speaking of passions..
Today I am officially done attending hospitals for this academic year. Can you believe that? Neither can I.
I started doing Psychiatry first during Ramadhan, that was truly 6 weeks of relaxations. It was not so bad, I learnt more from attending the tutorials, not so much from the hospital. St Ita's Hospital is so far away, the travelling was painful but the feelings of stepping into an ancient mental hospital was priceless. The creepiness of walking on a long cold corridor with a female voice singing at the end of it, and you'd just can't wait to reach the end to see if there's an actual people singing, or was it just your mind playing u; well in truth there was actually this makcik tua singing there. He he. My chosen unforgettable moment happened when we talked to a patient with chronic schizophrenia and he started laughing out of the blue and looked at me then said, "The voice just told me U look like someone we know, he hee heee it's funny." And it's even funnier when later Yanie told me that he was actually unmedicated and the psych nurse gave her an alarm device to use just in case the patient became out of control. Like the alarm could give us total protection if he suddenly ran amok and severed us with his long nails. Geez, don't they practise preventive medicine anymore? Nonetheless, it was a good experience, scary good though.
Next in line was Medicine & Surgery in Our Lady's Hospital Navan. I treasured every single moment spent there I just don't know where to begin the story. The whole 6 weeks opened me up to become more and more passionate in what I'm doing. I know now I'm on the right track. Alhamdulillah.
Then I had ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat) which I think I enjoyed to a point of considering doing it. One, because throughout the 2 weeks I have dealt with really cool and groovy doctors which made me think, "Wow, ENT must be really something!" Secondly, I dunno somehow the 3 main orifices caught my attentions coz I think they're pretty easy and straight forward. Or I could just be on the surface level that I thought it was easy. Either way, it's definitely somewhere down the list.
Ophthalmology came next. Again I love love love this specialty coz it's centered to a single pair of organs only. I can still remember the pure gratifications of seeing a real optic disc in one of my friend's eyes, after days and days of figuring how does it look like in real person. From that point the day was colourful and there was rainbows and butterflies on the sky. He he, that happy.
A lesser rotation would be G.P (General Practise/Family Medicine). I haven't always been keen on this part of medicine since before, maybe due to some bad experiences from some G.Ps in Malaysia; from both government and private practises, who's in general barely make any eye contacts with the patients who came in their surgeries/clinics. In fairness, I just expect myself to be more aggressive in my field but who knows one day I could possibly settle down with my own private practise. Only time will tell.
And here I am now, on the very last day of my Obstetrics & Gynaecology rotation. From the whole 8 weeks experience of it, I can say that it is indeed a different specialty on its own that needs a lot of patience and perseverence to assimilate. I am at most influenced by the the consultants, especially the female ones. They're so passionate with their jobs, and on the plus side, they are so pretty, exuberant yet soft-spoken and my gawd their diamond rings and stylish cars (jaw dropped), ha ha kidding. Other than my own passion for medicine hence the obligation to serve that comes with that, my other greater pull factor in medical world has always been the great teachers, the bunch of doctors that teach students with their highest zeal and enthusiasms. Some of them are not just sincere, they're also pure candy to the eyes too. (I know you're looking at me with your most sarcastic face, don't see the link there. He he). Don't get me started on the two richard-gere-look-alikes and the-one-with-a-pair-of-very-blue-eyes. OK I shall stop there.
So any hopes on Obs & Gynae? Probably. But for now my heart has been stolen by the little kiddies.
I can't really tell now. There's always the plan down the road but Allah's plan is indeed the best. So I shall do my best, and He will in turn decide what's better for me.
I started doing Psychiatry first during Ramadhan, that was truly 6 weeks of relaxations. It was not so bad, I learnt more from attending the tutorials, not so much from the hospital. St Ita's Hospital is so far away, the travelling was painful but the feelings of stepping into an ancient mental hospital was priceless. The creepiness of walking on a long cold corridor with a female voice singing at the end of it, and you'd just can't wait to reach the end to see if there's an actual people singing, or was it just your mind playing u; well in truth there was actually this makcik tua singing there. He he. My chosen unforgettable moment happened when we talked to a patient with chronic schizophrenia and he started laughing out of the blue and looked at me then said, "The voice just told me U look like someone we know, he hee heee it's funny." And it's even funnier when later Yanie told me that he was actually unmedicated and the psych nurse gave her an alarm device to use just in case the patient became out of control. Like the alarm could give us total protection if he suddenly ran amok and severed us with his long nails. Geez, don't they practise preventive medicine anymore? Nonetheless, it was a good experience, scary good though.
Next in line was Medicine & Surgery in Our Lady's Hospital Navan. I treasured every single moment spent there I just don't know where to begin the story. The whole 6 weeks opened me up to become more and more passionate in what I'm doing. I know now I'm on the right track. Alhamdulillah.
Then I had ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat) which I think I enjoyed to a point of considering doing it. One, because throughout the 2 weeks I have dealt with really cool and groovy doctors which made me think, "Wow, ENT must be really something!" Secondly, I dunno somehow the 3 main orifices caught my attentions coz I think they're pretty easy and straight forward. Or I could just be on the surface level that I thought it was easy. Either way, it's definitely somewhere down the list.
Ophthalmology came next. Again I love love love this specialty coz it's centered to a single pair of organs only. I can still remember the pure gratifications of seeing a real optic disc in one of my friend's eyes, after days and days of figuring how does it look like in real person. From that point the day was colourful and there was rainbows and butterflies on the sky. He he, that happy.
A lesser rotation would be G.P (General Practise/Family Medicine). I haven't always been keen on this part of medicine since before, maybe due to some bad experiences from some G.Ps in Malaysia; from both government and private practises, who's in general barely make any eye contacts with the patients who came in their surgeries/clinics. In fairness, I just expect myself to be more aggressive in my field but who knows one day I could possibly settle down with my own private practise. Only time will tell.
And here I am now, on the very last day of my Obstetrics & Gynaecology rotation. From the whole 8 weeks experience of it, I can say that it is indeed a different specialty on its own that needs a lot of patience and perseverence to assimilate. I am at most influenced by the the consultants, especially the female ones. They're so passionate with their jobs, and on the plus side, they are so pretty, exuberant yet soft-spoken and my gawd their diamond rings and stylish cars (jaw dropped), ha ha kidding. Other than my own passion for medicine hence the obligation to serve that comes with that, my other greater pull factor in medical world has always been the great teachers, the bunch of doctors that teach students with their highest zeal and enthusiasms. Some of them are not just sincere, they're also pure candy to the eyes too. (I know you're looking at me with your most sarcastic face, don't see the link there. He he). Don't get me started on the two richard-gere-look-alikes and the-one-with-a-pair-of-very-blue-eyes. OK I shall stop there.
So any hopes on Obs & Gynae? Probably. But for now my heart has been stolen by the little kiddies.
I can't really tell now. There's always the plan down the road but Allah's plan is indeed the best. So I shall do my best, and He will in turn decide what's better for me.
Right, let's finish the exams first.
And I still can't believe I'm through my hospitals' days.
Until the next academic year, I'll definitely miss the hospitals. Yer rite. Sigh.
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