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0:00:00 > 0:00:03- I remember the first day very well.
0:00:03 > 0:00:06- I think I was a bit late.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11- For eight months, our cameras - have been following students...
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- ..from Cardiff University.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16- You have to grow up very quickly.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19- 15 individuals on a unique course.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22- We get the creme de la creme.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26- I'm the most competitive. - I can't wait for the responsibility.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29- From the classroom - to hospitals across Wales.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35- It's challenging - more challenging - than anything they've done before.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41- Entering the medical world - for the first time.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44- Student doctors are like chicks!
0:00:44 > 0:00:47- Yes. Yes, I remember that!
0:00:48 > 0:00:50- It was hilarious!
0:00:51 > 0:00:54- Facing the greatest challenge - of their young lives.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57- This year was the first time - I saw someone die.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01- It really hit me - because she's not going to recover.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06- I feel like I'm drowning, - that I'm not doing enough work.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08- Medicine is hard - - the course will be hard.
0:01:09 > 0:01:14- As we chronicle every step - to become tomorrow's doctors.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- We'll be the doctor on the scene. - We'll be in charge.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21- This is superb. - Why did I decide to do this?
0:01:21 > 0:01:24- This is not about elitism.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27- You have been given a gift.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30- You must use that gift...
0:01:30 > 0:01:32- ..to do good.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42- With 3,000 applicants each year...
0:01:43 > 0:01:45- ..only one in every 10 - accepts a place...
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- ..at Cardiff University's - School of Medicine.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56- For the successful, there are five - years of hard work ahead of them.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- Everybody'll understand - that medical schools...
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- ..are competitive environments.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- We want the best graduates - to come from Cardiff.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09- We need to have one of the best - medical schools in the country.
0:02:09 > 0:02:14- I believe the medical students - are the creme de la creme.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19- They've worked since the age of 14 - to get into medical school.
0:02:19 > 0:02:25- We have a huge responsibility - to make sure they flourish.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31- I don't know about you but - I've always wanted to do medicine.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35- Although I was afraid of blood - when I was very small...
0:02:35 > 0:02:37- ..I was determined to get here.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- Why did I decide to come here - to study medicine?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- Because I lost my father - when I was nine years old.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- That shook us as a family.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- It changed the way I felt - about health, about life and death.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- I just wanted - to make a difference to someone...
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- ..who was going through the same.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- Being a doctor is a privilege.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- There's no greater feeling - than someone saying, "Thank you...
0:03:08 > 0:03:11- .."you've helped me - through a difficult time"...
0:03:11 > 0:03:15- ..or, "You've transformed my life - by giving me a new hip."
0:03:15 > 0:03:19- The gratitude - affirms why I do this job.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24- It's more of a vocation - than a job...
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- ..because ultimately...
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- ..all we want to do is help people.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- Having been used to - the narrow roads of rural Llyn...
0:03:38 > 0:03:42- ..for Manon, moving to the hustle - and bustle of the capital city...
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- ..has been a challenge in itself.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- Knowing I had a place at Cardiff - was great...
0:03:48 > 0:03:52- ..but the exams were so hard this - year, I was worried about my place.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- It took half an hour - getting to the university.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57- The first day was very scary...
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- ..because there were - much more people than I expected.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05- It was daunting and - I was anxious about the first term.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- The first year is probably - the most challenging year, in a way.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15- The step between the school system - and medical school is vast.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- They all are in shock - in the first few weeks...
0:04:18 > 0:04:21- ..because of the sheer volume...
0:04:21 > 0:04:23- ..of information.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28- So much more gets stuffed into - lectures and we never get to recap.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- Usually, if we're - given a lecture on something...
0:04:32 > 0:04:37- ..we get homework on it but - we don't go back to it afterwards.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42- I record some of the lectures - and try to go over them...
0:04:43 > 0:04:47- ..and it takes around two or - three hours to go over one lecture.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- They tell you - to look into things in more detail.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- The first term - was very, very difficult.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- There were - lots of terms to remember.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- I'd come from a school...
0:05:01 > 0:05:05- ..where sciences were taught - through the medium of Welsh.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- I had to translate the terms.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12- I spelt oxygen wrong because - I was spelling it the Welsh way.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- I felt like - the dumbest person in the world.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22- High expectations are placed - on the students from the outset.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27- Aged 18, most first-year students - have come straight from school.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31- The first fortnight - is about making friends, partying...
0:05:32 > 0:05:36- ..and having a good time, but then - then you begin to feel homesick...
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- ..and you realize you've left home - for the first and last time.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45- We had a lecture this morning - on chemical processes.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48- It was very complicated.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- It was very complicated.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55- Gwenlli from Trawsfynydd - finds the workload challenging.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- It scares me that I have to - learn everything in five years.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- Though it sounds like a long time...
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- ..it's not long enough - to learn everything.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11- I'm going home to read up on it - after this to try and understand it.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- I don't think I'll understand it.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- The first three months were hard...
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- ..because we were - unfamiliar with the workload.
0:06:19 > 0:06:24- We were learning a new language. We - did everything in Welsh at school.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29- It was hard thinking we had to - teach ourselves medicine...
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- ..and not really knowing - where to start.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- Cardiff University is one of - the few schools of medicine...
0:06:40 > 0:06:42- ..to offer a unique element.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- Anatomy.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48- They make us do - anatomy and dissection...
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- ..right at the beginning - of the course.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- I enjoyed the dissection.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- I didn't. Not at all.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01- For a full term they will face - two anatomy lessons each week.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- This is the first time...
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- ..Elin and Manon have come - face to face with a dead body.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- The first session - was three hours long.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- I didn't know - how I was going to cope with it.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19- There were around 30 beds on which - dead bodies lay in white body bags.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- Are you nervous?
0:07:21 > 0:07:23- Are you nervous?- - Yes.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26- Ready? OK?
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- Every person - who donates their body to us...
0:07:29 > 0:07:33- ..could potentially have been - someone I've met or spoken to.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- I've been to visit many people - who want to speak face to face...
0:07:37 > 0:07:42- ..or actually turn up and say, - "I'd like to speak to someone."
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- Then you have to - answer their questions.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- I was traumatised. - It was a horrendous feeling.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- It was worse - than I thought it would be.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- The first time was very scary, - having to walk in there.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01- I thought, if I stand in the middle - and I faint, I won't hit a bag.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03- I knew that'd scare me a lot.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- The dissection was very strange.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- It was just so odd.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12- Yes, it was. It felt wrong.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- At the end of the day, - it's a person.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- On day one - they're introduced to the donor...
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- ..and they see them - in a very different light.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- I know it sounds stupid - but he looked so real.
0:08:27 > 0:08:33- I didn't expect him - to have hair and things still...
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- It felt really odd.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- The first session was horrendous...
0:08:41 > 0:08:45- ..because - we had to make the first incision.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47- It wasn't nice at all.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- It's amazing how much you can see - - the tendons and arteries.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53- And the nerves as well.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- You wouldn't think - there were so many in the hand.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02- I'm glad we did it because - I was terrified before going in.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- I was shaking.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08- Every time I think, - this isn't nice...
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- ..I remind myself that this donor...
0:09:11 > 0:09:15- ..has given it great thought - before handing over his body.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- All we can do is be grateful to him - for what he's given us.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- This is so much more complex - than you'd ever imagine.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- It's very overwhelming at first.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- I really enjoyed it. - I felt we were learning a lot.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34- I really didn't like it. - It was more to do with the smell.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- I couldn't - cope with the smell at all.
0:09:37 > 0:09:42- Also having to go home in the same - clothes and having to wash them.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47- You drew a lot of sketches. - Elin has an anatomy bible!
0:09:50 > 0:09:54- While first years - deal with the dead...
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- ..third years try to save the living - in theatre for the first time.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- I think the third year - is incredibly challenging.
0:10:03 > 0:10:09- I'd say it's the most challenging - year in any school of medicine.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- They go from being taught - in a classroom setting...
0:10:13 > 0:10:17- ..where it's comfortable - and they're with their peers...
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- ..to an unscripted hospital setting.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- Our young students - have to deal with that.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30- In Bridgend, David is in the middle - of an oncology block....
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- ..where he'll observe open surgery.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- The first time I was in surgery, - I enjoyed it, it was interesting.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43- It's interesting to see new surgery. - It looks like something from a film.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- Today he's - joining the surgical team...
0:10:47 > 0:10:50- ..tasked with removing colon cancer.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53- This patient has colon cancer.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- Today's aim - is to remove that part of the colon.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03- We're currently - preparing the patient for surgery.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07- He's lying on the table and - we're going to insert a catheter.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12- David's been given the opportunity - to practise on a dummy before...
0:11:12 > 0:11:16- ..but never on a real person, - so this is good practice.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- It's my first time.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- We'll see how it goes.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- I went in and the doctor asked me - to insert the catheter.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30- I also did a PR exam. I could feel - the cancer. It was enormous.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- As it's a real patient, - I don't want to do anything wrong.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- I was conscious - of the patient's safety...
0:11:37 > 0:11:41- ..and having the professionals - watch me was daunting.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51- So the patient had cancer - in his rectum...
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- ..and the only way - of making him better...
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- ..was to remove the whole thing.
0:11:57 > 0:12:02- They removed the rectum and colon - because it was aggressive cancer.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- They believe - the surgery went well...
0:12:08 > 0:12:12- ..but the thing about cancer - is that it's so unpredictable.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16- So, tumour. Have a good feel.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- Feel the tumour. - It's large, isn't it?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- It's hard. It's incredibly hard.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26- Compare it - to how soft this part is.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- You can see how the tumour - sucks the tissues into it.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32- It sucks them into it.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37- It looks as though part of the colon - has been removed successfully.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40- We're very happy about that.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45- I hope he'll recover well - after the surgery.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- Though the surgery was a success...
0:12:50 > 0:12:56- ..the patient lost his battle - with cancer two months later.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58- It's sad.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02- That's what I realized - on the cancer block.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- It's unpredictable.
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0:13:17 > 0:13:21- For our young students, - years of enthusiastic study...
0:13:21 > 0:13:25- ..has led to a place - at the School of Medicine.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29- But halfway through the term, - far from home for the first time...
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- ..the enormity of the challenge - is obvious.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38- I leave some lectures with no idea - what's just been discussed.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43- Once I think something's difficult, - it gets more and more difficult.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- I feel like I can't take in - any more information.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- Everyone says that the first term...
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- ..is a bit of a shock.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- The main aim of the first term...
0:13:54 > 0:13:57- ..is to get everyone - up to a certain level.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01- Sitting in a group, - listening to people's answers...
0:14:01 > 0:14:03- ..and hearing - how much they know...
0:14:04 > 0:14:08- ..makes me think there's no point - trying to compete with them...
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- ..because I'll never know - as much as them.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16- Everything was new at the start. - There was so much to learn.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- You just have to - take stock and realize...
0:14:20 > 0:14:23- ..there's a reason - why it's a five-year course.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28- You don't have to learn it all - in the first term of the first year.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32- Medicine is hard. - The course is going to be hard.
0:14:32 > 0:14:38- It's going to be more challenging - than anything they've done before...
0:14:38 > 0:14:43- ..but they have to get through that - stretch from September to Christmas.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46- It's a challenge - because it's difficult.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54- A lot of us in the first year have - been scared and lost confidence.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56- In the first term, really.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01- We notice how much other people know - and feel as if we don't know enough.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04- By the end of the first year...
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- ..it was hard to cope...
0:15:07 > 0:15:09- ..with all the work...
0:15:09 > 0:15:11- ..that had piled up.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- By the time - I went home for Christmas, I felt...
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- ..really low.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23- I feel like I'm drowning - and that I'm not doing enough work.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28- I don't know how I'll have time to - do more work than I'm already doing.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33- There have been plenty of times - where I've thought to myself...
0:15:33 > 0:15:35- ..wow, this is a lot of work.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- Am I cut out to do this?
0:15:39 > 0:15:43- But it's good when you know - what's wrong with the patient...
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- ..and you know - exactly what to do to treat him.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- Having reached the fifth year, - Guto and his friends...
0:15:54 > 0:15:56- ..are on the brink - of becoming doctors.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01- Since we're in the final year, - there are more expectations on us.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07- They expect us to be - more involved with patients...
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- ..and do most of the jobs - the junior doctors do.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16- It boosts your confidence because - every placement is different.
0:16:16 > 0:16:21- You get used to taking blood - and inserting cannulas and so on.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24- They become - routine practices to you.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27- Our job - is to build their confidence...
0:16:28 > 0:16:30- ..around their knowledge - and ability.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34- It's not just about - knowing everything about medicine.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38- You also need to know everything - about human interaction.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- I've read through - your notes quickly.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47- I hear that you've been falling - and collapsing.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- Yes, I have.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- He's falling - and collapsing regularly.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57- He understands we have to find out - what's causing this...
0:16:58 > 0:17:00- ..before we send him home...
0:17:00 > 0:17:02- ..for his own safety.
0:17:02 > 0:17:03- Do you have pain in your stomach?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- Do you have pain in your stomach?- - No. I'm not pregnant either!
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- You've had surgery before, - haven't you?
0:17:10 > 0:17:12- Yes, on this side.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- Can you cough?
0:17:21 > 0:17:25- He has hernias because - he's had previous stomach surgery.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30- Making incisions in the skin - is more likely to cause hernias.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- Incisional hernias.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34- Relax.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- That's very stiff.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- The right leg is worse...
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- ..after the last time I fell.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49- The fact it's weak and stiff...
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- ..fits in - with the diagnosis of a stroke.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- If we don't make sure - he's safe to go home...
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- ..then we're at fault...
0:17:59 > 0:18:03- ..because - we haven't done our job properly.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06- Our curriculum is about - understanding patient need...
0:18:06 > 0:18:11- ..communicating with them - and doing old-fashioned doctoring.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- The doctor - being the fabric of the community...
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- ..and that constant interaction - with patients being critical...
0:18:19 > 0:18:20- ..in understanding their need.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22- ..in understanding their need.- - Thank you very much.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28- After a heavy term of study, - the first-year students...
0:18:28 > 0:18:32- ..are itching - to go out on placement in hospitals.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34- The first term has been hectic.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38- They've tried to cram in - all the science.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41- We're sitting exams - after Christmas....
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- ..so we have to try and learn - as much as we can.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47- It's been a heavy workload.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52- I'm really looking forward to - going on placements after Christmas.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55- That keeps me motivated.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57- Come January...
0:18:57 > 0:18:59- ..and things change.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- They start feeling like doctors.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07- They think, 'Yes, this is - why I want to be a doctor.'
0:19:07 > 0:19:11- It puts all the work - during the first term into context.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13- It comes to life after Christmas.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18- Those first three months - are difficult, aren't they?
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- Before Christmas.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22- It got better after that.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26- It was great after - the first three months were over.
0:19:26 > 0:19:31- I enjoyed realizing that medicine - is what I really want to do.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35- It's why I'm here, but we were - really thrown in the deep end.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- It was a lot more clinical - after Christmas.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42- It reminded us - why we wanted to do medicine.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46- At the moment, - I'm keen to go into hospitals...
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- ..and visit real patients, - that's why I'm here.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- A doctor - should be mixing with the patients.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06- It's nice having you home. - I've been looking forward to this.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10- I've missed you terribly - over the last few months.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17- We're so proud of her. She's worked - very hard to get where she is.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22- We're very proud.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- I'll have to get used - to speaking English when I go back.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28- That was the biggest thing.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29- That was the biggest thing.- - Speaking English, yes.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- Living with seven people - who speak English.
0:20:34 > 0:20:39- A lack of Welsh-speaking doctors - in Wales is worrying.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- Studying medicine at Cardiff...
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- ..where I can do part of my course - in Welsh can't be beaten.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52- I know I want to work in Wales - - not just Wales but North Wales.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56- I want to work as a doctor - in my own community.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59- It's important - that patients have the option...
0:21:00 > 0:21:02- ..of being treated in Welsh.
0:21:02 > 0:21:08- We all know that older people - who have dementia...
0:21:08 > 0:21:12- ..as well as young children - don't understand English...
0:21:12 > 0:21:16- ..so how can they be fully assessed?
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- There are also other people...
0:21:19 > 0:21:24- ..who are fluent in both languages - and happy enough to speak English...
0:21:24 > 0:21:28- ..but once they're ill, they just - want to speak their mother tongue.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- Why shouldn't they have the option?
0:21:31 > 0:21:32- I've got good veins.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34- I've got good veins.- - Incredibly good veins.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37- Mrs Griffiths is 101...
0:21:38 > 0:21:40- ..next month?
0:21:40 > 0:21:42- Yes, next month.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- You're looking good for your age.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- To raise awareness of Welsh - and attract new students...
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- ..the university - works alongside Y Coleg Cymraeg.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- Y Coleg Cymraeg - has given me the opportunity...
0:21:57 > 0:22:00- ..to develop medical studies - through the medium of Welsh.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- I agreed about a month ago...
0:22:04 > 0:22:08- ..because they've asked me - to give a lecture on orthopaedics...
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- ..to everyone - through the medium of Welsh.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- I'm starting to cry now!
0:22:14 > 0:22:16- Sorry, to 300 students...
0:22:16 > 0:22:20- ..through the medium of Welsh.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25- Awen will lecture to all first years - through the medium of Welsh.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30- Something that has never happened - before in the university's history.
0:22:30 > 0:22:36- I felt very proud and honoured to be - giving a medical lecture in Welsh.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- The first of its kind in the world.
0:22:42 > 0:22:47- It's a big change but I'm surprised - how quickly I've got used to it.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- I already feel, - after 10 weeks of being here...
0:22:50 > 0:22:52- ..far more independent.
0:22:52 > 0:22:57- Thinking of catching a taxi, - bus or train by myself before...
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- ..it sounds pathetic, - but I didn't have to do it...
0:23:01 > 0:23:03- ..because - I lived in a small village.
0:23:03 > 0:23:09- I'm already broadening my horizons. - I feel far more confident.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13- You see things - you'd never normally see.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20- It's a shock to have to face up to - that. You have to grow up quickly.
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