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Hey guys! Welcome back to the channel.
If you're new here, I'm Sebastian,
a medical student from Australia.
And it is currently a Saturday.
It is about 10:00 right now.
And we have just finished two weeks of our new rotation
and we've learned a lot of new content.
So it's just been two weeks of online lectures.
There's a lot of topics to cover, a lot of things to review,
so I'm going to make a start on them now.
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So the new rotation is called perinatal and women's health.
And it encompasses a few different specialties
including obstetrics which is the branch of medicine
concerning child birth and midwifery.
Gynecology which is diseases and conditions affecting
women and girls, especially those
of the reproductive or endocrine system.
And neonatology which is looking after
newborn babies.
And so, this is considered a specialty block
compared to a general block which is more like surgery
and internal medicine.
So there's a lot of content to cover because it's a lot
of stuff that we haven't really been thought before,
especially in our pre-clinical years, years 1 and 2.
We didn't get much exposure to these topics.
So far I've been finding it challenging
but also really interesting.
And I'm going to try crack on to a lecture 2
and explain how the rest of the term works.
So as you can see, I have made a Notion page
for the new rotation.
And I've got a list of all the online prerecorded lectures.
So these were lectures from previous years,
and I've divided them into the different specialties.
So, obstetrics, gynecology, and neonatology.
I'm currently up to contraception.
And I've got the lecture on the other page here,
so I'll make a start of it now.
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All right. So I just finished one of the lectures.
And apart from these previous years prerecorded lectures,
we've actually had a set scheduled for these past two weeks,
which consists pretty much of back-to-back lectures
through the day. And I'll start from somewhere
between 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
And they've been finishing it around 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
And they've been covering a whole range of concepts.
Things like STIs and pelvic inflammatory disease,
neonatal x-rays,
antepartum and postpartum hemorrhage,
menopause, ectopic pregnancy.
Pretty much like all the things that you'd expect
in obstetrics and gynecology.
And the reason why they're doing this
is because next week when we go onto the wards,
we'll be seeing things like this. And we'll need to have had
some prerequisite knowledge, and so we can be more engaged
and ask more questions when we're speaking
to the doctors, the midwives, and nurses.
And we're just more beneficial for our learning.
So I'm going to keep moving on with the lectures,
and the next one is infertility.
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So I made myself a quick ice latte.
I'm not a huge fan of the bitter taste
that coffee has, so I prefer to have it
with a lot of milk and in this form
because it tastes a little bit nicer I think.
But anyways, what I wanted to talk about
was the reason why our lectures are now being delivered
through Zoom, in an online format.
Normally we'd have them in person,
we'd be able to go to the hospital and see
the lecturers, and really get the hands-on experience,
be able to see a lot of classmates.
But currently Sydney is in lockdown,
and we are in lockdown until the end of the month,
until August the 28th, which means that we have restrictions
to visitors. So no visitors are allowed.
And we're only allowed to go to the shops
to get essential groceries and stuff like that.
And we're only allowed to exercise with a maximum
of two people.
So, I went and play tennis with a friend last week,
and that would be considered okay.
But if you were trying to do an 11-a-side soccer game,
that wouldn't be allowed.
And what that is meant for us as medical students
is that firstly, lectures are now online
compared to in person.
And it's going to change the clinical experience
when we go to the hospital part of rotation next week.
Normally we'd be able to go around different departments.
So for example, shadowing a midwife
and doing home visits. Or being able to go
to the gynecological theatres.
Yes, we'd be able to still do some of that
but it's restricted. And so, there's no home visits now.
A lot of the surgeries, and in particular the non-urgent
elective surgeries, are all postponed
until the end of lockdown.
And there'll be restrictions into clinics.
So a lot of people won't be coming into the hospital.
There'll be a lot of telehealth consults
and it's really going to change how we interact
with patients and how many people are allowed to be
on the wards, seeing patients.
The reason why we're still able to go to a hospital
is because we're considered an essential education,
meaning that we need to be able to go
to the hospital on a rotation in order to learn.
And now the requirement to that in order to attend
our hospital placement, we have to have had
a COVID vaccination. And so, if you haven't had one yet
or are not planning to, then you won't be able to attend.
That's sort of affected me because I was a late
to the party when it came to receiving my vaccination.
I'm double vaccinated now, but I didn't get it
until last month.
And this was before the news of all the lockdown changes.
So definitely affected a lot of people
in a lot of ways.
I hope you're keeping safe, keeping to the...
your local government area guidelines,
safe hygiene practices wearing masks.
And hopefully, if you have access to getting the vaccination,
I'd urged you to get them. I think it's important
that everybody gets it.
But onto different things, it is approaching lunchtime
and I haven't really got heaps of stuff down
so I better get back to it.
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So I just finished going through about four lectures.
The last one was cervical cancer. And what's interesting
is that the incidents of cervical cancer
in Australia now is I think about 5.5
in 100,000 which is one of the lowest
across the developed nations.
And I think that's mainly due to things
like the national cervical screening program.
And also the availability of the HPV vaccination
which is offered to children in high school
both boys and girls. And I think the
HPV vaccination Gardasil was invented
by an Australian physician, so that's pretty cool.
With these lectures, I feel that if you're
only doing lectures the whole day,
you will go absolutely insane.
So I've been trying to break them up
using different resources. And I'm a big fan
of doing practice questions.
So I'm going to try crack out as many questions
as I can before lunchtime.
So before I start any study session,
I always like to have a pomodoro timer
in the background. So I'm using this website
called Pomofocus which is pretty good
to set a 15-minute timer.
I also have some classical music ready to play
in the background.
And that will put me in the mood to getting focused.
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All right guys. So I thought I quickly show you
what an example question could look like.
Ignore my terrible score of 50%. But having a read,
it says a 69-year-old female arrives into your clinic
complaining of recent urgency to pass urine
and increased frequency.
This is followed by leakage of urine.
The urinary dipstick is negative
and you don't suspect malignancy.
The likely diagnosis is urgency urinary incontinence.
With this in mind, what is the best initial option
to manage this patient's condition.
And the five options are bladder retraining,
referral to a specialist for botulin injections,
pelvic floor muscle training, prescribe oxybutynin,
or advise her to use absorbent products
and toileting aids.
And so the question's asking what is the best initial option
to manage urged urinary incontinence.
So urged urinary incontinence is usually overactivity
of the detrusor muscle of the bladder.
In terms of the first line treatment,
you probably tell this lady that bladder retraining
is one way to go about it.
So that's trying to increase the intervals
for when you have to go the toilet.
So let's select it. And when we select it,
it's correct. Whoo.
And 74% of people answered this correctly.
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Hi guys. So I picked up some food.
Mom kindly made some sandwhiches for lunch.
Thanks mom.
So I'm going to have a quick study break.
So I'm going to watch some Netflix.
I'm watching the show called Meteor Garden,
which is this Chinese drama.
It's a little bit corny, but as you... some of you guys
would know, I've been learning Mandarin Chinese
for over a year.
And it's all the polyglots online would tell you
that the best way to learn is to get exposed
in the language.
And if you guys are learning a language,
one really cool Chrome extension that you can get
is called "Learning Languages with Netflix".
It allows you to put two subtitles on the screen
at one time.
So in my case, it's English and Simplified Chinese.
If you want to study while watching TV,
that's one way to do it.
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I just finished an episode.
And it's about 3:00 right now.
And the reason why I take a break around this time
of the day is because I found that midafternoon
is when I get that afternoon low,
and I don't really focus well.
And so, if you guys are planning for a study day
or preparing for an exam, I think it's important
to work out when you're most focused
and make sure that you study during that time.
So right now I'm going to do a little bit
of Chinese Anki, and then I'll get back
into the med lectures later on.
(foreign language - Mandarin Chinese)
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Finished up all my daily anki reviews
and I've now changed scenery.
I am sitting on this new couch that I got Last week.
I don't know if you guys can tell from the video.
And my girlfriend Deb was teasing me saying
that I've never used the couch, I would never sit on it,
it would just be here in the room serving no function,
no... you know, real function.
But here I am, I'm sitting on the couch.
I'm using it.
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Just finished a set doing squats behind me.
It's a leg day which is probably
my least favorite day 'cause I find it
the most physically tiring. I don't know.
I get puffed out. Maybe I'm just unfit for...
(pants)
So finished reviewing some lectures earlier.
Managed to cover four of them, and it is now
just a little after 7:00.
Going to smash out this workout and I'm then I'll probably
grab dinner afterwards.
So when it comes to training, I only really got back
into sort of resistance training or weightlifting
about two months ago. And I've been trying my best
to do at least three times a week.
My brother puts me into shame. He's in here six times a week,
but I feel that three times, four times a week
is something that's doable if you have a busy schedule.
And there's always benefits to exercise,
whether it'd be through cognitive health,
improving bone health, feeling better,
being in a good mood and you know,
if you go enough, you'll look better hopefully.
That's my timer saying that I have another set to go to.
So I'm going to finish the rest of this workout
and I'll see you guys after dinner.
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All right guys. So I'm back in my room.
I'm all nice and snugged in my trusty blue hoodie.
Deb and I ordered some new hoodies.
We're getting these penguin ones which she has
in Canberra.
But obviously because of lockdown,
she can't come to visit yet. So when she comes back,
I'll get them and you might see them
in the future video.
But it's about 8:30 right now and the plan
is I might try cover one or two more topics
before about 10:00.
I'll start with prenatal diagnosis and do a little bit
of urogynecology.
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But that's going to wrap up all the study.
I'll probably go on to play some video games
and just chill for the rest of the night.
But I hope this video gave you some study motivation.
If you're preparing for an exam or working
on assignment, best of luck.
And I hope you guys are keeping safe
and looking after yourself.
If you enjoyed the video, be sure to hit that like button,
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I'll put a link to a playlist with all my medical school vlogs
if you want to check them out.
And until next time. This was Sebastian. Stay sharp.
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Also, if you guys didn't notice, check out this thing.
Came in the mail last week and I was pretty excited
to put it up. So...
Anyways, thanks so much for all the support.
See you next time!