I've handed it in!

FINALLY after working on it since last june, i've finished my dissertation. 14,000 words of pure boredom awaits the marker! Actually it's not that bad, I tried to make it as interesting as I could, but then, how can one really make biochemistry interesting? (sorry if i'm offending avid biochemistry fans here).

Last night I organised a massive social for my year to celebrate the end of exams. It went down really well, lots of people came and we all had a really awesome time. After spending a few hours in a nice bar we went off to a local club where a bunch of doctors were having a bit of a party. Medical students love doctors since they have lots of money to buy us all drinks!

I have a week off now before I start my next module. It's called treatment and prevention of infection, and it's basically all about how antibiotics work. It should be really interesting but it's really hardcore, 2 weeks of lectures with a big exam at the end. Still only a month until we start the clinical course i cant wait!

I found out today i've been posted out to Mansfield for my 14 week clinical attachment this year. Mansfield is a cool place i'm sure (i've never been though so I may be wrong) but it's a bit of a trek to get to each day from nottingham. For a 8am ward round ill have to get up at 6 to get there on time!

So i guess i wont be on time much this year then....

2006

So, you've peeled yourself off the floor where you slept last night, drunk a few pints of water to fix your head and now....you have to sit down and write a dissertation!

Thankfully, i've already done a bit of work on it, because starting from scratch 25 days before I have to hand it in would be pretty dire. Like i've said before it's basically a report on what i've been doing (academically) for the last 4 months. Obviously since i've done very very little, i'm going to have to use my english lit a level and be 'creative'. But i've had a lot of practice at that from doing behavioural science exams.

It's quite funny really, I still have to do an introduction, methods, evaluation etc just like GCSE and A level courseworks. Sadly, I was completely crap at coursework at school (even the stupid people used to get higher marks than me in them!). So i'm going to try really hard this time not to be crap.

One cool thing though, once we hand our dissertations in on the 26th we have a week of holiday! So I really wanna go abroad, maybe the USA or maybe somewhere hot? So many choices!

I hope everyone had a good time at Medlink!