A week in the life of a pre-reg student

Luke Haynes How are you finding your first few months as a pre-reg student?

Ali-Raza Hassam Every day brings its own sort of challenges. I’ve had everything from your basic IT issues to complex patients that I haven’t encountered before, banging on my supervisor’s door every minute and that type of thing... But, I’ve really enjoyed it so far. I feel like I’m learning much more than I was at university.

LH Tell me about the structure of your week.

AH At the moment, I do four days of testing and dispense on the fifth day. But, some of those days are more irregular. So, you can have half a day downstairs dispensing and then half a day upstairs testing. Saturdays are normally the dedicated days for dispensing. I have Tuesdays and Sundays off.