Planning Your Elective can be a very stressful time - although well worth the effort you put into it. As former medical students we hope to be able to provide some advice on planning your medical electives. For advice and tips on how to efficiently plan your elective visit www.yourelective.com or click on plan your elective on the menu bar!
Yoracle's
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Make sure to visit our our electives page and visit our electives forum to post any questions or to advise others.
'In Stitches' - Online Preview
'In Stitches' takes a humorous look at what it is like to work in a British A&E
Department. The book compiles a variety of short stories based on the experiences of a junior doctor who has worked in numerous hospitals throughout the UK. They are a mixture of funny and frustrating, good and bad events which help create a picture of life in the NHS today.
You can read the 1st nine pages of his book on Yoracle's eBook section. To read all the short stories and gain insight into life as an emergency medicine physician working in the NHS simply visit Amazon and buy the book.
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"...it is the management problems and the effects of the NHS reforms, implemented without thinking about the possibilities of unintended consequences that really drive doctors and nurses mad. More importantly, they distort clinical priorities and can damage patient care. Surely this is not what the government intended? How have we drifted away from the original ideals of the NHS..."
Extract from Introduction to 'In Stitches'
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It was suggested to us that we read some of 'Sacks' stories when we studied neurology in the first year of med-school. I have only read one of his books (probably the most famous 'The man who mistook his wife for a hat') but found it entertaining and certainly useful in helping me to better understand certain neurological presentations. Below are few other titles by Oliver Sacks, which will be worth a read if there anything like the one I read.
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Its medical...but funny!?
All of you must know this hilarious comedy about junior Dr’s, nurses and other hospital staff. It’s about everyday amusing things that occur in the hospital and the relationships that exist between the staff. The ongoing struggle for respect between JD (one of the doctors) and his argumentative and often hostile attending provides much of the comedy.
You’ll probably find that quite a few of the goings on in this comedy ring close to home, making it all the more amusing. Click on the pictures to read more about Scrubs or to order from Amazon.
Revision Break
Its important to take a break from revision every now and then, so to help you relax in this time we've created a page designed to take your mind off work. Play games or think about what you’re going to buy when you qualify, a watch, a car! There are also some great DVD suggestions...if you’re watching ER that counts as revision!!
