about 2 weeks ago - No comments
This weekend, I worked the Freudianly named “graveyard shift” at Chesterfield hospital. Three nights, 9pm until 9am, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Whilst a great time to get some real hands-on experience, there is a key problem in working nights. It goes thus: Most of us are not naturally nocturnal. Most of us have jobs in the
about 4 weeks ago - 3 comments
On Wednesday, after five years apparently spent preparing for the experience, I started work as a doctor in Chesterfield hospital. A real doctor. With a stethoscope and everything! My first job is a four month stint in Cardiology, and my first ever day as a doctor was a 12 hour emergency on call. It was
about 1 month ago - 3 comments
As a doctor in the NHS, we have to use official Nhs.net email accounts – as in dr.lowry@nhs.net. Unfortunately, the NHS has caught on the the fact that email accounts allow a level of anonymity that could cause opportunity for abuse. So they have increased the security. A lot. Here are some examples of how it’s
about 1 month ago - No comments
Many, many years ago, I had my first true encounter with the refreshing, hydrating glory of the “cuppa”. I won’t pretend to remember exactly when it was, although I suspect it was in my early teens, and I may have been spending too much time with my friend (and intrepid internation explorer) Jon. It happened
about 2 years ago - No comments
Once again spent the whole night dreaming, which meant I woke up knackered. Last night I dreamt about having to fly back through Africa, try to get home, and I didn’t have a passport, and no tickets, but I just kept blagging it onto planes, then somehow landing in the wrong place again. I don’t