Princess Pooper
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- East Mids
Well that was fun - sort of! Spent the day in local University Hospital being interviewed and examined one to one by final year medical students as part of their exams. 20 mins to take a history, suggest a diagnosis, do a relevant physical examination, summarise and then answer some questions from the examiner on the condition. Pretty full on in hot airless consulting rooms but well fed and watered, saw 8 different students with a few 'empty' slots. V interesting seeing the differing approaches and emphasis that they gave to me giving them essentially the same starting point. One who hadn't got a clue and even when told my diagnosis obviously didn't know a lot about it but on the whole very very impressive. Highly pressurised environment for our young Drs of the future and all credit to them. No phone a friend or resorting to the computer or text books.
Anyone else volunteered for anything similar? Would definitely do it again. If nothing else, a pretty rare opportunity to spend 20 mins x 3 with a consultant and ask them anything I wanted in the empty slots!!!! Also a chance to 'give back' to the NHS as I think I'll be getting my monies worth out of them in the next few years!
PS @JCMaloney I said they wouldn't be cancelling this visit to the LRI!
Anyone else volunteered for anything similar? Would definitely do it again. If nothing else, a pretty rare opportunity to spend 20 mins x 3 with a consultant and ask them anything I wanted in the empty slots!!!! Also a chance to 'give back' to the NHS as I think I'll be getting my monies worth out of them in the next few years!
PS @JCMaloney I said they wouldn't be cancelling this visit to the LRI!