This weeks Hospital Work Shadowing

August 1st, 2008 | by Saf |

Hi,

Been shadowing several Doctors this week at DDH. I’ve had a GREAT time! And to make it even better - Humaira, Lauren and Emad has a miserable time! I win all round!

It was a lot of fun. I watched the Doctors do a lumbar puncture, got talked through CT scans, X-rays, Drug Charts, Ultrasounds, blood results and had 2 hour lunch breaks! Oh by the way, Lauren actually gave bed baths! Not just watched but actually gave 3, yes 3, bed baths! Digusting! Absolutely loved the million ward rounds that we did, it’s always different and the patients are so nice and the Doctors makes em do funny things to see if they are better. Loved it.

A little summary (more for me so I know what to fill out on the log forms):

Monday
Did ward rounds with the Doctors and went up to ICU with the registrar (Dr Karadi). ICU was great and fun and all touch-screen and techy!

Tuesday
Did ward rounds again (T’is brilliant!). Had a nice chat with the Doctor about my EPQ for the Baccalaureate and she really helped me out and gave me info on my topic (Thyroid).

Wednesday
Looked at haemotology, radiology, CT and ultrasound reports and was talked through them again. Watched the Doctor do a Lumbar Puncture! It was brilliant! Swear there was an excessive use of lignocaine but still, GREAT STUFF! The other Doctor left the registrar to do it himself so I was helping him out and got to open the lignocaine bottles for him and the hugee needles which made me feel very special…

Thursday
Did more ward rounds with the Consultant, Registrar and the Foundation Year 1 Doctor. Nurse talked me through how they take regular obs (b.p etc). Registrar talked to me about a patient and symptoms and what they’re doing to help him. Had a nice long chat about thyroid with one of the Doctors. She told me exactly how I should break up the essay and what to write and the links I can make along with the drugs to treat Thyroid disease and loads more good stuff. Brilliant! Also, a nurse (For Humaira: Saj!) didn’t know how to get the discharge letter up and print it so I pushed him out the way and did it for him. He didn’t say anything, understandable though as I’d be embarassed if a work shadowing student who’d been there for four days knew how to do it when the nurse has been there for aaages. Idiot.

Friday
Did absolutely nothing! Sat around the restaurant and filled out the forms that I needed to hand in. Nice relaxing day. Spent most of it on the phone.

Oh and LOL at the comment left by Humaira’s cousin. Made my day. :P

Cya

:)

  1. 4 Responses to “This weeks Hospital Work Shadowing”

  2. By Frank, not Frank's cousin. on Aug 2, 2008 | Reply

    My cousin says ‘It wasn’t supposed to make his day, dumbass.’
    :D
    And damn Saj and his bloody moustache. Git.

  3. By Frank on Aug 5, 2008 | Reply

    Am I the only person commenting on here?? Ah well. Just felt the need to resort to racial abuse. Paki. :)

  4. By Bryony (aka source of all evil or just plain saucy) on Aug 5, 2008 | Reply

    Ooh abuse - shortarse :)
    God your week sounds dull to a non medical students such as myself.
    However, considering you actually did something I think it was still better than mine.
    Meh.

  5. By Storme on Aug 23, 2008 | Reply

    lol.. i know saj… he reckons i don’t work hard enough on saturday morning… but oh well, there we are..

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