Pia

5th year medical student (+ sneaky anatomy intercalation) | Interested in acute med, ENT and medical education | can't swim 🌊

[Pia @MedicOnCaffeine]

Hello medtwitter, starting F1 in Wales soon and currently trying to sort out finances. Any resources and tips? 😊

[Pia @MedicOnCaffeine]

Excited to be starting F1 in the Royal Glamorgan! I can't believe that my medical school days are nearly over - six years goes so fast!

[GMC @gmcuk]

Communication is key 🔑 Read how three @cardiffuni #MedicalStudents – @JLRandall_uk @MedicOnCaffeine @MuddHM – won our joint student competition with @UKMedSchools last year https://t.co/ZPhjdelMnG #MedTwitter #MedEd

[Jess @JLRandall_uk]

Super excited to finally be able to announce that @SparcUk are recruiting to our steering group!!

If you're a current UK psychiatry trainee, see advert below 👇🏻👇🏻

#SPARCUK

[BMJ Student @BMJStudent]

“So much of this is about being able to bring our authentic selves to work” @DrKateLovett says in @nikkixnabavi's writeup of a recent #SharpScratch ep...
https://t.co/omP8WXOFXd

[Thomas Morris @thomasngmorris]

This is not something you want to see on an MRI. The patient was a 3 y.o. boy with a suspected upper respiratory tract infection. But why has most of his face disappeared from the scan?

[Olivia 🌻 @OliviaMarieW7]

Boris I feel you right now- literally me going through the drugs list 😭😂

[Chubbyemu @chubbyemu]

-emia meaning ______________

[GMC @gmcuk]

This year's #MedStudent competition winners - Pia, Hannah and Jessica from @CardiffMBBChC21 - are showing attendees at #GMCconf20 their fantastic e-learning package on good communication. 👏 Well done team!

Check out the winning session & runners-up https://t.co/SmvFUVY9yG

[Jess @JLRandall_uk]

Could not be more excited to announce this @jasme_uk event https://t.co/JNrxMnHYHA!! Join us to hear about the careers of 4 leaders in UK MedEd, and ask them any questions you have!! A rare opportunity for juniors! Register via https://t.co/U4xaeUrGrz ‼

[Auguste Nahas @AugusteNahas]

At some point I realised that “we should write a paper” is the academic equivalent of “we should start a band”

[Jess @JLRandall_uk]

So pleased to have won the 2020 GMC Student Professionalism Competition with @MedicOnCaffeine and Hannah! Our e-learning module on communicating with patients and those close to them will be available to all UK medical schools in due course. Lockdown well spent 🙌🏻

[Pia @MedicOnCaffeine]

@ellennelsonrowe Sadly I am a cafe person who spends half her student loan on coffee ☕️ Weirdly enough I like to study with background noise 😂 Guess I'm gonna have to play those youtube coffee shop background noises + make my own coffee...

[Pia @MedicOnCaffeine]

Interesting that placement wear isn't standardised. Our uni advised to buy scrubs ourselves although not compulsory. Advised also to wash clothes at 60 degrees daily so placement clothes might not last as long and students' water bills will be sky high!

[Pia @MedicOnCaffeine]

What's the rule for placement clothes in UK medical school during COVID times? Are you keeping the traditional placement clothes or jumping on the scrubs train? Are medical schools funding them? #MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter

[Pia @MedicOnCaffeine]

me: volunteer to write a 3,000 word essay for a competition
also me: *three hours later*

[Jess @JLRandall_uk]

hoping the twitterverse can help me find some cool UK #MedEd elective opportunities in the fields of edi or #wideningparticipation for March 2021?🤞🏻#MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter

[Pia @MedicOnCaffeine]

@feleciadsouza Would also recommend downloading BMJ Best Practice and BNF on your phone to look stuff up quickly in wards :)

[Pia @MedicOnCaffeine]

@feleciadsouza Do a history and exam from a few patients each day. Imagine you're their doctor - write down what investigations, differentials, management and compare to their notes. Another thing I found helpful was look at their drug chart and look up any drugs you don't know!