Malignant haematology supervision - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #12

2017-11-11 · Vlog or day in the life · Ali · recording, 4:17 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Medicine and his doctor years (also: Goals, purpose and life design) · mode: Demonstration and walkthrough

On a Sunday of his final year Ali does a simulation session at Addenbrooke's Hospital, a run-through of the pantomime script and a two-hour supervision on malignant haematology that he gives at Emmanuel College, then collects crash-course workbooks from his friend Katherine and shows his line-a-day diary.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — A simulation session at Addenbrooke's Hospital and the plan for the day

• ★★ On a Sunday morning Ali takes part in a simulation session at Addenbrooke's Hospital, playing a doctor who, with nurses, responds to a scenario with a patient as real doctors would. — 00:00:00 · Addenbrooke's Hospital
• ★★ Ali finds simulation exercises really good as a bridge between books and reality: knowing from a textbook which drugs to give differs greatly from finding and giving them in real life. — 00:00:00

00:01:07 — The pantomime script run-through and the panto's community

• ★★ The Addenbrooke's pantomime cast goes through the whole script in a run-through; Ali says the script looks great and the cast fantastic, with many laugh-out-loud moments. — 00:01:07 · Addenbrooke's Hospital Pantomime, Addenbrooke's Hospital
• ★★ Ali says the community feeling that grows each year among the Addenbrooke's pantomime's cast, crew and orchestra makes it probably the best part of being a medical student at Cambridge. (hedged) — 00:01:07 · Addenbrooke's Hospital Pantomime, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital

00:01:34 — The supervision on malignant haematology at Emmanuel College

• ★★★ Ali gives a two-hour supervision on malignant haematology (leukaemia, lymphoma and similar) at Emmanuel College, from about five to seven in the evening, and finds it really fun. — 00:01:34 · Emmanuel College, Supervision

00:02:11 — Collecting BMAT and interview crash course workbooks at Katherine's room

• ★★ After his malignant haematology supervision Ali thinks even the student who seemed to know a lot learned something, the others seemed satisfied, and he looks forward to giving more supervisions. — 00:02:11 · Supervision
• ★★ Ali visits his friend Katherine's room to collect BMAT Crash Course workbooks and finds last year's (2016) Interview Crash Course handbooks there. — 00:02:11 · Katherine, 6med

00:02:42 — Microwaved tea and the line-a-day diary

• ★ Ali makes a cup of tea by microwaving water because the kettle is broken, and finds it tastes quite reasonable. (playful) — 00:02:42
• ★★ Ali likes his line-a-day diary: its very short daily entries suit people like him, who will not keep a diary regularly if it needs a large commitment. — 00:02:42

00:03:28 — YouTube instead of the gym, and sign-off

• ★★ With his line-a-day diary Ali will be able to see in later years what he was doing, feeling or thinking on the same day a year before; reflecting on your day, he says, is meant to make you happier. (hedged) — 00:03:28
• ★ Back from Katherine's, Ali meant to go to the gym but sat on YouTube instead, editing more videos to schedule, before a medtech conference the next day. — 00:03:28

Threads in this video

• milestone · Ali's final year at Cambridge medical school (2017) — Ali gives a two-hour supervision on malignant haematology (leukaemia, lymphoma and similar) at Emmanuel College, from about five to seven in the evening, and finds it really fun. (00:01:34)
• milestone · Ali auditions for the Addenbrooke's charity pantomime in his final year (2017) — The Addenbrooke's pantomime cast goes through the whole script in a run-through; Ali says the script looks great and the cast fantastic, with many laugh-out-loud moments. (00:01:07)
• first on record · Should you journal, and how? — Ali likes his line-a-day diary: its very short daily entries suit people like him, who will not keep a diary regularly if it needs a large commitment. (00:02:42)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• Ali's final year at Cambridge medical school (2017) — completed; last: milestone, 2018-06-12
• Ali auditions for the Addenbrooke's charity pantomime in his final year (2017) — completed; last: milestone, 2018-03-03

Mentioned

Central: Supervision

Also: 6med · Addenbrooke's Hospital · Addenbrooke's Hospital Pantomime · Emmanuel College · Katherine

Only in the description or credits: University of Cambridge

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