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Well, Almostadoctor.com blogs are now available to all registered users!

You can blog about anything you like, as long as it is linked (as tenuous as this might be…) to medicine. Whether you would like to tell anecdotes from the ward, moan about your medical school, formulate your plans to revolutionise medicine, or just want to impart a few useful tips for exams, then we welcome you to write for us.
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Life as an FY1 - Better Safe Than Sorry

26 October 2011 - 11:05pm — doctorwho

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…

We Love Oxford Handbooks!

10 October 2011 - 1:48pm — PaddyGreen

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!

Happy New (academic) Year!!

7 October 2011 - 2:24pm — PaddyGreen

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!

Summer Survey Results

7 October 2011 - 1:27pm — PaddyGreen

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.

Incredible scientific breakthrough: Neurons can be made via skin cells

18 July 2011 - 7:47am — AlliesonM

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

The Limitless Myth

22 April 2011 - 11:49am — Ben Rusholme

Limitless - A film that is in a way a fusion of storylines from a super hero movie and a drug addiction story. Limitless is a great film, there’s no denying that, as has been reflected in the reviews, however it does raise some concerns.

Win A Free Copy of 'Differential Diagnoses' !!!

15 April 2011 - 5:04pm — PaddyGreen

Fill in a two minute survey to be in with the chance of winning a free copy of John K Dickson's great book 'Differential Diagnoses'!

Click 'Continue Reading' to find out how!

We here at Almostadoctor want to know how we can make the site better for you!

A Himalayan Elective

14 March 2011 - 4:11pm — tomheaton

Well, 2 weeks into my elective in India I have finally remembered my agreement to write a blog about it. Better late than never I suppose. For my elective block I eventually decided to split it into two blocks of 4 weeks; the first spent at home in Manchester, with the second spent in the Himalayan foothills at Dharamsala, home of the Dalai Lama and many more exiled Tibetans. I had decided to focus both placements on infectious diseases, and try to compare the differences and similarities between UK medicine, and the medicine practiced in a much more resource limited system.