One Eighteenth
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Today marks the last day of Michaelmas Term (Durham's name for the first term of the Academic year). As there are three terms per year, and my course is six years, that makes me One Eighteenth of the way to becoming a Doctor.
Yep, scary or what?
It feels like I (and all my classmates of course) worked so hard to get here and now we're ticking off milestones. After today we have a month off, which although seems like a luxury it really isn't. As most of the class are mature students we all had lives and careers before this, and the responsibilities that go with such things. So lots of us have to spend at least part of that month working to get a bit of money in for next term and onwards. I am working Monday-Thursday next week and Tuesday-Thursday as extras the week afterwards, before going back to my usual saturdays. Although that is only two weeks, I need to factor in a week of Summative exams (meaning they count towards our final results unlike any of the exams we have done so far) and so that time will be spent with my nose firmly in the books/flashcards/listening to myself recite key facts and working through worksheets and past papers.
After Hell Exam Week we launch straight into block two. I'm particularly excited as we get to start doing basic clinical skills and also Anatomy, Physiology and Disease. Looking at the timetable it just feels so much more relevant to becoming Doctors next term. Look out for tales of woe and bruises galore when we start practicing venepuncture on each other haha.
TTFN
LouLou x
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