Question: What parts of your course have you found most interesting and why?

Thomas Biggans answered on 15 Jun 2016:

There are so many interesting things I’ve found out during my training, just yesterday I was being shown ultrasound images of patients’ eyes and told how doctors monitor the different parts of your eyes so they can stop people from going blind.

I get to go away to conferences and courses where I meet other scientists in my field and hear them give presentations on their latest research. One of those presentations was how nuclear medicine was being used by vets to help treat horses. I got to give a presentation on my work too.

The part I find most interesting is learning how our bodies are suppose to work, what happens when they stop working and how we fix it. We do an exam that follows the food you eat through your body so we can find out what part of your digestive system has stopped working and needs fixed. Its a simple test but I find it amazing that we can watch it happening inside someone.