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Week 7: Continuing On

This week we have continued to collect patient files and enter their data into the spreadsheet (about 70% have been filled in now). We have also started going into the other two health record sites at the hospital that we … Continue reading

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Week 6: Lots of Data Entering

This week we have been continuing to collect the paper patient files and enter the SUTO data into the spreadsheet. In order to keep in track of all of the different files and where to find them (there’s files that … Continue reading

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Week 5: File Collection Commences

This week we have finally been able to start collecting patient files from health records for use within the SUTO project. It was quite difficult to get this approval though, with a number of people disagreeing about the type of ID needed for … Continue reading

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Week 4: Halfway through

This has been quite a stressful week! I’ve had a lot going in the past few days, including moving house, interviews and examinations (so I’ve been kept quite busy!). Luckily everyone’s been really supportive though and by managing my time well … Continue reading

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Week 3: Piles and Piles of Patient Files

Having now completed my third week at the William Harvey, time is certainly going faster than I expected. I’ve spent much of my week concentrating on the same SUTO work and completing more practice OSA questions. We also finally finished checking … Continue reading

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Week 2: Getting into the Routine

I have now finished my second week of working at the William Harvey hospital. Although I found myself moaning about working full-time (although I guess who doesn’t?!), the week actually went really quickly. I’ve now settled into the office routine … Continue reading

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Week One: Starting Off

My first week at William Harvey has been full of getting to grips with exactly what it is I’m going to be doing and trying to remember what the variety of terms being used by clinicians actually mean. I started … Continue reading

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