Three weeks into my Academic Medicine module, where mornings are spent in the wards and afternoons in the lab. Clinical work is Respiratory Medicine, which will also be my 'home' firm for the coming three years. Research is on axon regeneration (what else?) at the Brain Repair Centre.

It has been refreshing. Busier and more tiring, no doubt. Medicine alone is tough enough, juggling both at a time is going to be even more challenging. And I don't need reminding that there's a third facet to Academic Medicine--teaching--which luckily, won't happen for perhaps another ten years or so.