All entries for Friday 09 October 2015

WMS – The Rest of the Week

Things have already stepped up a little in terms of expectation since my last post. Whilst this week has been a relatively gentle introduction into med school life for a biomed graduate, we’re under no illusions as to the scope and breadth of work that’ll be piled onto us from next week.

How many lectures, you ask? 15 lectures and a group session over three and half days. Then we have an additional day where we’ll be spending our time at University Hospital of Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW) to learn clinical skills and anatomy.

This is a really cool feature of the course, where we get to look at (outrageously expensive) plastinated body tissues to learn anatomy. It’s consolidated by radiology teaching and then we try to apply our new anatomy knowledge to a relevant clinical skill. This term we’re focusing on Health, Metabolism and Homeostasis which ultimately means we’re studying the entire abdomen, thyroid and a few other bits and pieces. Therefore our clinical skills should reflect that by the end of term – we should be able to take good histories of abdominal problems, examine the abdomen and thyroid and so on. The pace is incredibly daunting, but the support network in the medical school seems really good.

It’s not all hard work. Thankfully on Thursday night we got the chance to unwind at Drs and Nurses night at the Kasbah nightclub. On the whole guys dress as nurses and girls dress as doctors, but it’s pretty casual and you do get a good mix of both. I’m still struggling days later to remove leftover eyeliner and nail varnish!

I did hope to relax this weekend but there are a few bits and pieces to finish before the coming week, including finding some resemblance of organisation for my notes. Tonight we do get a final chance to unwind as a group with the Fresher’s ball in Kenilworth. Our first black tie event! J I’ve seen pictures from previous years and it looks like a great chance to meet students again outside of a work environment.

Matt

Megan Earle : 09 Oct 2015 10:05 |  Tags: Freshers Kasbah Matt Mbchb Student Warwick Wms |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem