Ayesha

Hi everyone, my name is Ayesha, and I’m a 3rd year medical student at UEA. I enjoy medicine to no end, and so far, my favourite part has been interacting with patients and learning about conditions through their perspective. I find connecting different symptoms to their pathophysiology interesting, and I also like the variation from day-to-day. This course has also given me lots of teaching opportunities, whether that’s in peer assisted learning as a mentor or as a mock OSCE examiner.

I also appreciate that there’s some amount of skill involved when it comes to eliciting certain signs and I find it very gratifying when I can observe the tangible manifestations of a condition and consequently see improvement in a person’s condition over time with treatment. Through medicine, I wake up to a new challenge every day and have been encouraged to constantly keep evolving and pushing my comfort zone, which has made me develop skills that I would’ve found difficult to practice in the past such as leadership or resilience.

I have rediscovered the importance of a good work-life balance, and strive towards it by making sure to take some time for myself, which can be through reading a nice book, going out for a walk or watching a movie.

That’s some information about me, I hope I can make a difference through some of the aforementioned skills and experiences!