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Had a good week medically this week. In fact the last few weeks have been pretty good, although nothing overly dramatic. I still enjoy the on call / emergency stuff the most as it lets one exercise the diagnostic and management side of medicine. Why is that good? Because in order to pick a management option you have to actually make a decision - something many med students and junior doctors tend to shy away from. Fortunately everything I do gets run by a doc. So it's nice to have that safety net :)

Anyway, my on-call day this week was quite busy. I really enjoyed it. Started with a dog bite, then conscious collapse, a ?pancreatitis, an atypical cardiac presentation, another chest pain, a ?cholecystitis, a classic URTI and then a non-specific abdo to finish.

I think that's why I like ED/ rural GP stuff. Good history, good examination, some procedural work and sufficient variety to keep the mind stimulated.

I'm starting to wonder whether I'm developing inclinations to certain areas of medicine!