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OnMedica – News: Restrictions on medical students from continuing beyond Foundation Programme
OnMedica – News: Restrictions on medical students from continuing beyond Foundation Programme
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Hello world (and hello myself!)
The first couple of days in ITU have been a readjustment from the busy on-calls of being a surgical senior house officer, and I simply couldn’t deal with being at one place at a slower physical pace, but quicker mental pace. I am however glad to have the neurons firing again, [...]
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Education online: Beware!
Somehow all the youtube Edu and free university courseware videos available online seem to be alot of highly polished utter crap. This is especially so for the medical waffle and grease that as a medic I was thankfully trained to cut through. Glossy ivy-league videos on phenomena and (this one’s below the belt) [...]
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in a (micro)nut-shell…
I am coming to the end of my first houseman year at Medway Hospital, and have thoroughly enjoyed my Stroke medicine + Geriatrics rotation, and found new an renewed love in Medicine.
Next stop: A+E at Canterbury, and from the looks of it, my rota is a joke. Just that for some people [...]
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Aging boomers fuel ‘brain fitness’ explosion – CNN.com
Hmm… I’m gen Y not a boomer, but working on a geriatric ward is making me dementia-phobic. And nootropics, one day, will be like our statins. Watch it.
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Careers advice
Enjoy yourselves. The vocation you have chosen is not a job but a way of life. It’s a great life and I don’t regret a minute of those long hours. You will never be bored. The patients are all somebody’s loved ones and you can make a big difference to many aspects of their [...]
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voltaire
“The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”
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Learning to trust myself
Solidifying my insides and learning to trust myself. That means no more shifting the blame for decisions made or decisions floated upon. On the path to discovering my place in a world with options. And thankfully so. Time waits not for those who don’t drink tea, sadly.
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Rank
Specialty
Score
1
radiology
46
2
pediatrics
45
3
emergency med
45
4
dermatology
45
5
colon & rectal surgery
44
6
radiation oncology
44
7
gastroenterology
44
8
psychiatry
44
9
general surgery
43
10
hematology
43
11
anesthesiology
43
12
med oncology
42
13
urology
42
14
obstetrics/gynecology
42
15
nuclear med
41
16
pathology
41
17
otolaryngology
41
18
orthopaedic surgery
41
19
plastic surgery
41
20
physical med & rehabilitation
41
21
rheumatology
41
22
pulmonology
41
23
endocrinology
41
24
family practice
41
25
thoracic surgery
40
26
preventive med
40
27
occupational med
40
28
ophthalmology
40
29
neurology
39
30
neurosurgery
39
31
allergy & immunology
39
32
cardiology
39
33
infectious disease
39
34
nephrology
38
35
aerospace med
38
36
general internal med
37
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The new week as a surgical house officer has been hectic, so far seen a heap of stomas, pancreatitis, small bowel obstruction, and various other crude presentations. Problem is that i rummage through notes, numbers and papers more than through human organs. Hopefully I will get more efficient in the paperwork and get [...]
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