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Being a fan of my hometown’s football team Leicester, Nottingham was seen as one of my rivals! Despite my reservations, Nottingham proved to be an amazing city with so much to offer (and I have to admit I wouldn’t have wanted to go anywhere else)!.

At university I’ve thrown myself into lots of different activities. Being a keen table tennis player I continued this and was able to represent Nottingham University. Although my course keeps me busy, I always make sure I have time to play sports!

Despite not being the best singer or dancer, this academic year I also had an amazing time being in the cast of  the Medic’s Musical performance of West Side Story. Check out the photo of me and the rest of the Shark boys backstage!

At Nottingham, the first two and half years involve lectures, lab sessions and dissection covering science behind medicine. In third year, you also get the opportunity to complete a research project (mine was on the behaviour of immune cells). The rest of the course is made up of clinical placements across different specialities, in hospitals around the Midlands.

This year, I have completed rotations in psychiatry, obstetrics and gynaecology, dermatology and ophthalmology. It’s been a great opportunity to learn about and experience so many different careers. I’m currently on my GP placement. As medical students, we have our own room where we can take histories from patients and then present them to the GP. What attracts me to General Practice is the variety of patients you meet and not knowing what your next challenge will be.

I’m currently on my GP placement. As I mentioned before, I am given a room where I have the opportunity to talk to patients about their symptoms and explore what course of action will help them. There’s always a GP on hand who I can ask for help. Being a GP is very exciting as you don’t know who will walk through the door next. Also, as a GP you see patients with a huge variety of different medical and surgical conditions.

During hospital placements, a typical day will involve shadowing the doctor on the ward and helping them with their tasks. In addition, I also have the opportunity to practice history taking and examination skills with patients. Doctors also provide teaching sessions about different conditions and how to treat them.