Procrastination…with more work

I have followed my own advice and after having a very productive first two weeks of my Easter holidays which were spent largely confined to one room of the house, I have sacrificed productivity for some much needed socialising. In life pre medical school my weekends were very much my own time and I prided myself on meeting up regularly with friends scattered round the country. That all came to a sudden halt when I started medical school, weekends are very much needed to relax at the end of a busy week and catch up with work, spending large portions of time on trains just isn’t really an attractive option anymore so I’m making up for it now over the holidays!

Even while “relaxing” there is still work to be done, so called “easier” jobs that are a bit more fun than trying to commit what feel like a million drug names to memory! After the holidays my Sleep medicine student selected component (SSC) finishes with our presentations. I’m presenting on sleep and pregnancy, something which I’m interested in – but like a lot of things at the moment, I know nothing about. I’ve being trawling Medline and Pubmed for some helpful references but now I need to put it all together and keep to a 10 minute time limit!

While it’s a bit stressful preparing for a presentation I have enjoyed the SSC, it’s been nice just learning something for fun without the pressure of exams. As part of the Sleep medicine SSC we all got the chance to go to one of the country’s best sleep research laboratories in Leicester. We were shown how the experiments worked and got to speak to a patient who was suffering from narcolepsy. There aren’t many places in the country with dedicated sleep labs and even at Leicester the lab only runs clinics part time. The doctors at the sleep lab all work in different specialities but have special interests in sleep medicine so it was really interesting to speak to them about how they first got involved with sleep medicine. It’s really exciting to know that there are still areas of medicine that are still in their infancy, that still need development so that patients suffering from these misunderstood conditions can be helped.

Having more fresh air this last week may have taken me away from my studies but overall it’s been very beneficial. I ventured to a comedy night in Warwick, enjoyed pizza with an old friend in Oxford and in between some walks and numerous tea rooms I’ve actually had a very productive Easter weekend in the Lake District with my family. Maybe views like this and copious amounts of chocolate eggs are what my brain needs in order to learn neuroanatomy!

Megan Earle : 08 Apr 2015 17:00 |  Tags: Joanne Mbchb Warwick Wms |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem