FY1 Diary Entries

Entry 1 I sat alone in the doctor’s office staring wryly at the ugly, part- broken bleep I had placed […]

Experiences and learning points from starting FY1 on night shifts

Graduating from medical school, I felt an immense sense of achievement- after the years of hard work, I was finally […]

Friday on the Ward 

During my second Friday on the ward as a doctor, I randomly burst into tears in front of one of […]

Meeting local people through music

14 years ago at age 10 I attended a local brass band concert and was truly inspired, ever since then, […]

Luck of the draw

I came off a train at 6:00 local time in Berlin, frantically refreshing the tiny screen of my phone for […]

Language, History, and Art. My non-medical side of a doctor’s life

Throughout my artistic career, I have dedicated myself to portraits. was interested in the human form, especially facial expressions. However, […]

What the *****

Medical school is like cycling with stabilisers.   On-call shifts are like taking off those stabilisers and being expected to ride […]

The Letter I Wish I’d Received as a 5th Year Medical Student

Dear 5th Year Medical Student,  Nothing will prepare you for foundation training. You can read all the textbooks under the […]

Journey of learning and teaching

I was a fresh-eyed fourth-year medical student with my bags packed and my brain filled with a mixture of emotions […]

Can I be more than a Doctor?

I’ve always said in another life I would have been an artist. And for a while it felt as though […]