Yippee!

It was back to the medical school today for another session of wait-and-hope-like-hell-that-your-name-is-on-the-list.

It was and the mini-medic has made it to clinical phase. I can't wait to January to finally begin at the hospital full time and feel a bit more like a mini-doctor.

On top pf that - I made it home through the weather too!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Watching and Waiting

The wait is nearly over - tomorrow is results day and if all goes well I can come back in January to clinical phase and be a student doctor walking around the hospitals.

However, as well as hoping for good results, I (and every other medical student hoping to make it home after results for a family christmas) am at the mercy of the weather gods. Much of Britain's transport network has been brought to a stand-still by the wintry weather and more is due on the way.

I'm quite lucky in that I only need a 1-2 hour interval in which to get home and have a choice of routes by which to get there. If things get very desperate I could start walking from results tomorrow and still make it to my house before Santa.

Hopefully it won't come to that though, lets hope the weather gods and the exam board are both in a charitable mood this holiday season!

Photo (c) Island Transport Solutions (a.k.a. Dad)

Three days 'til freedom

The general view of things in my medic household (There are six of us under one roof!) is of tiredness, almost-readiness and just wanting the next 3 days and 2 written exams to be over as soon as possible.

OSCEs are done and although they were tricky and there are lots of things I realised after coming out that I had missed. Hopefully I and all of us will have done enough. We won't know until December 22nd whether our Christmasses and New Years will be completely relaxing or whether the revision will continue before last-chance resits in January.

So - time to buckle back down to it - see you on the other side!

Ten days 'til freedom!

I wish I had more exciting medical antics to report on. Unfortunately with the exams marching up I have been spending much of my time reading, making notes, rereading and trying to inwardly digest the mountain of material from the last 18 months.

One amusing antic happened earlier this week when my partner and I were doing OSCE practice, pretending to take blood from each other. The doorbel rang and I almost answered the door to my landlord with a turniquet still on my arm- he might have thought we were shooting up drugs!!

The practical exams themselves are this week followed by 2 written papers next week.

Then....Christmas and a break at last!