Confessions of a Doctoholic

Hi, I'm Hafsa Slaiman, intern, wanderluster and extrovert. The problem though is that I hit more speed bumps than a formula one racer. Med school has proven to be far from Grey's Anatomy and my future has become more convoluted than the nephron. I’ve been away for a while but I’m back and ready to confess, but are you ready to hear it all? This podcast reveals it all: my breakdowns, my fails, my first times, my solutions and fun medical stuff, so whether you’re a med student, premed, doc or even someone who just wants to get inspired come along and join me on my journey.

Perforated

I was consulted on an extremely unwell patient in the ED have a listen to how that went --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

10-25
05:42

AMET

Amidst Madness we Encourage Training; I wish that was what AMET stood for instead it’s the emergency response team. This was my first AMET on my first on call. Have a listen to how it went --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

10-04
10:26

My first REAL OR case

In this episode I’m throwing back to my first real case in the OR where I wasn’t just being a retractor. It was INCREDIBLE. Have a listen to how that went! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

09-20
07:53

My first appendectomy

As a surgery resident the thing I crave is some wholesome OR time, however it is far few and infrequent so when you do get OR time you feel like you’re on cloud 9. Especially when the attending gives you heaps of autonomy. Have a listen yo how my first appendectomy went. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

09-13
10:16

Exploding Abcesses

Hey guys, finally I started residency and as you can imagine there’s a first time for everything including draining an abscess. Have a listen to how that went! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

09-06
09:33

Welcome to residency

Hey guy, after my intense hiatus and my move to the states I’m finally back to tell you about my tales. Have a listen to my orientation week. DISCLAIMER: this episode was recorded a while ago --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

08-30
07:55

Intimate Toys and the emergency department

I couldn’t make this up if I tried. My strangest case last night, tune in to find out more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

04-17
04:36

Cheesy nights

In today’s episode I talk about my most dramatic and first night shift. Have a listen to what happened at 3am, the witching hour! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

04-14
12:13

The Strikes

Here’s a little about the behind the scenes of why the strikes happened and the outcome after the last set of junior doctor strikes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

04-12
08:27

Black Wednesday

In this episode I talk about my first day as a junior doctor in the United Kingdom. It wasn’t as dramatic as you might expect but it was definitely weird for me --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

04-05
11:52

Gunners

In this episode I talk about my medical school experience with gunners and lI just want to know how do you get to the top and beat a gunner (coming from a humble non- gunner) help me out guys! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

04-03
10:01

Pet Peeves On Your Away Rotation

I had a really interesting experience with one of my colleagues on my away rotation have a listen to what happened? What would you do? Feel free to send a voice note to incorporate in this episode! https://anchor.fm/confessionsofadoctoholic/message --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

03-31
06:00

CPR in the OR

In this episode I talk about the most intense thing that happened on my away rotation and how I responded to that moment --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

03-29
10:51

When Sh** Hits The Fan On an Away Rotation

This week is a week dedicated to memories of my away rotation (basically my exchange/ medical month in America) it definitely worked out in the end but the start was anything but smooth, tune in to hear about what happened --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

03-27
16:03

My First Time Confirming Death

As an intern sometimes you do things that you really don’t want to, one of them is confirming when someone’s loved one passed away, here’s how my first time went. If you want to read about the formal examination, as promised here it is from geeky medics: https://geekymedics.com/death-confirmation/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

03-24
06:56

The Moment I decided To Return To Medicine

After my dad passed away I had many questions, I questions my life, my career and literally everything. In this episode I speak about the moment I realised medicine is it for me. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

03-22
12:24

The Worst Day of My Life

In this episode I talk about the changes in my life and my prolonged hiatus from social media. I talk about personal loss. Disclaimer: if you recently lost someone you love this can be a challenging episode to hear. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

03-20
13:19

The moment I MATCHED

After a long hiatus and a series of events I’m finally back! In today’s episode I talk about the match and hearing the news and I also want your advice regarding one of the messages I received. So tune in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

03-17
08:41

Aca-Awkward

Are you an awkward person? Just cause I'm a medical student does not mean I am awkward free Also apparently nervous laughter is a thing, tune in I talk all about it and more ... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

11-26
08:10

What Makes A Med Student Scream

I caught up with Anita and she managed to scare a patient with her scream. Tune in to find out what inspired her reaction. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofadoctoholic/message

11-24
06:07

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