My Year 3 SSC project

I am now doing my SSC (student-selected component) project which will last until the last day of my Year 3 calender. The main topic of my project is " Urological problems in patients with spinal cord injuries", or in a simpler term, urinary system problems in patients who injured their spinal cord. I will be working under the supervision of a consultant urologist at my university teaching hospital for 9 weeks.

It's now the 2nd week of the project. I had attended some operations in the day surgery unit as well as clinic sessions. Majority of patients with urological problems due to spinal cord injuries are incontinent (passing urine unintentionally) and more prone to urinary tract infection. Therefore, the main care provided by the urologist for the patients with spinal cord injuries is to preserve the function of the urinary system and to improve patient's quality of life.

My supervisor has yet to decide a specific topic for me to research on but so far the clinical experience that I gained from the operations and clinic sessions are very useful. The doctors whom I spent my time with were very keen to teach me about the basic knowledge and clinical skills in urology. I am indeed very lucky to be allocated to this project because not only the topic (a combination of urology and neurology) is interesting but the teaching staffs are very willing to deliver quality teaching.

Hopefully i can perform my best in this project in the remaining weeks and to gain deeper insight into the specialty of neuro-urology.

Why I chose to read medicine?

First, I have an interest in reading medicine. And I still love it now.

Second, I wanna help the patients in terms of disease prevention, medical condition monitoring and symptomatic relief.

Third, I want to be a good doctor due to the 1st and 2nd reasons.

The introduction

Hi! My name is Wei Kang. I am currently a third year medical student in Cardiff University, UK. While I am at the mid point of my 5-year undergrad training, I feel that it might be a good idea to blog about my life and experience as a medical student. This blog will serve as my diary, and hopefully, as a platform which I can interact with the visitors to this blog to exchange views and share opinions on medical and non-medical issues.

I started blogging since a couple of years ago so this is not the first time I call myself a blogger. I am, however, still trying to improve my writing skills so hopefully i will be able to produce some good articles through blogging about my life.

Enjoy reading! =)