Day 3

Wow! There just isn't enough time to learn everything on 1 week of rotations. Not even a little bit. I feel sorry for the poor clinicians left with us students. They just have to get on with things and also consider us.

Yesterday we spent over 8 hours in surgery with 5 mins (literally) for lunch. When I eventually got home at 7.30 I flopped and did no work.

Today I took a half day as it is Wednesday. Had to make sure someone was treating my cases first. I love the nurses. Tried to have a nap at home, but ended up just sleeping for ages. Ooops.

Now I'm just tired. Again. On the plus side I've written up my grand round presentation and have figured out my treatment plan for my cases tomorrow. Nearly survived a week! On a few more to go...

Day 1

Day 1 is over.

I'm exhausted. Not really sure why, we haven't actually done much all day. I now have 2 cases that are mine to watch over. I'm in at 8am to make sure they get their medications and physio. I'll then present the cases to the head of service.

Tomorrow we have a total hip replacement op on. The plan is this will take 4 hours if we are lucky. I've spent most of the evening reading up on the surgical approach but now I'm just too tired.

It's only going to get worse over the next few weeks.

Bed time.