Category Archives: Placements 2014

So, it’s week 1 of my project!

I had a brief introduction day last week to get me accustomed to the site and the staff (most of whose names I promptly forgot…sorry!) which was a lot to take in, but definitely got me excited to get started. … Continue reading

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Supervision – Week 5

During my fifth week spent working for the HTS I got to sit in on a supervision meeting with the assistant psychologists who meet up monthly to talk about their past week and generally discuss what is going on in … 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 3 and I’m almost halfway through my placement!

So I’m already almost halfway through my placement and the past three weeks have flown by! Not too much has really changed since last week. We still don’t have our ID cards, but as everyone here says “It’s the NHS…”, … Continue reading

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Social Model Vs. Biological Model – Week 4

The fourth week at HTS was a nostalgic one to say the least. I would just like to take moment to appreciate I have actually been working at the hospital for a whole month. Time has gone by so quickly! … 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 2 – Getting into the swing of it

When I left you last it was the start of my second week and since then I’ve learnt a lot! So last week we really started getting into the proper work. Monday was spent doing the tedious task of looking … Continue reading

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Defining Dementia – Week 3

My third week working at HTS was busy, busy, busy! I have done over 200 entries of feedback forms and I’ve learnt even more about dementia. Firstly, I have learnt there are many types and levels of dementia, there is … 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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Week 1 – Lots of things to learn!

So it’s the start of my second week here at the William Harvey and I think that I might be starting to get an idea of what I’m supposed to be doing! Last week was quite busy and working 9 … Continue reading

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