I do remember the hardest times during my pediatric rotation when I used to watch premature babies with respiratory distress syndrome die at the neonatal intensive care unit because there wasn't a respiratory care unit at the maternity hospital where I was working.
As a senior medical student at Imperial College London, I find myself exposed to a range of medical and surgical specialties during my clinical rotations — each of them presenting different problems, but managed in the same three stages: conservative, medical and surgical management.
I witnessed this situation in a powerful way during my internal medicine rotation when I had my first experience with a patient diagnosed with sickle cell anemia.
The urology rotation during my third year of medical school might best be described as a boys' club, often characterized by infighting, one-upmanship and sexual humor.
While on an elective oncology rotation during my third year of medical school, Carla was the first patient I was assigned to monitor.
A clinical female student confided, "... Before I wanted to be a surgeon, because I thought they were cool... Now I want to be in pediatrics because I really enjoyed the atmosphere during my 5 th year rotation".
For example under supervision I learnt how to administer injections during my first year COBES rotations".
"This is the most exciting case I've been part of during my two years of clinical rotations in veterinary school," said vet student Barr Hadar.
This helped me to maintain my motivation during the rotation".
I couldn't recall the event – it occurred during the A&E rotation of my GP training in 2014.
