Just a quickie to say I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and wishing all the best for the New Year!
x
Saturday, 29 December 2012
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Things to share
Well these posts are currently few and far between but I promise that will be changing in the new year, when all the real planning starts!
For now I'm in assignment hell (hence me updating this blog as a productive distraction) but found 2 wonderful things I'd like to share.
First of all I've stumbled upon this article with fab news of low cost pap smear tests being used in India:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20595131
An absolutely amazing advance in low-tech, low-cost screening.
Secondly, another student midwife is raising funds to train Midwives in Tanzania at the cost of £100 each. Last year enough was raised to train 3 new Tanzanian midwives through Save The Children as well as provide some supplies. It is a fantastic cause very close to my heart and in the festive spirit would like to share the link for any donations that any readers may consider giving
https://www.justgiving.com/train-a-midwife
So if I'm not back on here in the next couple of weeks I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas xxx
For now I'm in assignment hell (hence me updating this blog as a productive distraction) but found 2 wonderful things I'd like to share.
First of all I've stumbled upon this article with fab news of low cost pap smear tests being used in India:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20595131
An absolutely amazing advance in low-tech, low-cost screening.
Secondly, another student midwife is raising funds to train Midwives in Tanzania at the cost of £100 each. Last year enough was raised to train 3 new Tanzanian midwives through Save The Children as well as provide some supplies. It is a fantastic cause very close to my heart and in the festive spirit would like to share the link for any donations that any readers may consider giving
https://www.justgiving.com/train-a-midwife
So if I'm not back on here in the next couple of weeks I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas xxx
Saturday, 10 November 2012
Recent Excitement
Inevitably this trip of a lifetime is gonna cost a pretty penny, and being a student living off a bursary the pennies are even prettier!
So I recently took a trip to the big smoke, took the opportunity to meet up with several friends I've not seen in ages which was lovely! But the purpose of the visit to London was something much more productive, important and exciting. Several organisations offer scholarships for elective placements and I was invited for an interview for one of these scholarships. Competition is fierce and I'm proud to say that to get an interview I'm in the final 3 of applicants for this particular scholarship. And for the next step finalists had to give a presentation. I spent days preparing (try not judge me, I can be last minute but I only got invited for the interview 2 weeks prior, while on placement and having other big, time consuming things going on in life - as is typically the way when something important comes up at short notice!) and stressing and rehearsing and editing but I actually loved doing the actual presentation! I had a captive audience who were genuinely interested in what I had to say and want to go and do. It was the first exciting experience on this journey of mine.
So fingers crossed now :)
Started to look at flights, and so far they're generally cheaper than what I had budgeted for which is good.
Got an interesting Christmas wish list too: scrubs, malaria tablets, travel insurance to name a few lol
On a separate note, hope your poppies are ready for tomorrow x
So I recently took a trip to the big smoke, took the opportunity to meet up with several friends I've not seen in ages which was lovely! But the purpose of the visit to London was something much more productive, important and exciting. Several organisations offer scholarships for elective placements and I was invited for an interview for one of these scholarships. Competition is fierce and I'm proud to say that to get an interview I'm in the final 3 of applicants for this particular scholarship. And for the next step finalists had to give a presentation. I spent days preparing (try not judge me, I can be last minute but I only got invited for the interview 2 weeks prior, while on placement and having other big, time consuming things going on in life - as is typically the way when something important comes up at short notice!) and stressing and rehearsing and editing but I actually loved doing the actual presentation! I had a captive audience who were genuinely interested in what I had to say and want to go and do. It was the first exciting experience on this journey of mine.
So fingers crossed now :)
Started to look at flights, and so far they're generally cheaper than what I had budgeted for which is good.
Got an interesting Christmas wish list too: scrubs, malaria tablets, travel insurance to name a few lol
On a separate note, hope your poppies are ready for tomorrow x
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Best place to start is at the beginning...
So this is it!
I've dreamt about it, I've bored friends and family to death about it, and now it's finally begun!
I have booked my trip to Tanzania.
For those of you who don't know I'm a British Student Midwife and in August 2013 I'm going to be jetting off to Tanzania to have a gander at what midwifery is like there!
And now it's officially happening!
This blog is going to include the big run up to the trip; planning, fund raising, inoculations o_O the days I get scared about doing something so huge all on my own and what I'll be packing! Then I'll be updating as often as I can once there of the amazing eye opening experiences I have both in a professional sense and the fun I'll have as a tourist. And once I'm back I'll hopefully have time to go into more depth of what I got up to and how it's changed me as a person and as a SMW.
So watch this space :)
x
I've dreamt about it, I've bored friends and family to death about it, and now it's finally begun!
I have booked my trip to Tanzania.
For those of you who don't know I'm a British Student Midwife and in August 2013 I'm going to be jetting off to Tanzania to have a gander at what midwifery is like there!
And now it's officially happening!
This blog is going to include the big run up to the trip; planning, fund raising, inoculations o_O the days I get scared about doing something so huge all on my own and what I'll be packing! Then I'll be updating as often as I can once there of the amazing eye opening experiences I have both in a professional sense and the fun I'll have as a tourist. And once I'm back I'll hopefully have time to go into more depth of what I got up to and how it's changed me as a person and as a SMW.
So watch this space :)
x
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