All entries for Wednesday 20 January 2016

Christmas is over – back to work!

After coming back from the Christmas break already we’re delving into possibly the hardest part of our first year – neuroscience. I find clinical neurology really fascinating but there’s no doubt that for those without a degree background in it, it’s a difficult area to get your head around. Our first day back had five lectures on core neuroanatomy, and the following three days have progressed fairly rapidly. Then we started our first case-based learning session for brain & behaviour, and surprisingly this was much more enjoyable than I thought it would be! Applying what you’ve learnt to clinical cases is by far the most satisfying aspect of our course.

Before Christmas we had our first attempt at OSCEs – the exams we have to pass focusing on clinical skills. They were formative so it was more for our own learning – we didn’t have to pass them – but thankfully it all went fairly smoothly.

It’s pretty terrifying to think we’re around 50% through the pre-clinical stage of our degree and that in a year’s time we’ll be out on placements. Given the huge amount we’ve learnt in the first 12 weeks however, I’m sure we’ll be well versed in our medical knowledge by that stage.

Now we’re back we get to start our student selected component (SSCs), a module we’ve picked that we do out-of-hours one day every couple of weeks. I have global health, something I’ve been quite keen on since working in this area before my degree, so I’m interested to see how that goes. It’s quite relaxed, with the only assessment is an essay towards the end of the year, so hopefully it’ll be a good opportunity to enjoy learning new something without pressure.

Matt

Megan Earle : 20 Jan 2016 11:13 |  Tags: Christmas Matt Mbchb Student Warwick Wms |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem