ok so its been a fair while since i last blogged. 2 reasons for this: i dont really have internet yet and i am so darn busy settling in my new place as well as gettin used to the clinical environment. i've just had a 12hour day, so u can imagine how tired i am at this point in time, so if there is typos or this blog seems short and incoherent, i balme it solely on fatigue and not my language skills.
anyways, amma (probably the only person who really reads my blog) here's wats been happening wit me. i have been attached to the orthopaedic ward for the next 4 weeks. we start ward rounds at 7.30 am which means im usually there by 7.15. the registrars at this ward are amazing; they're so willing to teach, which is both a good and bad thing. good because we learn a lot from them, bad because their always asking quesitons (esp dr ashley carr, no its not a woman , its a man!which makes me realise tht this is a ward dominated by men) which of course i cant always answer and im pretty sure by now dr carr thinks im fairly incompetent. maybe i shud have done nursing. lol.
i've gotten to practice lookin at xrays, which unless its a complete fracture with some kind of obvious displacemnt, im never able to see. i've given up tryin to find hairline fractures. its driving me insane!
i had my first clinical bedside tute with my tutor, this woman who is the resident for infectious diseases. she seems really good and im starting to like her. even my pbl tutor is awesome. im so happy tht i got to be in the same group wit josh and all, at least im wit ppl i know and with ppl tht i KNOW for sure wont slack off. great motivation for me to study.
im sorry amma, but im extremely tired now, so im goin to sleep. enjoy the pics from sarah's 21st. and oh, another thing, try not to skype me at 1 am. :) thanks
