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Relationships: It sucks.  I’m single.  I think I’ve found somebody I can crush on.  I haven’t been able to do that for the longest time but I think I’m finally beginning to move on from my last relationship.  Actually, I’m ok with being single at the moment.  I don’t have time for something meaningful right now.  A romp in the sack with some unsuspecting hooker is probably all I can handle at the moment.

Presentations: SUCKS.  I hate presentations.  I just want to sleep.  I hate doing them and I hate watching my classmates put them on.  People are boring - myself included.  Nobody wants to hear your mouth diarrhoea.  Thank god it’s not contagious or maybe it is… I think I might have it right now.  Fecal vomitting anyone?

Housemates: Sucks a giant one.  You sir, failed to mention that your f**king girlfriend has moved in to live with us without paying rent and using up all the resources.  I’m f**king tired to taking cold showers in the morning and if I have to do it one more time I’m throwing her s**t out on the front lawn and burn it to hell.  OH and you guys are dirty as f**k.  Were you raised by wolves or just inbred parents?  Empty the drain when you’re done washing the dishes, clean up your bathroom because it smells like s**t, and throw out your damn garbage.  The vacuum cleaner was not invented yesterday.

RANT OVER.

How to contact Christchurch School of Medicine to set up your medical student electives:

Write to:

Christchurch School of Medicine

Christchurch Hospital, PO Box 4345, Christchurch, New Zealand

Telephone Number: +64 3 364 0824

Fax Number: +64 3 +364 0935

Contact the Hospital:

Christchurch Hospital

Riccarton Avenue, Private Bag 4710, Christchurch, South Island

Telephone Number: +64 364 0640

Fax Number: +64 3 364 0453

Christchurch Public hospital is the major acute hospital with 640 beds for the city and surrounding area.  It has many large and well-organized departments.  Quite a few British doctors work here.  There are many local as well as elective medical students.

Hospital Departments Include:

Cardiology - comprising a 30-bed long-stay ward, a day ward, coronary care unit, intesnsive care, catheter lab and outpatient department, all of which you can rotate through.

Emergency - a busy friendly unit seeing 65,000 patients a year with a 40% admission rate.  This is arguably one of the best attachments.  Not much planned teaching but plenty by the bedside.

Bone marrow transplant - the team look after those with an underlying haematological problem.  Students have previously been able to do lumbar punctures and bone marrow biopsies and give intrathecal medication.

Oncology - highly recommended, but there is less practical experience.

Neurosurgery, endocrinology, and dermatology - good.

Orthopaedics - offer some excellent teaching and the opportunity to visit the Burwood Spinal Injuries Unit, world renowned for treating tetraplegics and fro reconstruciton surgery; the department is also pretty relaxed allowing plenty of time to go exploring.

Accommodations: Not provided.  There is a local YMCA right opposite the hospital costing about NZ$90 a week for a shared room and another NZ$70 a week for cafeteria food as there are no self-catering facilities.  If you are there for more than a couple of weeks, you might be able to bargain and get it cheaper.  Sports facilities in the YMCA are good.  Book well in advance.

There comes a point in a young medic’s life when he or she feels like enough is enough and reasseses his or her future in medicine.  Although I have talked about quitting medicine to my friends I don’t think I could ever go through with it.  I’m too superficial to do it.  I look forward to the day that people start calling me “doctor” and nurses throwing their panties at me.  Yes, those are my reasons for wanting to do medicine.

In all seriousness, the semester that just past was shit.  I was behind with the material all the way up until the end and my procrastination got the best of me.  I did think about quitting because I was really cutting it close and felt like for once maybe I could have failed.  However, I began to realise that the feeling of failure is mutual among everybody in medical school.  To make a long story short, I ended up predicting some of the questions that would show up on the exam and tried to learn the clinically relevant material to the best of my ability creating a strong foundation for years to come.  My smart studying paid off and was rewarded with moving onto this hella crazy semester.  And yes, it is hella crazy.  We get to play with faeces this semester since we’re learning about the gastrointestinal system.  Fun!

Have you thought about quitting medical school?  What made you push through?  For me I think it’s my family and reminding me the real reason why I wanted to be a doctor in the first place.

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How to contact Brown University School of Medicine to set up your medical student electives:

Brown University School of Medicine

97 Waterman St., Providence, RI 02912-9706

Telephone Number: +1 401863 2149

Fax Number: +1 401 863 2660

How to contact University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine:

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

3450 Hamilton Walk, Suite 100,

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6087

Telephone Number: +1 215 898 8034

Fax Number: +1 215 898 0833

Popular Hospitals in Pennsylvania:

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021

The hospital is the main hospital for the University of Pennsylvania, it is busy and has all specialties.  Whatever department you work in, be prepared to work very hard.  Cardiothoracic surgery is busy, with ward rounds at 5:30am and theatre starting at 8am.  This is excellent if you like cardiothoracic surgery, not good if you want a holiday.  Other departments are a bit mroe relaxed than this.  Write to the Office of International Relations (1007 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021).  Accommodation may be arranged for around $500+ a month.  Stay in International House - it’s friendly!

How to contact Dartmouth Medical School to find out more information regarding medical electives:

Dartmouth Medical School

1 Rope Ferry Road, Hanover, NH 03755

Telephone Number: +1 603 650 1200

Fax Number: +1 603 650 1614

Popular Hospitals in New Hampshire:

Littleton Regional Hospital

262 Cottage Street, Littleton, NH 03561

The hospital is located in Littleton - a town in the north-east consisting of 12,000 people.  The hospital serves this and the nearby small towns.  Although it is small, it is amazingly equipped in terms of both machines and people (25 consultants).  For example, it has a mobile lithotripsy unity, an MRI and a CT scanner.  The consultant staff cover many specialities ranging from family practice, internal medicine, cardiology, radiology, oncology, gastroenterology, all the way to ophthalmology and urology.

There are no other medical students here so the staff are keen to teach.  You can organize what you want to do on a day-to-day basis and do as much or as little as you want.  Teaching is mainly in an outpatient setting, although some consultants, i.e. neurology, may well take you further afield to places such as the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for lectures and grand rounds.

Everyone is really friendly.  If you’re outgoing, people will always be asking you round for dinner.  In the summer there are many outdoor sports and in the winter this is one of the great skiing resorts on the east coast.  Public transport isn’t very good, but there is a regular bus to and from Boston and other nearby major cities.  It’s four hours south of Boston and two hours north to the Canadian border.  There’s lots to do if you like outdoor pursuits.  This elective has been highly recommended if you want to see a not so famous part of America that is nothing like the cliche of superficiality and commercialism often associated with the country.

Dartmouth Medical School Medicine Electives Accommodations:

Accommodations and meals have been free; however, don’t expect much as they have no proper accommodations for staff.  There is usually an empty room on the medical floor.  It’s not too bad though, with your own bathroom and cable tv.

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