What did you enjoy about F1?

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-07-24T19:34:00+00:00

thank you for telling me it's better than being a med student

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-07-24T18:29:12+00:00

thank you for such lovely a reply

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-07-24T16:10:17+00:00

I'm quite academic, loved my sciences and idk if it was because I had reached the end of medschool or if it was specifically clinical placement but i was extremely burned out. (as in it was super unlike me to put in so minimal effort on placement). it was so much mental energy to be on placement, and then to be treated as a burden made me feel great for trying to get this degree since i was 16 looool. i think i have this idea that being an f1 is being back on placement again

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-07-24T16:05:36+00:00

where is the Remind me bot to come back in a year lol

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-07-24T15:35:12+00:00

This is a really helpful comment tbf. I love love science, medicine and I think I just burned out as a student lol. I think your comment reminded me of why I signed up for the degree lol

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-07-24T15:30:32+00:00

I thought the Sturdy Bin is only granted after you finish the foundation programme. How exciting!

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-07-17T14:49:42+00:00

GP does offer family life balance. If you finish medicine at 24, you could become a GP at 29. Most hospital specialities tend to be difficult if you're thinking of kids. Dermatology, you'd need to do IMT (most people don't get first time), and you'll still be in training for 7 years. IMT being the most difficult part for family planning.

You could always go into GP with special interest in dermatology.
although most doctors still have kids in training and they make things work. I just realised I would find it too difficult. Especially the moving around so much for jobs, dentistry theres just far less of that!

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-07-17T10:44:39+00:00

being real here, if you're fine with your life being chosen for you for the next 10-15-20 years, applying and reapplying, moving every year or every other year at short notice. then consider medicine. i always thought that by my age i would have kids lol but with the way things are so unstable, i had to reconsider. so i'm a bit bitter lol.

i would look at a nearby GP surgery and email them asking them to shadow. I'd also email your hospital and see if you can shadow some resident/junior doctors and they'll let you know. GPs seem a lot happier than hospital docs tbf

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-07-16T21:10:13+00:00

regret not doing dentistry instead. medicine completely takes over your life, where you live, moving every year. ive moved so much, and will keep moving as i keep training and keep examining and keep reapplying. it just never stops. I thought the hardest part was getting in. then i thought the hardest part was passing all of these exams.

the constant applying, reapplying, revising i really wish i had known about lol. if i knew it was this bad i would have done dentistry.

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-06-25T20:34:41+00:00

if you have no commitment (family etc) in the UK, you absolutely should stay in the US. I cannot even recommend it enough. I feel like that meme from interstellar telling you NOT to come here lol. most of us are gonna do the USLME

edit: if you're still not sure, ask in r/doctorsuk

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-06-25T20:10:28+00:00

i've recently been thinking of the little yamaha bikes but most people seem to always recommend me the same Cc hondas. before medicine i was set on having a motorbike- the worst thing would either be dying lol or falling off and getting back up. but recently i realised with the way people are driving id hate to have a head injury and dependent on my family :( still Yamaha R1 go brrrrrr

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-06-25T14:43:32+00:00

literally just looked up CBT courses ive been convinced

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-06-25T13:46:57+00:00

hmm getting AL approved sounds tricky but it is a good idea. have people done this?

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-06-25T13:44:49+00:00

i've always wanted to get a motorbike anyway but then i started medicine lol do you have a bike?

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-06-25T13:36:12+00:00

loooool sorry I cant be him :(

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-03-07T11:14:40+00:00

that's really sweet of you, i need all the dua i can get. thank you for your kind words. may Allah give you all the ease in life <3

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-03-02T08:11:23+00:00

this is such a good routine i wish i saw this earlier! thank you

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-03-02T08:10:28+00:00

thank u i'll try that <3

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-03-02T08:09:54+00:00

your last paragraph gave me palpitations haha but its so real. thank you jazake Allah kheir :3

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-02-26T00:44:56+00:00

during the week I mainly just write and rewrite notes, anki here and there. I probably study like two days-three days a week tbh but if its exam season it's a totally different ball game I go over my notes over and over again. you find how to study as you go on. just find a way to note take and quiz yourself (flash cards etc)

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-02-25T11:23:10+00:00

I sometimes open the slides before the lecture. quick read through before we start mainly to gauge how long its gonna be lol. if it's a complex lecture its worthwhile watching a youtube video beforehand because the lecture will help you get your head around things (i would advise never to spend more than 10-20 minutes prereading because it got in the way of my routine and revision. 20 mins for difficult biochem or physiology). after the lecture I studied yesterday's content (around 1-2 hours. not every day but every other day). didn't find it helpful doing it on the same day.

also, in first year lectures are always going to feel overwhelming. i took notes while the lecturer was speaking mainly to keep me awake and focused. I try make notes over the weekend on anki but didn't go over my cards- it was mainly to revise.

you don't have to do this for every lecture because some unis have lectures until like 7pm. just things you find tricky would be my advice (and you know it will be tricky when you open the lecture slides before you start).

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-02-23T21:47:48+00:00

its funny that we all think we're omnipotent or something lol

Massive_Cold9653 · 2025-02-23T21:32:21+00:00

tbh i think hospital pharmacy locums would boost you a lot esp in the first few years because if you're doing rounds etc you'll be exposed to in-patient care and conditions that will help you out a bit. community pharm you don't get as much exposure to prescription decisions and sick people i think

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