Ever wondered what a day in the life of a fourth year medical student at King’s College London looked like? Well, wonder no more my friend!

The video above shows what I get up to on a typical day here at the William Harvey Hospital, in Ashford, where I am based for my paediatric rotation.

This video was really fun to film, so I hope you find it interesting!

My typical day here at the William Harvey Hospital goes a little something like this.

• Wake up at around 8.00, have a shower, get ready and go into the hospital. This is a two minute walk, as I am living on the hospital site.
• Get changed into scrubs, whatever colour is available as long as they match! I refuse to wear mismatched tops and bottoms. Even if that means wearing the completely wrong size!

On The Ward

• Go to the morning handover, which is where the night team explain the situation on the ward to the team taking over for the day.
  • This will include some background information on all of the patients on the ward, particularly any that have been admitted from A&E overnight, and any updates on patients who have been there for longer.
• Then I attend the ward round with the senior doctors, either the consultant or the senior registrar.
  • This is the main contact consultants have with the patients, it is a chance for the doctors to assess the patients, have a discussion with them about their health and formulate a plan for their care.
  • Whether the plan is to conduct soe investigations, prescribe a medication, observe or discharge, the actions of the plan will normally be carried out by the junior doctors.
  • These tasks are commonly referred to as ward jobs, and make up the bulk of what a junior doctor gets up to each day.
• Once ward round is over we have a little huddle and the jobs are divided between the doctors.
  • At this point most consultants will have to leave the ward to run clinics for outpatients, patients not currently in the hospital.
• I would normally then take a moment off and have some breakfast at around 12 or 1, I’m having a go at intermittent fasting for a month so se if it suits me.
  • So far I’m finding it very easy on weekdays but I think I will start giving myself a day off each weekend to enjoy a breakfast in bed.
• Afternoons are taken up by either following junior doctors as they do their jobs, attending A&E with the registrars or sitting in on clinics with the consultants.

Home Time!

• Typically, I finish around 5 at the hospital then either make my way to the education centre or to my room for evening teaching, which happens 5-7.
• I try eat dinner before 8, which then marks the start of my 16 hours fasting until the following afternoon, and then spend a little bit of time organising my room etc.
• I will spend a couple of hours studying or working in the evening and then it’s off to bed, ready to start the next day.

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