Maple Leaf Medic

The misadventures of a final year medical student whilst on elective in Montreal (Too much aliteration?), doing psychiatry. Names and details have been changed.

Wednesday, 21 November 2007

Je me souviens

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So I arrived back in Montreal, yesterday morning to find- it had snowed! Except it was like London snow- thin and patch with grey slush on t...

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Sunday, 18 November 2007

On The Road

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Travelling this week, on the other side of the country. I decided to do away with my "European thinking" and not think that a 6 ho...

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Sunday, 11 November 2007

Manic episode

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So I've finished my work here, and am off for a week of travelling. I can't say I'm too sad. It's been interesting, but it...

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Thursday, 8 November 2007

Hyperthymia

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I submitted my MTAS form today! Hurrah! In the end I got so sick of it: I would look at my answers to questions I had read a thousand times ...

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Monday, 5 November 2007

Confabulation

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There comes a time, in fact several times, in a medical student’s career, where your heart sinks in a consultation. Often when you realise: ...

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Sunday, 4 November 2007

Fake Blood, Real Life

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I've been a bit sad this past week. Not because I'm having a bad time, if anything it's becuase I'm having such a great time...

Thursday, 1 November 2007

I can't really think of a suitable title for this one...

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When you tell people you're doing a Paediatrics firm, people often say "Sick kids....that must be hard." These are (mostly) no...

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Maple Leaf Medic: Maple Leaf Medic is a British medical student trying to understand psychiatric patients, not least in another language. When she's not writing about her accent or 'amusing' differences in medical jargon, she might talk about how beautiful this city really is.

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