Amy's first blog first

Hi, I'm Amy and I'm a first year here at WMS. This is my first blog post and I hope to share with you the many ups and downs of being a fresher. Before I came to Warwick, I studied Biomedical Science at Keele University and graduated in July this year. At least I have the paper to say so - it's not obvious from the first couple of blocks here! Keele is not unlike Warwick; a campus university, also nicknamed “The Bubble” by its students. It is however much smaller with around 8,000 students compared to Warwick's 23,000. I still think Warwick has that nice, compact, community feel particularly in the medical school, which is one of the reasons I chose to study here. As a Northerner, I'm also proud to be slowly making my way towards the South of the country, even if I haven't managed to escape the Midlands just yet.

I'm so excited to be studying medicine and being quite a practical person, I have so far enjoyed the clinical skills and community aspects of the course the most. Already things seem to be moving so quickly, only the other day we had a lecture on careers and specialising. I hope I'm not the only one who thought - “Oh my gosh, I've only just started!' I found Block One – Health, Metabolism and Homeostasis, incredibly difficult at first and struggled with anatomy most. Learning that many new words, a whole other language, seemed almost impossible. Now we're in Block Two - Blood, Lungs and Heart, I think I'm slowly getting the hang of it. It's amazing that after seven weeks I already feel like I can do some quite doctor-y things like take a history and do an abdominal examination, still, there's an awful long way to go.



Life is not just all work though, in my spare time I have a part-time job (so much for spare time) as a Bar Assistant at the Students Union - you know, the big building on main campus that none of us ever really venture in to except occasionally for Pop on a Wednesday night? Although the sports teams are quite rowdy sometimes (I'm looking at you rugby players) it's quite a fun and sociable job. It can be a bit of a struggle to get out of bed for a cellular respiration lecture at 8.00am the following morning though!



Aside from working, I love travelling and last year I was lucky enough to combine a trip to South Africa with some work experience in various hospitals in Cape Town. The country was really beautiful and I had a wonderful experience with people who couldn't be more willing to help out. I'd definitely recommend a trip there. I also went to Iceland for my 21st birthday that was incredible and probably not quite as cold as my house in Leamington Spa. Singing is another of my hobbies though I haven't had a chance to join a choir yet so I've been confined to the shower so far (sorry housemates). Maybe I will soon - watch this space.



Anyway enough about me for now, I'm looking forward to blogging about my first year at Warwick Medical School and really hope you enjoy reading about it.

Sarah Hill : 09 Dec 2013 10:58 |  Tags: Amy First Year Mbchb Union Warwick Wms |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem