Another week has just FLOWN by, and I’m now counting down the days until we go out into placement. You can read my week 5 update here. Monday was a mixed day. In the morning we had a session all about using the electronic library resources and referencing – all…
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I had a terrifying realisation today that it’s just 4 weeks until our OSCE and our first placement shifts – I can’t believe I will be out in the hospital working as a student midwife! This week has been quite a busy one again, and we’ve learnt some really interesting…
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I can hardly believe that I have been a student midwife for a month now. The last 4 weeks have just flown by, with induction week, starting proper lectures and starting to learn some clinical skills. When they tell you the midwifery degree is intense, they aren’t lying! On Monday…
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Last week was the week that uni started ‘properly’. Our first week was all induction and intros, but last week we started midwifery lectures. It was great to feel like we had really got going, and that all continued this week. On Monday we had a day of biology. After…
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Last week was induction week at uni – we did a lot of paperwork, form filling and introductory things. Although it was exciting to be starting, we didn’t do anything much that was midwifery related. That changed this week! On Monday we did a whole day of the theory behind…
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