Thursday, April 26, 2007

Paolo Nutini Brixton 24 April 07













Ne-yo feat. Fabolous Make Me Better. Sick Timbo production again. You by Lloyd feat. Lil Wayne is also on heavy rotation at the moment. My friend and I enjoyed a bottle beer each feeling like prisoners who had been unchained from our revision desks for the day. Shock horror, the world does not revolve around medicine and the rest of the population is enjoying their lives.


Paolo made us wait two hours for him. Ghost who I am not familiar with entertained the crowd in the interim. The crowd was dominated by pre-pubescent youngsters some of whom had clearly never been out in public let alone to a concert. Screaming,sitting on the floor, being rude to people and pushing is not normal behaviour. Despite the distractions Paolo with his distinctive voice proved himself as a quality Brit act. The band were dispensable and I'd have preferred an acoustic set.


Why should trainees go overseas because the government chooses to spend more time and effort on an IT system than the future of it's medical trainees? Why were the personal details of F1 applicants available publicly on the MTAS website?

Let us set an exam of a high standards so that successful candidates from our school are seen as top notch. It makes sense but MTAS gives no preference to those who sit more rigorous finals. Why after six years of training are we feeling so unprepared for finals. External revision courses should be a choice but the huge attendance from our school would indicate the majority of us see them as a necessity. There should be more emphasis on hands on experience and clinical anatomy teaching as opposed to comm skills. In a couple of years I hope I will be one of the lucky few with a job and all this hoo ha will be a remote memory.

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