This is wher i have been for the past 3 months and this is wher im going to be for the nex 3 months.
Things havent been great. During the first month, i went back for 3 weekends couldnt stand the fact that im stranded in this town. And mind u i am not from the metropolitan city of kl, penang or jb.Of course my fellow batchmates(60+ of us) decided then we shouldnt go home or head towards kl that often as we have so many portfolios to do.We have 4 main posting in this FINAL semester namely internal medicine, obgyn, surgery and peadiatrics.. In each posting we are required to do 2 - 3 portfolios.
What is a portfolio?
It is writing a case of a patient from the day admission throughout his hospital stay and until discharge. This include the interviews the examination the management plan. Then, we are expected to constructively criticise the inadequacy of the management and how we could make it better. At the same time, it has too also be supported with evidence base medicine-meaning going thru as many medical journals as possible. After that, we are required to come up with learning issues regarding to the patients and discuss it maturely.
On average each portfolio is 20-30 pages long, and during ourfinal exams with have oral exams regarding our portfolios
IN the mornings we are all at the wards, covering the beds assigned to us, trying to do as many procedures as possible, go thru ward rounds with the doctors here and assist or observe in the operating theatres. IN the afternoon, its either ward work again or classes in the campus. Then after 3 hours of break, we head back to the hospital for our night calls.
Symptoms of depression among us:
- PT: had diarrhea on each and every day wher she is in Batu Pahat without fail. When she goes back to her hometown, her stools consistency reverted back to normal
- FS, AK, JK, JY, CT: home sick.keep thinking of home. dont have the motivation ot study or do anything
- AK, FS: Acne flare up.
- AK: Heavy menstrual bleeding, assocaited with blood clots and dizziness
- FS, CT, BM, AM: Worsening of the allergic rhinitis
- Evrybdy: You tubing fever seen we r deprived of entertainment here
- Evrybdy: During the obgyn posting, all 18 of us finally showed our true colours, We all broke down under the stress and the long 8 hours of nite call and coming to work again the next day.
- 50% of us: the backstabbing, the kiasu attitude, the wiping lecturer's ass attitude developed just to get good remarks in the logbooks
++Our motivation to pass our exams now is to get out of this place fast. Cant live another 6 months here. We do not wan to be on anti depressants!++
