The introductory 3 weeks...

2 weeks of the introductory course are down! and 1 still to go....so what have I been learning? Well I now know how to communicate with patients a little better (perhaps) and rather excitingly we were taught how to take blood this week. Only a few of the girls fainted which isn't too bad I suppose.

Next week i'll be taught how to wash my hands effectively. I think this is when we cover our hands in a special soap type thing that is transparent and then we try to wash it all off. After doing that we shine our hands under a uv lamp and you can see how much of the original stuff is still on your hands (which is usually quite a lot).

Social stuff has been good this past fortnight, with lots of freshers parties just for the medics culminating in a school disco themed party on the friday of week 2. I think I actually wear my school uniform more since i've come to university than when I was at school! Which is odd!