Singing carols in the hospital - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #18

2017-12-22 · Vlog or day in the life · Ali, Charlotte, Molly Hunt · recording, 5:47 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Medicine and his doctor years · mode: Demonstration and walkthrough

A few days before his Cambridge medical finals Ali sings Christmas carols at Addenbrooke's Hospital for charity, films medical ethics videos for medicine interview applicants with Charlotte and Molly as revision for his ethics and law paper, and at dinner with Katherine is recognised by an applicant from his interview tips videos.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Carol singing in the Addenbrooke's concourse for charity, a few days before finals

• ★★ With only a few days to go until their final exams, Ali and his fellow medical students take a break one morning to sing Christmas carols in Addenbrooke's Hospital, his first time singing carols in public. — 00:00:00 · Addenbrooke's Hospital
• ★★ Ali found the carol singing in the Addenbrooke's concourse great fun; it raised money for the Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust and for Doctors Without Borders. — 00:01:01 · Addenbrooke's Hospital, Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust, Doctors Without Borders

00:01:22 — Finals preparation with Charlotte and filming medical ethics videos with Charlotte and Molly

• ★★ Ali and Charlotte prepare for their finals in his room; one of the finals papers is a short essay paper on public health ethics and law. — 00:01:22 · Charlotte, Medical ethics
• ★★ The same day Ali films a series of medical ethics videos for medicine interview applicants, going into more detail than they probably need; he says it is good revision for his finals. — 00:01:22 · Medical ethics, Medicine interview
• ★ Ali tells medicine applicants to look out for the medical ethics videos, which will come out at some point; he is not sure whether they are already out. (hedged) — 00:01:51 · Medical ethics, Medicine interview

00:02:46 — Gym and swimming plans, and a day of almost no work apart from the ethics videos

• ★ Ali admits that apart from the ethics and law videos they filmed all day, they did almost no exam preparation that day, ironically calling it going really well. — 00:02:46 · Medical ethics

00:03:25 — Squash, dinner with Katherine, coming back to Cambridge, and Paul's notes

• ★★ On placement in King's Lynn for most of his final year, Ali always enjoys coming back to Cambridge; he thinks he wants to live in Cambridge forever. — 00:03:25 · Cambridge, King's Lynn
• ★ Ali says Paul's notes are absolutely beautiful and that Paul is one of the best medics in his year. — 00:03:52 · Paul

00:04:24 — An applicant recognises them at Prezzo, what meeting viewers means, and sign-off

• ★★ At dinner with Katherine at Prezzo, a girl with a medicine interview at St John's College the next day recognises them from their YouTube interview tips videos, and they take a photo with her. — 00:04:24 · Katherine, Medicine interview
• ★★ Ali says meeting viewers in real life makes YouTube feel more real: otherwise views are just numbers on a screen, and a thousand views mean little until people come up to say they watched. — 00:04:51

Threads in this video

• milestone · Ali's final year at Cambridge medical school (2017) — With only a few days to go until their final exams, Ali and his fellow medical students take a break one morning to sing Christmas carols in Addenbrooke's Hospital, his first time singing carols in public. (00:00:00)
• progress update · Ali promises more videos on the BMAT, interviews and personal statements (2017) — Ali tells medicine applicants to look out for the medical ethics videos, which will come out at some point; he is not sure whether they are already out. (00:01:51)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• Ali promises more videos on the BMAT, interviews and personal statements (2017) — kept
• Ali's final year at Cambridge medical school (2017) — completed; last: milestone, 2018-06-12

Mentioned

Central: Addenbrooke's Hospital

Also: People: Charlotte · Katherine · Molly Hunt · Paul

Organizations: Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust · David Lloyd · Doctors Without Borders · St John's College

Concepts: Medical ethics · Medicine interview

Places: Cambridge · King's Lynn

Only in the description or credits: University of Cambridge

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