It's that time of year again

We had one of our regular teaching sessions at TheBigTeachingHospitalDownTheRoad today. I actually quite like these afternoons, it gives us a break from the day-to-day clinical work and also allows us to meet up with junior anaesthetists from other hospitals in the region and it gives us a chance to swap stories and just have a good old-fashioned gossip.

There was something different about it today, though. When I arrived at the Postgraduate Centre at TheBigTeachingHospitalDownTheRoad, I was surprised to see that the foyer was really packed. It was full of smartly dressed young men and women and lots of them had a glassy-eyed, haunted expression. There were several young women crying and being comforted by their friends and it took me a moment or two to figure out what on earth was going on.

Then it hit me. Of course! It’s that time of year again.

We don’t have medical students at my current hospital, so I’m a bit out of the loop, but I’d like to wish all the final year medical students sitting their medical finals the very best of luck. I’m thinking of you.