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	<title>Medical Admissions &#187; Foundation Year 1</title>
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		<title>Those dreaded history questions</title>
		<link>http://www.medicaladmissions.co.uk/blog/2009/02/01/those-dreaded-history-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I personally never ask candidates about history of medicine as I think it&#8217;s slightly unfair and I&#8217;m not sure what relevance it has to a medical student applicant;  however, many older interviewers love asking about history of medicine and debate that it shows a commitment to the career, a wider reading ability, and demonstrates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How much do doctors get paid?</title>
		<link>http://www.medicaladmissions.co.uk/blog/2009/01/25/how-much-do-doctors-get-paid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foundation Year 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gynaecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When during my medical school interview I was asked &#8220;Why do you want to be a doctor?&#8221; I didn&#8217;t reply &#8220;cos I wanna get paid loads of money&#8221;&#8230; but I thought it! However, if you do want to make buckets full of cash perhaps medicine isn&#8217;t the right career for you. It&#8217;s true that medicine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obstetrics ward week</title>
		<link>http://www.medicaladmissions.co.uk/blog/2008/08/16/obstetrics-ward-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foundation Year 1]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a doctor is tiring and I?m afraid to say a little less fun than expected. My bleep never stops. I start work at 8am every morning and my bleep usually goes off before I&#8217;ve taken my coat off, adjusted my tie, and had my morning wee. It then goes off every five &#8211; ten [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What you need to know</title>
		<link>http://www.medicaladmissions.co.uk/blog/2008/08/07/what-you-need-to-know/</link>
		<comments>http://www.medicaladmissions.co.uk/blog/2008/08/07/what-you-need-to-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foundation Year 1]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I had a further induction day. This was much more fun than my first day though. Today we were basically taught on two courses. We had a morning course on how to resuscitate a new baby. The afternoon was about how to resuscitate a pregnant woman. Even though I?ve done lots of resuscitation training [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Doctors mess</title>
		<link>http://www.medicaladmissions.co.uk/blog/2008/08/07/the-doctors-mess/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foundation Year 1]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every hospital has a doctor?s mess. The mess varies greatly from hospital to hospital. As a med student I always thought that it was just a room to sit and drink coffee but now I know it?s so much more. I?ve seen about 10 messes during my 6 years at medical school and they have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gynae on-take</title>
		<link>http://www.medicaladmissions.co.uk/blog/2008/08/06/gynae-on-take/</link>
		<comments>http://www.medicaladmissions.co.uk/blog/2008/08/06/gynae-on-take/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foundation Year 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gynaecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obstetrics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For those who are unsure Gynaecology is a surgical speciality that deals with the female pelvic organs. It is a massive field covering, infertility, contraception, menstruation, pelvic cancers (e.g. cervical cancer), sterilization, sexually transmitted diseases, incontinence, sexual health, menopause, and key hole surgery just to name a few. Most gynaecologists are also obstetricians. Obstetricians are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First &#8216;proper&#8217; day</title>
		<link>http://www.medicaladmissions.co.uk/blog/2008/08/05/first-proper-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I arrived at 8am and the House Officer whose job I am taking over gave me a bit of a tour. I?d met her before and she we?d chatted about the job at length. At about 9am she said ?right ? I start my new job in London tomorrow morning and I have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Day</title>
		<link>http://www.medicaladmissions.co.uk/blog/2008/08/04/first-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.medicaladmissions.co.uk/blog/2008/08/04/first-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foundation Year 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GMC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok so my first day wasn?t as exciting as I?d expected. I spent the whole day in a lecture theatre having a ?trust induction?. I had to have blood taken, show my passport, hand-in my GMC and insurance certificates. Then 15minute lectures on security, IT, labs, endless forms and what they?re for, heath and safety, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Night Before</title>
		<link>http://www.medicaladmissions.co.uk/blog/2008/08/03/the-night-before/</link>
		<comments>http://www.medicaladmissions.co.uk/blog/2008/08/03/the-night-before/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foundation Year 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gynaecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obstetrics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During my 6 years at medical school I?ve learnt to stick needles in people, I?ve given CPR, I?ve intubated people (under supervision), delivered over 50 babies, got malaria in Tanzania, cried when a baby died, got accidentally locked in a psychiatric ward, met my (soon to be) fianc?, and, of course, passed finals.
It?s been six [...]]]></description>
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