For anyone interested in a carreer in medicine the government's new contract for junior doctors will obviously be news to you. On the BBC website there is a brilliant video following three junior doctors during their day and explaining their personal views on the government's possible action to cut pay, along with their views on the antisocial hours.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34425144?SThisFB
Showing posts with label aspiring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aspiring. Show all posts
Sunday, 4 October 2015
Friday, 4 September 2015
The end of summer update
Sadly the summer holidays are coming to a close, and I apologise for my lack of posts on this blog. I did have the full intention of posting at the very least weekly, my aim was evidently more. However, through going abroad with my family, and the stress of receiving AS level results, along with university trips and the UKCAT, I am sorry to say I did forget about this blog for a while. I also spent much of my summer holiday recharging, because the next few months I know will be extremely hectic and extremely important.
I start sixth form again on Monday and that will mark the start of a transition back into normality, but also should result in structure and free time, as I will only be studying maths, biology and chemistry as opposed to maths, further maths, french, biology and chemistry, which is what I did last year. This newfound free time will allow me to focus on reading around the subject of medicine, broadening my knowledge on topical issues and proceed with an EPQ on phage therapy. No doubt this will result in a multitude of future posts that you can look forward too.
Monday, 22 June 2015
Volunteer Diary 4 and 5 - a recap
To say that I have been busy is an understatement. I had the assumption that after my exams had finished I would be graced with time to focus on this blog, to work on my university application and to get ahead in A2 work, along with socialising with my friends and also complete some more work experience. Well it turns out that in doing all of this I have lost track of time and I have only just realised how much I have neglected this blog, and for that I apologise.
So since my last post I have continued with my MOOC on the clinical psychology of children and young adults, and I have learnt so much about the formation of mental illnesses and how complex they are. I also feel as if through this MOOC I have significantly improved my own independent learning skills.
However, my voluntary work is what is continuing to inspire me. Each week I am continuing to strengthen the bonds and friendships I am making with the children, whilst learning more and more about their personal disabilities and challenges, along with getting to know their parents. On Friday we had a special skills ice skating lesson, and as well as improving my own skating ability, I learnt that I have hugely impacted on particular boys life. The boy is one who I looked after on my first week of volunteering and he suffers from dyspraxia. Despite not being paired with him that week, he still insisted on being paired with me, and even left the volunteer who was initially paired with him to skate with me, continuously hugging me and telling me that I am his favourite. Whilst this may just be a phase, I can help but feel almost a sense of accomplishment, if not at least a huge humbling feeling that I have influenced this boy's life so much, that he wants to work with me every week (last week when I was paired with him he danced around the seating area in the ice rink with excitement and shouting "YES I GET TO WORK WITH ELLIE") To see a child respond in that way is extremely inspiring, to know that you alone can improve their mood that significantly proves to me alone why I do this voluntary work. Of course it is not just this boy who inspires me, they all do. Even when we were completing the skills lesson, all of the children joined in, despite many uncomfortable glances at first, they all want to try new things, and they are all willing to do new things.
I feel that through my voluntary work I can see myself growing as a person. Not only do the children that I work with inspire me each week, but so do the incredible other volunteers who I have been able to meet along the way. Before I started this voluntary work I had a tendency to be quite shy around new people. Whether shy is the right adjective is debatable, but I was not one to go up to new people at random and create a conversation or friendship, I liked to take a slower approach, but now I have certainly become more outgoing, indefinitely more caring and my communication skills have improved immensely. I have gained a lot from my voluntary work, but maybe more so than anything I am gaining incredible memories, each week I have the chance to help these children, to improve what may have been an awful week for them, and have a great time at the same time. What more could you want?
So since my last post I have continued with my MOOC on the clinical psychology of children and young adults, and I have learnt so much about the formation of mental illnesses and how complex they are. I also feel as if through this MOOC I have significantly improved my own independent learning skills.
However, my voluntary work is what is continuing to inspire me. Each week I am continuing to strengthen the bonds and friendships I am making with the children, whilst learning more and more about their personal disabilities and challenges, along with getting to know their parents. On Friday we had a special skills ice skating lesson, and as well as improving my own skating ability, I learnt that I have hugely impacted on particular boys life. The boy is one who I looked after on my first week of volunteering and he suffers from dyspraxia. Despite not being paired with him that week, he still insisted on being paired with me, and even left the volunteer who was initially paired with him to skate with me, continuously hugging me and telling me that I am his favourite. Whilst this may just be a phase, I can help but feel almost a sense of accomplishment, if not at least a huge humbling feeling that I have influenced this boy's life so much, that he wants to work with me every week (last week when I was paired with him he danced around the seating area in the ice rink with excitement and shouting "YES I GET TO WORK WITH ELLIE") To see a child respond in that way is extremely inspiring, to know that you alone can improve their mood that significantly proves to me alone why I do this voluntary work. Of course it is not just this boy who inspires me, they all do. Even when we were completing the skills lesson, all of the children joined in, despite many uncomfortable glances at first, they all want to try new things, and they are all willing to do new things.
I feel that through my voluntary work I can see myself growing as a person. Not only do the children that I work with inspire me each week, but so do the incredible other volunteers who I have been able to meet along the way. Before I started this voluntary work I had a tendency to be quite shy around new people. Whether shy is the right adjective is debatable, but I was not one to go up to new people at random and create a conversation or friendship, I liked to take a slower approach, but now I have certainly become more outgoing, indefinitely more caring and my communication skills have improved immensely. I have gained a lot from my voluntary work, but maybe more so than anything I am gaining incredible memories, each week I have the chance to help these children, to improve what may have been an awful week for them, and have a great time at the same time. What more could you want?
Thursday, 14 May 2015
Volunteer diary 1 - Gone off alcohol
As well as my reviews I am now going to start including my experiences when completing my voluntary work. I have previously volunteered for my local Marie Curie hospice, but I want to experience a wide range of areas and work with as many different people as possible. Therefore more recently I have started volunteering for a local charity who work with disabled children.
I now spend my Friday evenings taking a group of children, most with mild disabilities, though some are severe, with the help of 8 other volunteers ice skating. I can honestly say that it has to be the most rewarding thing I have ever done, because after merely a few hours with these children you leave with a huge sense of accomplishment, knowing you have improved their day.
Obviously due to privacy for the children who I volunteer with I will not mention either there names or delve into too much detail of the conditions, as frankly I think it unnecessary. I will however include on my blog moments that have inspired me, and have taught me something new.
I find it very hard to believe that the children I volunteer with have disabilities, some as extreme as severe autism, because they are the most polite, kind and entertaining children I have ever met, who coincidentally are a thousand times better at ice skating than myself. One of the biggest lessons I have learnt from them so far is that as teenagers we have a tendency to 'sweat about the small stuff' - I believe that is the correct phrase - because these children despite their disabilities always have a smile on their face. To me they are truly inspirational and never fail to make me laugh.
I now spend my Friday evenings taking a group of children, most with mild disabilities, though some are severe, with the help of 8 other volunteers ice skating. I can honestly say that it has to be the most rewarding thing I have ever done, because after merely a few hours with these children you leave with a huge sense of accomplishment, knowing you have improved their day.
Obviously due to privacy for the children who I volunteer with I will not mention either there names or delve into too much detail of the conditions, as frankly I think it unnecessary. I will however include on my blog moments that have inspired me, and have taught me something new.
I find it very hard to believe that the children I volunteer with have disabilities, some as extreme as severe autism, because they are the most polite, kind and entertaining children I have ever met, who coincidentally are a thousand times better at ice skating than myself. One of the biggest lessons I have learnt from them so far is that as teenagers we have a tendency to 'sweat about the small stuff' - I believe that is the correct phrase - because these children despite their disabilities always have a smile on their face. To me they are truly inspirational and never fail to make me laugh.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)