Minor posting

The nice things about paediatric surgery:
You get to be funny and play with the kids (the not so sick ones, that is).
MO's are willing to teach (in fact, you have a weekly case presentation session).
You get to assist in OT unlike the minor postings of neurosurgery and urology.
You get to run the clinic too, unlike the other 2 minor postings.

The not so nice things about paediatric surgery:
Blood taking in kids can be a nightmare (especially if they scream into your eardrums, and you already noticed at least 10 puncture marks on both hands and feet).
There are only 3 housemen in the department, so 1 person have to take turn to cover both weekends.
As in med school, paeds = medicine / surgery for little people, condensed into a short time frame, so the reading list (as expected) is super long.. 2 pages, for a month long posting.