On the 26th of March, I got on the train at 6:30am to start a week long TY Program in the Royal College of Surgeons new building on York St.
When I arrived, I was given my name tag and brought into the Desmond Auditorium along with another 200 TY Students. The auditorium was huge, it could seat hundreds of people and it had two massive TV Screens that would dwarf an average wall that you would find in any house.
Our first day was mostly introductory, but after we were introduced to the college, we had a presentation and Q&A with a General Practitioner followed by another presentation and Q&A with senior RCSI Students to speak with us about the life of a surgeon.
At the end of the first day we had a surgeon named James Paul O’Neill come into us to talk about his chosen field and we also watched him complete a tonsillectomy whereby he removed a cancer from someone’s tonsils. Whilst it was slightly disgusting, it was really fascinating to see how the operation was completed.
On the second day, we began by having a person who had a double lung transplant come in to talk to us about her condition and how her lung usage was down to 30% and how the transplant saved her life.
After that we had a heart surgeon come in to talk to us about the very specialised field that he worked in. He spoke of how he was able to remove the heart and lungs by bypassing the organs using machines. Unbelievably fascinating.
Next up we had a patient and a doctor come in to talk to us about how the doctor removed a benign tumor from the patients esophagus through key-hole surgery, which was amazing to learn about.
After a small break we came back to watch a Cesarean Section live from the Rotunda Maternity Hospital. After the surgery we had a Q&A with Dr. Malone over a live stream.
After Lunch we were split into groups and my group was taught how to apply a cast to a broken wrist. Although I had to walk around for an hour with a cast, it was still really good.
After the whole cast situation, we were given these VR headsets called Google Cardboard. We had to slide in our phones and using the cardboard, we could easily watch operations in a 360 degree format.
When I left the college I would not get to go back because the “ Beast from the East” would shut it down for the rest of the week. Hopefully it will be rescheduled but until then. This is it, irt was an amazing 2 days that gave me a great insight into life as a surgeon, and it was an experience that I will never forget.
When I arrived, I was given my name tag and brought into the Desmond Auditorium along with another 200 TY Students. The auditorium was huge, it could seat hundreds of people and it had two massive TV Screens that would dwarf an average wall that you would find in any house.
Our first day was mostly introductory, but after we were introduced to the college, we had a presentation and Q&A with a General Practitioner followed by another presentation and Q&A with senior RCSI Students to speak with us about the life of a surgeon.
At the end of the first day we had a surgeon named James Paul O’Neill come into us to talk about his chosen field and we also watched him complete a tonsillectomy whereby he removed a cancer from someone’s tonsils. Whilst it was slightly disgusting, it was really fascinating to see how the operation was completed.
On the second day, we began by having a person who had a double lung transplant come in to talk to us about her condition and how her lung usage was down to 30% and how the transplant saved her life.
After that we had a heart surgeon come in to talk to us about the very specialised field that he worked in. He spoke of how he was able to remove the heart and lungs by bypassing the organs using machines. Unbelievably fascinating.
Next up we had a patient and a doctor come in to talk to us about how the doctor removed a benign tumor from the patients esophagus through key-hole surgery, which was amazing to learn about.
After a small break we came back to watch a Cesarean Section live from the Rotunda Maternity Hospital. After the surgery we had a Q&A with Dr. Malone over a live stream.
After Lunch we were split into groups and my group was taught how to apply a cast to a broken wrist. Although I had to walk around for an hour with a cast, it was still really good.
After the whole cast situation, we were given these VR headsets called Google Cardboard. We had to slide in our phones and using the cardboard, we could easily watch operations in a 360 degree format.
When I left the college I would not get to go back because the “ Beast from the East” would shut it down for the rest of the week. Hopefully it will be rescheduled but until then. This is it, irt was an amazing 2 days that gave me a great insight into life as a surgeon, and it was an experience that I will never forget.