A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MEDICAL STUDENT Natasha Ranga Final Year Javeria Peracha Third Year Imraan Umar Second Year

‘A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MEDICAL STUDENT’Natasha Ranga Final YearJaveria Peracha Third YearImraan Umar Second Year

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• Being a medical student day to day• Work hard Play hard!• How we got here• Phase One Lecture based• Phase Two Clinical years

Day in the Life...

Course Structure

•Where I'm from?

Second Year Perspective…

• How was the application process?

– Personal tutor – Personal statement– Excellent reference – UCAS– INTERVIEW (PALPITATIONS)

– Monday : SSM Health and Development– Tuesday : Had Soc– Wednesday : ICC– Thursday : Reproductive Module– Friday : Head and Neck Module– Saturday : Gym / Football / Squash – Sunday : sleep sleep sleep

My Average Week

–Head and Neck Studies • Starts at 2pm finishes at 6pm

– Anatomy, Physiology etc

–Mornings: people and disease course 9am till 12 pm or prep for the days session

My Average Day: eg Friday

•My Finances

•My most memorable moments so far…..

Work Life balance

A bit about me….• Where I’m from!

• Why I chose Leicester

• What I was used to!!!

• Living in Leicester

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A Third Year perspective

The transition to the clinical setting:

• Phase 1 exam• Introductory

lectures• LAP/LCAT• Clinical Partners• Clinical Rotations

My experiences so far ……..• The people

• The course

• The opportunities

• The memories

5 years have gone past quickly! Intercalated Bsc 2 ½ years of 100% clinical training in HOSPITALS with REAL

PATIENTS Academic life = EXAMS! Learning at Leicester ‘Student Focused’, clinical practice,

new libraries, clear objectives, student led teaching programmes...

Final Year Perspective…

Clinical experiences...... Lots and lots Careers/Graduation Social Life I do have one! Work/Finances... I worked part time Time management! Most memorable moment to date...

Final Year Perspective…

• On PAEDIATRICS ROTATION • This Morning: Ward Round 8.30 am • AM: Children's Asthma and Allergy Clinic• Lunchtime: Library and Audit Meetings• PM: Talk/Presentation! • Evening Lectures • On-call on CAU till late• Clinical skills: Blood, clerking, examination• Social: Friday Night drinks with friends!• Sleep!

My Average Day… Today!

Hospitals during training

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Extra Curricular things…

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• http://www.le.ac.uk/sm/le/ • http://www.ucas.ac.uk/•http://student.bmj.com/• bmj Medical School guide BOOK• bmj Medical School Survival Guide

BOOK

Useful Websites / Books

http://www.le.ac.uk/sm/le/



http://www.ucas.ac.uk/



http://student.bmj.com/



• A very good medical school• Produces GOOD doctors!• I have had good clinical training • Ultimate goals is to become a

doctor

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MEDICAL STUDENT Natasha Ranga Final Year Javeria Peracha Third Year Imraan Umar Second Year