I enjoyed the insight quite a bit It felt a lot more personal and more in touch than working at a hospital which can often feel quite distant I really enjoyed working with the general practitioner I was assigned to as he was really nice and helped me u
It was really good I had lots of opportunities to have a look at the life of doctors and I had many chances to shadow them Every day I was able to shadow in different departments of the hospital ie cardiology colorectal to get a broad view of medic
Although there were good days I mostly just dreaded going to this placement Main reasons for not enjoying it included poor management and hostile or unwelcoming staff A management change had happened in January I started in April and a lot of people
I learnt a lot and was able to learn different roles to the one I was in The knowledge I gained from 1st and 2nd year was very useful as it helped signifantly throughout my placement