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Posted Aug 3, 2010 by Tufty
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...well, actually, my last day of shadowing another doctor, but he left me to do a fair bit of the work. 
So, today I started prescribing as-required paracetamol, writing request forms, checking blood results, copying up drug charts, and making sure everyone who required blood thinners had some written up before I went home. All in all, I spent nine hours (with only a toilet stop and a shove-sandwich-in-mouth break) constantly doing things, and I don't recall making a single life-or-death decision. I doubt it will stay like that, but as first days go it could have been a lot worse. I know some people who are starting work as a doctor on night shifts, and I don't envy them much.
Alex 
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| | | Subject: First Day
Posted Aug 8, 2010 by Tufty
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Oh yes! 
In order to balance that out, we spent yesterday getting soaked through by the rain while walking back from Homebase with a hacksaw with which to cut some blackout blinds to size so that we can sleep during the day when we do the nights part of our rota.
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