Jobs vs Exams

Wow there appears to be a lot going on at the moment, and it is all quite scary stuff.

The first is that I got my job allocation for the next two years. For the first year I am supposed to be working at the Epsom/St Hellier NHS trust in south west London, with a speciality of Urology and general (internal) medicine. The second year I will be working at St Richards in Chichester which is fantastic as it was my first choice hospital.

Obviously not so happy about my first year allocation I immediately went about trying to find someone who would like to swap jobs with me. Guess what......Success!! I came across a girl on facebook who would far prefer be in London and is happily considering letting me have her Chichester job in exchange for my London job. Just need to convince the all important bosses at the South Thames Foundation School that it is a great idea. Please everyone keep your fingers crossed for me.

The second incredibly scary thing is the final exams that are due to start on Friday....ARGH!!! I have a three hour written paper to wade through followed by three practical, clinical (in a real hospital with real patients-not just actors this year) exams next week. I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to next Friday when I will be enjoying a well earned day off.

As for jobs vs exams I will leave you to decide which is the most stressful. I can't decide and think they are as bad as each other! Well better go and do some more reading....as always the more you read of medicine the more you realise you don't know. Should have studied it a few centuries ago when they didn't know so much.

xxx

Welcome to my new website!!

I thought it was high time I got technical. So with a little......well actually a huge amount of help from my very own web designer/tech support (thankyou James for putting up with my blondness) I have managed to take my place amongst all those other modern people on the web.

A complete redesign is still in the very early stages with most of the design ideas currently ending up in the recycling bin.....trust me to be difficult and choosy. However hopefully the site will have a new personalised appearance in the not too distant future.

The site will eventually comprise of several parts. The main one will be a blog (active now) that will enable me to keep everyone interested up to date with anything exciting that happens. I thought this feature would be particularly useful when I am off travelling in Nepal. Features to come include a photo gallery and a contacts page plus one or two others.

I hope you will all enjoy having a nose around the site when it is all complete and please feel free to leave any comments.

Hope to hear from you soon.
Caroline.xx