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3 days 13 hours ago
Gastro ward: Year 3
I was looking forward to seeing patients who had very different problems to those on the cardiac and respiratory wards. Our lead tutor for the placement, a middle aged man with a friendly face, sat himself down at the table. He introduced himself and said: " so let me guess, seeing as you're all third year students, you constantly feel like you're a spare part?", my group unanimously chorused a "yes". Our tutor was astoundingly accurate.
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1 week 3 days ago
It really is finally here. It’s been a while in the making… I hope it’s worth the wait.
Android version coming soon...
In the meantime, android, blackberry and smartphone users can still get a great mobile experience by visiting m.almostadoctor.co.uk from your mobile device!
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2 weeks 5 days ago
My godmother is a GP, not this has anything to do with my choice in medicine, in fact she tried to dissuade me, I'm not sure why, something to do with paperwork perhaps. However, I'm can be quite stubborn sometimes and I was determined to not be put off by this. General practice comes under the term of primary care, GPs are your first port of call when you are unwell (unless it is life-threatening, in which case I strongly recommend A&E)
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3 weeks 3 days ago
It was Saturday afternoon and I was in a long queue for Hollister. I had a bad week last week (too many late nights and early mornings) and I was looking forward to the weekend. (Cue a shopping trip). There were two young boys behind me in the queue and I couldn't help but overhear them talking.... They were both 16 and beginning to think about A-levels and degrees: "I'm thinking about medicine", one said, "but I think it's well hard". My flatmate and I looked at each other. Firstly, we were annoyed to overhear medic chat on our day off (Medicine gets everywhere it seems) and secondly: don't do it! It is so hard! we both thought. It isn't that I don't want this chap to have a wonderful career as a doctor but you have to realise what you are letting yourself in for- he could do with reading my blog...
This got me thinking about my sixth form years: how did I end up at medical school?
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3 weeks 3 days ago
Who am I?
I'm a fourth year medical student, this is my first blog and I CAN'T WAIT TO QUALIFY. I hope to take you through my highs and lows of medical training. I love what I do (though I may not think this every day), I have had some wonderful experiences along the way and truly honoured to have such wonderful friends to share them with.
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4 weeks 1 day ago
.png) We want almostadoctor to be more than just free notes. We want it to be a place you come to hear funny stories about what other students have been up to, to get the latest info on the events happening in your area, and just maybe to read up on a topic for uni.
We are looking for students and junior doctors to write regular blogs about their antics. It would be great on your CV, can help you let off steam, and best of all, we’ll give you a free textbook!
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5 weeks 4 days ago
Its that time of year when many medical students start planning their Electives. Our friends at The Electives Network can help make that so much easier, and even better, they can do it for FREE most of the time! Read on for more info...
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9 weeks 2 days ago
Merry Christmas!
Almostadoctor is proud to offer all our users 15% off examdoctor revision resources as a Christmas bonus! But you’d better hurry, the voucher is only valid until the 31st December…
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10 weeks 12 hours ago
 Medical Finals are, well, ‘final’. The very last exams you’ll take as a medical student, and effectively what you’ve been working towards for at least the last five years. So no pressure then. When they’re over, and you get your results, you can call yourself ‘Doctor’, register with the GMC, and have the mother of all celebrations before you start thinking about preparing yourself for FY1. So they’re just a little obstacle in the road to a lifelong professional career. Promise.
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14 weeks 1 day ago
 I was on call. In the office. Typing up some notes on the computer. It was a busy day. I wasn’t quite paying attention.
The SHO from my usual team was on the phone in the office. I wasn’t working on the team today… as I was on call.
Anyway, she asked me if I could speak to someone on the phone. She is a very lovely SHO, and so, of course I did.
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17 weeks 6 hours ago
 Hello! I am a newly qualified FY1, and have been roped in to blog writing by the almostadoctor team… you can read the first of my exploits below!
I wrote this at the end of my second week as an FY1, but it’s taken me a couple of months to build up the courage to post it online.
Please also be aware that there is some strong language…
Nothing’s ever black and white…. and a lot of the time, the grey areas can make you feel like a complete idiot.
That’s what happened to me a couple of months ago…
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19 weeks 2 days ago
When you get into clinical years we've found that the most useful books you can have on you are the two oxford handbooks! (clinical medicine and the specialties handbook). They are small enough to cram into a pocket, detailed enough so you can sound like you know what your talking about and have lots of pretty pictures too! If you go to their website they also hold monthly competitions for handbooks, and have lots of other interesting things for you to check out! Click on the banner to have a look!
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19 weeks 5 days ago
So summer has been and gone, hundreds of new medical students have gone to university, hundreds of medical students have moved into hospitals and hundreds of doctors have qualified who used www.almostadoctor.com to revise for finals! We’re going into our third year and are determined to get bigger, better and help as many of you as possible pass whatever exams you may have coming up. Updates galore so read on and let us know what you want by commenting at the bottom!
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19 weeks 5 days ago
Many thanks to all who took time to fill out the survey, we had a fantastic response and learnt lots about what you guys think. If you still want to fill it out, you won’t be put in for the prize draw for the textbook, as that lucky person has already been picked, but we’d still love to hear from you! Read on for the Results.
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31 weeks 2 days ago
The ravages of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's continue to surprise the medical neighborhood. While there is as yet virtually no cure for either, according to The Independent, science may have discovered something big. Professionals have discovered a simple process through which neurons can be made via skin cells. Post resource - Scientists create neurons from skin cells without stem cells by Newsytype.com.
A big step closer to the cure
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