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mardybumbum

sam34 wrote: »

make the most of it, as ye'll be working plenty summers

The thing is I actually want to work this summer, but nobody will have me.
Playing loads of gigs with the band, giving a few guitar lessons. Just about enough to finance nights out.

BEERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ugh, beer is rotten, apart from the Gingerman wheat beer.

I wanted to work too but all I have got is part time bar work. Still. It's better than nothing.

PhysiologyRocks

Deleted User wrote: »

I wanted to work too but all I have got is part time bar work. Still. It's better than nothing.

I'm minding babies part time.

Very happy to have work, and they're nice little people!

Ai. I actually can't wait to get back to college. Leitrim is a bit dull.

ragalag

just a quick question for all the medical heads on this thread...

So I'm just finished 1st med...have a job in a BORING cinema for the summer..
and I was just wondering...What kind of hospital jobs can you do say after 2nd med...as a summer job...we'll have completed some clinical skills modules by then...

I heard before about someone getting a job taking bloods in a hospital...is this correct and are there any other jobs you could look for?...
It's just that everyone in my class seems to have some job or other either shadowing GPs, in hospitals or hospital labs, or doing research projects..all great for the CV and great experience in the medical world..which makes me very jealous..:mad:

None of my close relatives are doctors so I don't have any 'connections' so to speak..

Thanks in advance!!!

mardybumbum

ragalag wrote: »

just a quick question for all the medical heads on this thread...

So I'm just finished 1st med...have a job in a BORING cinema for the summer..
and I was just wondering...What kind of hospital jobs can you do say after 2nd med...as a summer job...we'll have completed some clinical skills modules by then...

I heard before about someone getting a job taking bloods in a hospital...is this correct and are there any other jobs you could look for?...
It's just that everyone in my class seems to have some job or other either shadowing GPs, in hospitals or hospital labs, or doing research projects..all great for the CV and great experience in the medical world..which makes me very jealous..:mad:

None of my close relatives are doctors so I don't have any 'connections' so to speak..

Thanks in advance!!!

I applied to my local hospital (Mayo General).
Recieved a letter from them yesterday saying that they were not taking on students this year.
TBH, a 2nd med taking bloods sounds unlikely, but there is one girl in my class going over to malaysia to perform circumcisions for the summer. How delightful.

Tree

Anyone reckon beers are in order?

Jessibelle

Tree wrote: »

Anyone reckon beers are in order?

I was just thinking the same earlier today! Yes and soon, while we still have a possibility of beer garden sunshine goodness:D

Larianne

Larianne wrote: »

BEERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tree wrote: »

Anyone reckon beers are in order?

Jessibelle wrote: »

I was just thinking the same earlier today! Yes and soon, while we still have a possibility of beer garden sunshine goodness:D

Emm...I posted that ages ago? :rolleyes:

:pac:

Dr Galen

I think a beers is deffo in order, its been ages since we had one tbh.

Want me to stick up a thread etc? Easiest way is to pick a date, and then sort a venue etc by voting and that.

Larianne

^^^^ Yawr!

Dr Galen

roughly how soon do you think would be feasble Larianne?

Jessibelle

Larianne wrote: »

Emm...I posted that ages ago? :rolleyes:

:pac:

See? Great minds eventually come to the same conclusions...;)
Now, we need dates peoples

Dr Galen

Friday or saturday week

Jessibelle

After checking my hectic social calendar and noticing the absence of Dr Who on both nights, either is good for me

Dr Galen

right so I'll get onto it tomorrow so or today, depending on what time it is now and what time I get up!

Larianne

This the weekend of the 24th?

I maybe climbing Croagh Patrick on the Saturday but could be back from Mayo by nightfall, wrecked!

Maybe put up a few dates?

allsaintssue

Grrrrrrr....I know I haven't been on ages but things have been crazy!! Got my GAMSAT score and was happy enough, going to give it another go in March to try and get RCSI, but my socre may suffice for the UK. Ive been trying to do as much work experience as possible, to show I'm doing work experience off my own bat and not just depending on nursing, I've also been writing for the student lancets website...Sometimes my own geekiness scares me:eek:
Am happy to be back on the boards but am in mighty bad form at this moment in time....boys are stupid:mad:....Present company excluded...obviously!
Hope everyone on the boards is well:D

Jessibelle

allsaintssue wrote: »

Grrrrrrr....I know I haven't been on ages but things have been crazy!! Got my GAMSAT score and was happy enough, going to give it another go in March to try and get RCSI, but my socre may suffice for the UK. Ive been trying to do as much work experience as possible, to show I'm doing work experience off my own bat and not just depending on nursing, I've also been writing for the student lancets website...Sometimes my own geekiness scares me:eek:
Am happy to be back on the boards but am in mighty bad form at this moment in time....boys are stupid:mad:....Present company excluded...obviously!
Hope everyone on the boards is well:D

Come to the beers (when we get organised ) Beers makes it better:)

allsaintssue

Ha, ok, I shall endeavour to be there, seeing as I have been awfully antisocial and not attended any of these!

bleg

Beers in Cork?

Tree

i can occasionally do that..

Larianne

bleg wrote: »

Beers in Cork?

Stay in your house?

bleg

sure

angeldelight

A little bit of self-promotion, I hope nobody minds! As a semi-regular poster some of ye might know the name so it'd be great if you could vote for us in a competition!

http://www.confetti.ie/view.aspx?p=1301

Jessibelle

So, any thoughts on when is good for the Beers? End of August/start of Sept??

Biologic

It doesn't quite justify a thread, but why are the Chilean miners being vaccinated against flu? Cholera etc. I can understand but I would have thought they were the least likely people to get flu. The only reason I can think of is if one of them was latently infected although I didn't think flu was into that sort of thing.

Vorsprung

Biologic wrote: »

It doesn't quite justify a thread, but why are the Chilean miners being vaccinated against flu? Cholera etc. I can understand but I would have thought they were the least likely people to get flu. The only reason I can think of is if one of them was latently infected although I didn't think flu was into that sort of thing.

I guess there's a couple of possible explanations:

1) Enclosed spaces, so greater degree of transmission of viral illness by droplet transfer
2)Immunocompromise - it's hot, their diet may not be upto scratch and they're not getting any sunlight, so if they do get sick it could be worse news than usual
3) If one of them gets sick, it's gonna be a bit harder to give medications (not sure if they've got IV cannulation skills for fluids for example, but I guess if an intern can learn this without having done it before, anyone can be taught)
4) And most likely, the NWO has probably arranged for them to get flu shots (aka mind control medications) given their strong physique, so that when they kill everyone on the planet in a nuclear holocaust and the miners emerge, they will prove useful as enforcers to control any underlings that may have escaped death in the aforementioned nuclear event.

Biologic

All understandable. But if flu isn't down there now, surely it's not going to get down there.

locum-motion

Vorsprung wrote: »

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4) And most likely, the NWO has probably arranged for them to get flu shots (aka mind control medications) given their strong physique, so that when they kill everyone on the planet in a nuclear holocaust and the miners emerge, they will prove useful as enforcers to control any underlings that may have escaped death in the aforementioned nuclear event.

Newsflash:
Vorsprung is Jim Corr!

Jessibelle

Just heard Maurice Nelligan has passed away. He was one of the truely great Dr's I've ever had the privledge to meet.

RobFowl

Came across this

bleg

Official forum image?

bleg

Special Report: Living in Denial

Haven't gotten a chance to read this yet but looking forward to it!

http://www.newscientist.com/special/living-in-denial


Edit: You need a NS account btw...

A Neurotic

9 hours in a waiting room in A&E. Oof. And things are going to get worse?

Vorsprung

A Neurotic wrote: »

9 hours in a waiting room in A&E. Oof. And things are going to get worse?

As someone who wants to home and do ED, that genuinely makes me sad.

Tree

bleg wrote: »

Special Report: Living in Denial

Haven't gotten a chance to read this yet but looking forward to it!

http://www.newscientist.com/special/living-in-denial


Edit: You need a NS account btw...

unless you go back in time, or have the issue to hand (i may have the hardcopy somewhere)
but yeah, it was very very interesting

RobFowl

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1101/harneym.html

Vorsprung

RobFowl wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1101/harneym.html

I think the colour suits her. But I absolutely disagree with the method of protest.

mardybumbum

Just got the nicest compliments from a patient while taking their history.
Spurred me right on to do a bit more study.

Tree

mmmmmmmmmmmm delicious pubmed

bleg

argh! I'm afraid of change!

sillymoo

Anybody else finding this cold weather a pain in the ass???? I actually have to stay at home and study as im pretty much snowed in :mad:

Larianne

Snow totally screwing up my study plans and I've exams next week! :mad:

Dr Galen

should we have a beers?

bleg

Dr Galen wrote: »

should we have a beers?

How about we say we don't have beers then they might actually happen?

RacoonQueen

Dr Galen wrote: »

should we have a beers?

You organise it and everyone else will go.

Jessibelle

I've attempted organising beers before with limited sucess, but I'd be up for it !!

Tree

RacoonQueen wrote: »

You organise it and everyone else will go.

Ah now, don't lie to poor DrGalen

bythewoods

Pharmacology will be the death of me. SO MANY DRUGS, SO LITTLE TIMEEEEE!