 Are you ready? Yep. So, what is up guys? Karma Medic here and welcome back to another dose. I'm joined on the channel today by Kenji. He's back. He's in my room this time. The crib. And the Karma Medic uh, what was it? Casa de Karma. So today I wanted to do a little bit more of a chilled video, a little bit more of a conversational one. Just talking about like what is King's second year medical school like? Just give sort of our insight how the structure of the course works. What it is we do on a weekly basis. So yeah, let's just get into it. Let's chat man. Let's just have a chat. Overall, general, I'd say second year has been super chill compared to first year. Yeah, that's so much more free time. So much more free time. Like right now it's recorded this on a Tuesday. We just had an exam yesterday. We have nothing to do today so we've been playing Xbox all day. And it feels pretty good. Feels really good. Not upset at all. Like both of us in our previous degree chilling on a Tuesday would have been impossible. No chance. We were both like grinding grinding grinding working hard. First year was a lot more like stressed out. First year was like lectures so many times a week. Tutorials, directions, everything. Yeah, last year at medical school it was still easier than our undergrad degree. I think we both agree on that. But it was still really really packed. Lectures every day almost nine to five between lectures, workshops, dissections, tutorials, whatever it was hectic. And I did Biomed by the way for my last degree. So Biomed in the University of Birmingham. Yeah, I did immunology, biotechnology and microbiology at the University of Toronto. So yeah, we both had like a very heavy life science background. Should we start off by saying like an overview of what our week's like, a general overview? For my laptop, it's about to die. So grab me the cable real quick. Thanks bro. Can we reach? Yeah, yeah. So Kenji is going to walk us through what a week is like for second year medical students at King's. Yep. So Monday is lectures. So we normally have around four or five, six lectures. Sometimes it's nine to five. It's usually on Guy's campus. But sometimes it can be on Denmark Hill campus. Yeah. It can be on St. Thomas hospital as well. But Monday is a generous lectures. Yeah. Tuesdays we have hospitals or GP. So for me, I have hospitals on Tuesday. Same. You have hospitals as well? Yeah. Wednesday, it's dissection. No, not dissection. Anatomy. Anatomy, yeah. But it's not every week. It tends to be like every, every other week or every three weeks. Even less like we're supposed to have a bunch of dissection. We did all kind of like dissection except for limbs last year. And so we were very excited to get started on limbs this year, but it's been very slow. We've had what's called surface anatomy. So we'll delve deeper into that later. But basically, we haven't had dissection yet. Oh, yeah. It's like almost December. Well, it's November. But anyway, first half of the year is almost over. So I'm pretty sad about that. Yeah, me too, actually. I was really forced out. Dissection is the best. Thursday, we're supposed to have a scholarly project, which will be starting in January. So right now, Thursdays are mostly off, which adds to how chill it is. And then Friday's, we have the other thing. So we have hospitals on Tuesday. And then Friday's is GP for us. And the time really does vary. So for my GP, we start at quarter past seven in the morning, which is really long because it means I have to get out of bed at like five a.m. Which is good though, because it means we leave really early. So we get to leave at like 1.30 p.m. So it does vary. What is your GP like? So my GP, if you're sitting in with the GP and talking to patients doing, taking histories, then you're in at eight in the morning. And if you're coming in sort of for the workshop after the history taking, then we come in for 11. And generally we're done by like 1.32. And then we usually leave to go to our home visits. Check out my video on that. You haven't seen it already. So yeah, it really varies. And it varies with the GP that you have. Some GPs want you there nine to five doing everything. Some of them just want you there for a couple of hours. So it's kind of a gamble, really. Definitely. And I find them to be the most like tiring days. So hospital GP for me, like it's a right off. Like I go to hospital, go to GP. And the rest of the day, I just spend like having a nap, like a very long nap. Or it's just nothing productive. Yeah, I find it so hard to actually do work I wake up at 5.45 to get to the hospital for the 8am handover on the wards. So it really is like, it takes a lot of me to get up that early and commuting as well. Because some of us, so I'm in East London. I'm in Greenwich for my GP, which is like, maybe an hour away, which is not too bad. But you have to take into account that you're commuting and that's an extra hour. You need to get up early to make sure you're there on time. Because if you're late, that's not good. Yeah. So to wrap up GP general practice, basically you go and generally you either do like a workshop where we go through what's been assigned for the GP learning that week. Yeah. Or you sit in with patients and actually take patient histories, do medical histories and sort of practice those skills. Yeah. So we've been given like a portfolio this year where we have to like take off. So we've been given a portfolio this year where we have to take off some medical, some clinical skills. So for example, do you want to read out like what we have? Yeah. So we have a couple of clinical skills to do throughout the year. I mean, these can be done either in the hospital or in the GP. For example, some of them include taking nose, throat and skin swabs. There's some really basic ones like safe disposal of sharps. Also washing your hands properly, believe it or not. That is a skill that a doctor needs to watch you do and skin you off on. There's advising patients on how to collect a midstream urine specimen, instructing patients on how to use inhalers. Yeah. So these are all things that we need to get signed off by our GP or any doctor in hospital. As NASA said, in the mornings, we usually have the workshop learning session. So for example, like we had smoking cessation, we had giving a flu vaccine. So that is like topics that we discuss in the GP with our GP user. And then once every four weeks for us, I don't know how often it's for you, but once every four weeks for us, we sit in with our GP. Exactly. So we sit side by side with the GP in the consultation with patients. And it's pretty fun because one of the two weeks ago, I actually got to give a flu vaccine. Yeah. So we actually get to interact with patients, take histories, perform treatment, like giving flu vaccines. And yeah, they're really, really fun. I learned so much. You know, you get to do some really real things as well. Yeah, I enjoy GP. Yeah, definitely. Amazing. Yeah. On par with hospital. Definitely. Yeah. So hospitals is another thing. So in the hospitals, we normally go around like, was it different different awards? Do you do that as well? Yeah. So you're a human development, right? Yeah. I'm human vehicle. Yeah. So we have like different types of blocks, teaching blocks. Yeah. So there's human development this year, there's aging, inflammation and supporting life. And we all start off on different blocks. Yeah. So I started off with a human development, same as you. Same. But some of our friends are on the different types of blocks. And again, it varies a bit. So I normally go in for 9am in the morning to receive the handover and start the ward round. And then in my hospital, we go around the ward. We see all the patients all the way up until like 11am, I think it is. Yeah, something like that. And then at 11am, we have like an MDT meeting. And then we get to go for lunch around half 12. And then the afternoon at 2pm, we have teaching sessions. So it could be anything from venue puncher. So learning to take blood. Or it could be, yeah, that's really sick, actually. Or it could be just something on the topic that we've been learning. So human development, it could be actually, I'm on aging. In the afternoons, we have topics like dementia. So we learn about dementia or something relevant to aging. Okay. Yeah. It really differs again from what hospital you're in, what ward you're on. So me and Kenji are both in different hospitals. And we're doing different blocks. In King's, we have three hospitals. So GKT. So Guy's, King's, St. Thomas's. But we also have Lewisham as well. Lewisham, yeah. So any of us can be placed in any one of these teaching hospitals. And the teaching varies between each hospital. So for example, in our first week at my hospital, we were taught to take blood. You didn't receive that. No, I didn't get that. So the teaching does vary. So that's a huge point for coming into second year of medical school. Each individual student's experience is going to be so different. Yeah. And like even in the hospital, when I'm assigned to a ward each week, I'm by myself. I'm not with any other students. So you know, what I do that week is going to be totally different from what another student does in the same ward the next week. So teaching really varies. And that's kind of scary. You have to like, you have to go out there by yourself and like introduce yourself to people and say, Hey, like I want to learn, let me follow you. Let me see what you're up to. It's a very different ball game than sitting in lectures and taking notes. And a lot of times you guide your own learning. So for example, I was in psychiatry for just one of these extra curricular things. And the doctor came up to me and was like, what do you want to do today? You know, you can do whatever you want. So I was like, actually, I've never taken blood before from a patient. And she let me take blood from a patient, which was, which is crazy. So you do direct your own learning and you tell them what you want to, what you want to get out of it. And it's really nice being a hospital because the last time we were in hospitals, it was doing our work experience. Yeah, we could do nothing. We couldn't like talk to patients alone. We couldn't like touch the patient. Whereas now we actually have responsibility and things to do. And like, this is the point where we're actually doing real medicine. Like this is what we wanted to do ever since we applied for medicine. And of course, both of us didn't undergraduate degree as well. So, you know, we've been, we've been working towards this for a long time. So it feels great to finally be here. So we've talked about GPs, we've talked about the hospital as well. Another really big change for second year is the introduction of progress tests. So what progress tests are, you know what, do you want to explain process? Yeah, why not? So progress tests are basically tests that test your progress really test your progress. So in second year, we have three progress tests. We had one yesterday. We have one in January and we have one in May as well. And the one we had yesterday, we've only done about an eighth of the actual content. Yeah. The one we sat yesterday was the year three exam. And even though one year two, they give us, yeah, you know, the year three exam content. And we're not expected to do amazing on the first ones, but it's supposed to show progress. The more, the more you learn, the more exam you do. Yeah. And the one we sat today and the one in January, we're not, we don't have to pass. Yes. The one in May, we do have to pass to move on to year three. There's a huge shift in like the topic content of the questions. Yeah. So last year, the questions would just ask about like some specific pathway in a mechanism or it's very scientific. Super science, super basic science, similar to high school, but harder, let's say. Whereas now this progress test, every single question was along the lines of like a 55 year old patient comes in presenting with this much blood pressure, this much blood sugar, these levels of potassium, you know, symptoms or symptoms, whatever, like what's your management plan? What's the initial thing you should do? What medicine should you prescribe? Yeah. We haven't learned any of that, by the way. Yeah. This is all like brand Utah. So lots of guessing went on. Yeah, definitely. But it's expected. Yeah. So like Kenji mentioned before, we have a scholarly project to do for the first half of this year, which is sort of like a super simple assignment, learning about the methodologies of different research. And for the second half of the year, we have what's called the student selected component. So we actually had the deadline to choose which one we wanted about a week ago. And we get an option of something like 53, 54. There's a lot of options. And these range from like the arts and humanities to global health, humanities, medical humanities, clinical stuff as well, like surgical stuff, languages as well. So you can choose a language. This is quite a nice area where you can just go into what you're interested in, and it doesn't have to be medicine. So it could be something completely different, completely random. I chose a clinical one. So I chose a surgical one actually. Yeah. I've also gone for something a bit clinical. We're waiting to hear back what our decision was. We got a decision earlier today, but now we've received an email saying it might be incorrect. So we'll see what happens. The cool thing about it is that some of them, for example, are like about making a video, like you're assessed by making a video or you're assessed by making a presentation for the community. So there's a lot more things than just pure scientific research, pure papers, things like that. Which is good because if you're like a crazy person or an arty sort of person, you can go into that area and do what you enjoy. It's not strictly medicine. So yeah, that's really, really good. There's one for photography as well. Yeah, I'll think about doing that one as well. There's a lot of stuff you can choose from. Is that something new in second year as well? So like we said before about lectures, it's only on Mondays now and it's really less lectures. Everything is easier in that sense. Workshops, we have almost none. The only things we have now are surface anatomy, which is basically when one of us takes our shirts off in a class of like 14 people. Make sure you're trading in the gym for that. Yeah, make sure you're looking buff and ready. And yeah, basically all the students get to like, we did it for the chest and abdomen. So all the students get to touch, you know, you as a patient and figure out where all the different landmarks are, like where the different internal organs and structures are. Normal examinations as well. Yeah, everything on surface really. Yeah. So you know, it's kind of getting you used to seeing a patient exposed and knowing where all the internal organs are that you've learned about when looking at a patient because obviously they're not open like they are in the anatomy textbooks. Yeah. So yeah, it's a good experience too. And it's super helpful as well. I think like practicing your first year knowledge of anatomy has been it's been so good. You just go over it one more time because I forgot a lot. Oh my god, I forgot so much. Yeah, so it's really helpful opportunity just to you know, recap all the knowledge you've done since last year. Yeah. Before we wrap it up, I'll talk about our social life. So definitely in second year, there's a lot more time to socialize, I think. Yeah, it's gone. So obviously there's guys bar on Wednesday. So if you haven't heard about guys bar, go and hear about it. But on Wednesdays, we have a sport tonight. Yeah. So even if you don't play sport, you can just go and have fun with your friends. I think if you're at UCL at Imperial, as long as you're a student, you can come to Kings. So yeah, Wednesday's sports night, we do go through sometimes. We play ping pong quite a lot now. Oh my god, we have we have a huge beef with ping pong. We need to definitely record another video. We do. I'm just playing ping pong. If you guys are interested in a ping pong championship between me Kenji and some other people, let us know. Let us know. Yeah, we beef a lot about ping pong. In between lectures or even like days off, like we go and play ping pong quite a lot. Any chance we get. So yesterday, so we had an exam yesterday. Straight after the exam, like we had a drink of local pub and then went to my accommodation and played ping pong for like two hours. So there's a lot more times to just have fun and generally, I think. Yeah, yeah. We both go out like quite a bit more often, weekends and weekdays. Yeah, it might change towards the end of the year. I mean, yeah, you know, January definitely will change, I think. We start projects on Thursday. Yeah, students like good components. Yeah, but as of now, like up until December, I think it's pretty chill. Pretty chill. Yeah. I'm sure if we watch this video back when we're in 50, we'll be like, what are we all about? Which we had that much time. Yeah, for real. But it's still strong, passionate and excited about medicine. Definitely. A lot more than ever. I think, yeah, just get through the doors first. I think for us too, it's so hard getting through the doors. Yeah. You know, open the doors, get into medicine and you'll have a lot more time to just enjoy yourself. You know, I'm definitely catching up on, you know, what I missed out on my third year because I spent so much time in third year trying to get into med school. But once you're in med school, you can kind of, you know, just steer the boat, you know, like you're on the boat, you're made onto the boat, just steer it now. You've made it. Yeah, just, you know, and it's not like do or die anymore. As long as you pass exams, you work hard, you'll become a doctor. Yeah, they really want you to pass. They want to help you. They want you to succeed. Put in the work now. Like seriously, like work hard. I know it sucks. There's so much to do with applications and interviews and whatever, but put in the work. It'll get easier. It's promise. It's all worth it when you make it. Super worth it. Thanks so much for watching. If you like this video, do leave a like, subscribe to both of our channels, check us out on Instagram as well for more daily updates about medical school. And yeah, guys, we'll see you in the next one. See that? Yeah. Peace.