2016-12-02 12:12
Came in to work to find this in the morning.
Time for renovations Read More
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A collection of thoughts, opinions, analysis and rubbish from a confused student in London, England. As well as my day to day happenings, I'll tell you what life's like as a med student in the most happening university in town.
2016-06-30 00:35
2016-03-19 18:53
Six years of medical school notes. Time to recycle Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Whilst in Edmonton, I flicked through the University of Alberta Faculty of Extension Fall 2011 Programme. It has inspired me to dig out those old Gujarati, French and Portuguese books and fi… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
After a long struggle against the incredible veinless man, I managed to get enough blood for all many tests we wanted to do. Just as I was withdrawing the needle, though, the plunger of th… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Titilayo, Princess, Gugu, Shiny, Girlie, Bongie...
Nurses have the best names EVER! Read More
2015-10-11 09:56
Listening to a Something Understood episode on Schadenfreude, I was struck by this quote in Hobbes' Leviathan. He argues that those with the least self-confidence are most likely to laugh at… Read More
2014-11-21 10:15
Happy International Day of Radiology!
It's a day to celebrate the value of radiology in the detection, diagnosis and management of diseases. This year's focus is on brain imaging and all th… Read More
2010-09-23 18:49
When you're asked to review a journal paper containing medicalese that you've never even heard of ("bilateral encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis augmented by bifrontal encephalogaleo-/periostea… Read More
2010-01-30 19:30
Since the mouse debacle, my host family have taken to cooking lunch (in addition to dinner) for me. Today I decided to replay the favour and prepare dinner for them. Then I discovered that t… Read More
2010-01-30 19:29
“Breakfast in bed!” I thought this morning as I heard a sound at the door this morning. My host family here in the West Country, where I’m doing my general practice r… Read More
2010-01-18 14:52
Being a medical student can offer a glimpse into the lives of other people that few professions provide. Patients have revealed things to me that they haven't disclosed to their doctors, fri… Read More
2010-01-14 13:51
In 1999, the Old Paddington Cemetery in Kiburn had the honour of being awarded the title of the UK's 'Cemetery of the Year'. On the way to Dublin today, I sat an even more unusual award. The… Read More
2010-01-14 13:49
2010-01-14 12:28
We have been without running water at home for the past week.
Last month, our builders connected our plumbing to the water supply. Unbeknownst to them or us, this needed to be performed (an… Read More
2009-12-23 01:51
Having surgery to remove your appendix feels like being in a fist fight with a very short person. And losing badly Read More
2009-12-22 17:22
I love where I live. The culture, the energy, the amenities, the transport links. It's been my only home, and it hurts to see what's happened in the past few months, as the economic downturn… Read More
2009-12-22 17:09
My thesis is drowning me. Slowly and insidiously, it's started to occupy all my waking and sleeping hours. And it really doesn't seem all that important any more. Will it change clinical pr… Read More
2009-12-22 17:09
"Suppose there were an experience machine that would give you any experience you desired. Superduper neuropsychologists could stimulate your brain so that you would think and feel you were w… Read More
2009-12-22 17:05
From the USA Today. Wishful thinking? Read More
2009-12-22 16:50
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2009-12-18 15:30
It's snowing again in London, which means Read More
2009-11-13 17:27
Spent in the echocardiology lab. The teaching was good and we were learning quite a lot. Midway through examining a patient, however, the doctor was called urgently to the next room. A lady… Read More
2009-11-08 02:25
I’m currently on my psychiatry placement. I’m not going to write about any of the patients I’ve seen and spoken to so far (to be honest it’s a bit overwhelming and th… Read More
2009-10-08 16:54
Another set of random things I've done this week, in no particular order:Got my hair cut by an Afghan pop star, Sattar Sahill (check him out on YouTube, he’s got hundreds of hits!).Saw… Read More
2009-08-18 17:22
Quite possibly the most spectacular email I have ever received. It's a bit long, but worth it. They say thanks four times and apologise on five occasions, but the icing on the cake is the te… Read More
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