A Year 13 pupil pursuing his dream of becoming a doctor.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
My Step Closer To Medicine
Today was spring results days, kinda the poorer cousin of summer results day, not as much pressure thanks to resits but still important. I got As in my chemistry unit 1 resit, chemistry unit 4 and biology unit 4. I got an A* in general studies (but that hardly counts!). The major upset to events was a C in RS, I really don’t think that’s fair so I’m going to get the paper back and see if it’s worth a remark. Its not the end of the world because my RS mark last year was really high so it gives me a cushion. I’ll probably resit though! Looking back over the year to this time last year (where I got BCC) and I just feel so much better. This could be it :) feelin’ good!
My Model Doctor
J.D AKA John Dorian is a fictional character from the TV program Scrubs - but you knew that right!?
When/If I become a doctor, i would like to be him, his bedside manner, his excellent clinical skills, its just what i’d like to be like.
Medicine Takes Patients: Another Date With Death
Today I thanked a dead man for dying. He had suffered a catastrophic stroke, and he was young – that is to say, he was young by medical standards. When you think of a typical stroke victim, the image of a 55-year old does not immediately come to mind. His wife did not want to accept the…
The Skiing Brit
Hey everyone, hope you are all ok. I’m in my second day of skiing here in Zell Am See (I previously misspelt it!) and it great, absolutely freezing though. Saw the guys from the ski patrol in action today, they’re damn impressive! Wouldn’t mind spending sometime one day with them - as a professional. Have a great Valentines tomorrow all.
As it stands I’m a cartoon, and you want to see me - a cartoon - topless?
Those were the exams that was.
Thank you for your patience! The doctor will see you now!
Jokes! Basically I’ve been away feverishly revising and now the exams are practically over - only a Chemistry ISA left (it’s like coursework). They generally went ok, my resit could have gone better, I managed to get my uni’s mixed up which was a nut ache and will have really reduced my mark. Biology went ok, the paper was a lot nicer ten what I’m used to so we’ll see how he UMS is, then for RS , well it wasn’t my perfect paper but I had a good stab at it so we’ll what happens. Chemistry unit 4 I think also went well. So now I have some revision for the ISA to complete then I’m off skiing in Zalem Zai in Austria, if anyone in the area sees a tool in a red coat buried in snow it is probably me. I’ll be more active I swear!
Exam season
Sorry for the epic lack of activity, but I’m hard at work revising for my exams, need to be getting those 3As! One bit of news, I got rejected from Keele, which was weird because I thought it was a safe bet! Turns out it wasn’t :’) ah well, I got Manchester so that’s where I’m focusing! Anyway good luck to anyone who has exams :).
The 10 Types of Physican Bloggers
Physicians, and medical students for that matter tend to fall into 10 different categories — which type are you?
Not sure which type I am.
I think I’ve got a lock on the Funny+Whiny market. :)
The Gift of Surgery.
Wait a minute…but he already knows what he is going to get. What kind of a gift is that?
On a more serious note, this is a a rather sad commentary about the state of wait listing. There used to be a time when everything could be done faster and more efficiently but as the population has grown and the complexity of the system has exploded, so too have the wait times. I hope in my lifetime that we as future health care professionals and as a generation of forward thinking, technology-minded individuals, can come together and bring ourselves to bear on this still-troubling problem.
Life made: Medical Offer
That interview mustn’t have gone that badly - Manchester medical school have given me a conditional offer -AAA. I can’t describe how sweet this moment is. After the tribulations of the last year and a half, to see I have an offer - at one of the best universities in the world - is absolutely amazing. I have a place for medicine, I just need to get the grades, and then I could realise my dream - to be a doctor. Wow, just wow.
