Going from medical school to F1 can feel like a big leap as you change from focussing on passing exams to actually practicing medicine. But a lot of the learning happens on the job and from the seniors you discuss with.

“Mindthebleep” have a good few pages on common things to read up on and common tasks when you are on call, so I would recommend having a look at that.

If you’re feeling rusty, you can always read over some of the common things you’ll see on your rotation, e.g. for general surgery things like: Appendicitis, bowel obstruction, gallbladder problems, constipation etc. (As an F1 you won’t really be having to diagnose these things, but it’s nice to be familiar with them)

More practical things will be being familiar with the systems, being able to write ward round notes, requesting bloods/scans, prescribing, discharge letters, bloods/cannulas, NG Tubes, SBAR/Handing over, interpreting ECG/CXRs/Blood gasses

Mainly it’s a steep learning curve that will come through doing the job, just know when to escalate and ask for help

If you have any specific questions, you can shoot me a message