end of year one medical school
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end of year one medical school.
so what did you learn this year eh?
- leverage your skills
- find the gamechangers
- flat harmony
- professionalism is key
the gamechangers
so i joined the newcastle emergency medicine society - albeit simply because of previous full-time A&E healthcare assistant work. the members of this society really are unbelievable. you’ve got 10 committee members pumping out live emergency simulation events every two weeks across the academic year. these are stressful and they cover all kinds of crazy and wacky stuff - carbon monoxide poisoning, opiate overdoses, massive intracranial trauma - its crazy but its been one of the best experiences i’ve ever had.
one of the members of the society committee is a second year. a second year! it turns out this guy is a high-flyer but so much respect for the enthusiasm and commitment. i applied to join the committee and somehow got the job. blagging about some skills below. looking back - this society was a huge part of my enjoyment at uni.
leverage your skills
you can build a website. you can write feedback forms. pitch it. it turns out it worked and i joined the committee of the newcastle emergency medicine society.
i also really wanted to become president - that was one of my three goals. and your boy has become President of the Newcastle Academic Medicine Society. a lot of big words there.
flat harmony
way back when we’ve talked about flat chemistry (end of year one biomed). flat harmony is the next level. chemistry is volatile. harmony is smooooth. god ive really become a boring grad. more on that next year.
anyway - through all the fire alarms, meetings with residence and boozy nights dragging the inebriated home. you just gotta take care of the people around you - just like the people who have taken care of you over the years. that was cute.
professionalism is key
yep probably don’t joke about the need for your fine-dining peckerwood skinny cords as a required dress clinical code in your mandatory reflections. your tutor will flag it to the head of school. and it will probably take you out the race for the patient study prize.