Milestones

Today marks 1 year until the opening ceremony of the 2012 London olympic games. It's also pretty much 2 years until I leave the comfort of med school and start work as a junior doctor!

You hear a lot of horror stories "Don't get ill in August!" It's not just because you get us baby doctors fresh out of medical school, the second years and registrars (basically almost everyone except the consultants) are moving on to new posts. And just to make things even better, it's likely a good number of the cosultants will be away sunning themselves on a beach somewhere!

I'm now 6 months into my clinical rotations and getting a bit of a taste of what life will be like for me in 2 years time. As an F1 (first year doctor) you are the regular face on the ward. You are the one who goes and checks on the patients every day, organise most of the daily medical care and have the 'pleasure' of dealing with the relatives.

Lots of practice still before we get there. Let the countdown begin!