hoursor something.

Tuesday- OSCE- 28ish 4 min stations.

Wed- off

Thursday- Muscloskletal, renal and other 1/2 of respiratory

Friday- Progress test- the crazy exam the whole med school sits.

Excellent as I approach the first exam I know realise I can't do EMQs I just don't get them. Oh well we'll see what happens at least I know a little medicine.

Burnout

really- I think I've been studying too much I'm frazzled and don't think I'm taking anything else in.
So I'm taking tomorrow off to relax properly and clean the flat it's a dump.

Bye

PS Thank you Merys got my goodies today, I love the earrings.

oh hello

Yeah I am still about, studying is going OK, on to practising MCQs and EMIs. Freaking out about the OSCE though. Need to remember to take my white coat home to iron it.

Thanks for all the nice comments everybody.

Library Etiquette

After a weeks hard revision up at the medic library I was pondering certain aspects of behaviour in the library.

1. if you have the sinffles- blow your nose!! or fuck off out of the silent section, I don't want your noise or germs thank you.
2. Illicit thermos action- excellent I appulad you for your blatant disregard for the rules- I will be doing this next week, that and sandwiches.
3. Chatting- don't please- go somewhere else, the library is not a social event- if you want to chat go to the room where the PCs and hiring desk are- please.
4. Saving your spot- don't you looser, leaving books and work in your place over night is pretty sad and probably not magically going to make you pass your exams.
3. borrowing books you don't need- now I'm a bit of a quandary here, I have hired a few books I don't need yet (I'll probs use them about Wed or Thurs) so that I have them when I need them. Is this naughty? is this not in the spirit of things? I dunno, but I have a few books tucked away in my locker for later use.

Anyhoo studying is going slowly but pretty well, hopefully the exams will go OK, I'm terrified about the OSCE though.

Thanks for all the lovely comments from people, off to the library for some ortho fun!