Welcome back to my journey in London as an intern at King’s College Hospital (KCH) in the Emergency Department and Major Trauma Unit! During my first few weeks here in London, I have made some massive strides socially, professionally, and educationally. Immediately upon meeting my roommates, we got along. I had never shared an actual…
Tag: London
Counting Down, But Still Adventuring in the UK!
I can’t believe that I’m over 3/4 of the way through my internship program in London! Over the past two and a half weeks since my last post, I’ve visited Stonehenge, Bath, and taken a trip to Wales. During my time at Stonehenge, the stones were much larger than I expected. Unfortunately, we couldn’t view…
An Empire of Stuff
Since my last blog post, I’d like to think that I’ve officially become a local. I’ve visited all the major museums in the city, taken an entire weekend journey without using GPS and stopped using the Oxford comma. The last being maybe the most jarring milestone. Work has also become more routine, with my mindset…
A Weekend Away in Three Words
Over that last couple weeks I have had the chance to travel around Europe. One of my favorite things to come out of these trips has been a tradition that my roommates and I started during a weekend trip to Paris. As we were walking to dinner on our first night, I asked them to…
Whereabouts, Workshops, and Wanderlust
I didn’t know it was possible to do so much in such a short period of time. Somehow, we have reached the halfway point of the program, and then some. We are at the point where we are reminiscing about our early days, and scheduling the remainder of our time, and it is crazy to…
Sidra’s First Week in London
Hi Reader! My name is Sidra Zammam. I’m currently a rising Junior at Pitt majoring in Neuroscience and minoring in Arabic. I’m studying abroad this summer in London for two whole months (June-August)! I’m on the pre-med track, which is why when I was researching summers abroad this past fall, I didn’t want to let…
Past the Halfway Horizon
Hi everyone! I can’t believe I’m already over halfway through the program. It feels like just yesterday I was landing at the airport in London. There’s a lot to cover, so let me catch you all up to speed. The first time I stepped into King’s College Hospital for my internship, I’ll admit I was…
Bonjour Stonehenge
My fourth week in my internship was spent with the Organizational Development (OD) team. Organizational development is the practice of using psychological, sociological, and other scientific practices to intervene in people or systems based problems within an organization. My coworkers for the week were mostly focused on consulting with care teams to diagnose what the…
Ducks in a Row
My first two weeks of being here have been a lot of getting my ducks in a row, trying to get myself more organized and situated with my internship, my accommodations and my social life . Mostly, I’ve been trying to find my way-literally and figuratively. The first few days left me wanting a massage…
English But Quiet
I’m now finished with my third week in London and with that my third week in my internship. The first few days were definitely stressful, as I walked in on the first day without an understanding of what I or the department I was joining was responsible for. It started off slow, with my supervisor…