Oh dear, it's that wonderful time of the year. Christmas has come and gone, families reunited, and the new year will soon be upon us!!
I'm adjusting fairly well to the orthopaedics department now, things have become slightly better since I first started. I know how to do things around the ward, and the most important thing is that I can be depended on!!
If i may be so bold...... I think I love my job!! ;) its hours are long, the work tedious, but I somehow like that I can do the job around the ward.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Worries of a house officer
I worry that I'm not a competent enough house officer.
I worry that I'm not safe to be a doctor.
I worry that the nation's fears of Russian medical graduates might have some basis after all.
I worry that I can't do do many things even after two months.
I have to do suturing soon. I need to perform a CBD too.
I worry that I'm not safe to be a doctor.
I worry that the nation's fears of Russian medical graduates might have some basis after all.
I worry that I can't do do many things even after two months.
I have to do suturing soon. I need to perform a CBD too.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
And the days goes on and on...
It's been a grueling experience, housemanship. I guess I've improved a lot since I first started when I didn't know what to do at all..now I kind of have an idea of what to do...
Here in Melaka hospital, housemen are expected to work at the clinics..about 2 housemen per ward. It's my least favorite part, going to the clinic. I always feel lost and don't know what to do.
Here in Melaka hospital, housemen are expected to work at the clinics..about 2 housemen per ward. It's my least favorite part, going to the clinic. I always feel lost and don't know what to do.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Wow
Another week passed by!
Yay!
I've just gotten wind of my housemenship schedule...next up is....
SURGERY!!!
I'm having a headache just thinking about it. Hearing about the department from my friends, its absolutely terrible. But that's for later. For now, I have to concentrate on Orthopedics.
From what I realized, Russian grads (or possibly, just me) are quite horrid in Orthopedics. The main thing we have to do is clerk, get a concise and correct history of the patient's illness and examine them. But a lot of the physical examination skills we never learned in Nizhny, or at least I never did.
I have to read and read and read, so that I don't end up being the "target" again. Tomorrow I'm supposed to be Trauma 2 - the backup housemen for OT in case they decide to open 2 rooms for surgery. I'm hoping that they don't, but my luck kind of sucks so I'm prepared to be called in either way. :( I hate surgeries because they make me nervous. Being in the operation room with surgeons who expect a shit load from you is traumatizing. I sure hope its not Dr L or Dr A. Actually I hope its NONE of the Dr As (We have so many!). Ugh, I'm not sure who I'm rooting for. I just really really don't want to go in the OT!
On Saturday I'm S2 for OT, meaning that I'm going to be the person in the OT from 9am til 9pm for all emergency cases. I don't know who the MO will be. One of the Dr As? Dr S? Dr L?? No idea. I don't understand the MO's timetable.
Yay!
I've just gotten wind of my housemenship schedule...next up is....
SURGERY!!!
I'm having a headache just thinking about it. Hearing about the department from my friends, its absolutely terrible. But that's for later. For now, I have to concentrate on Orthopedics.
From what I realized, Russian grads (or possibly, just me) are quite horrid in Orthopedics. The main thing we have to do is clerk, get a concise and correct history of the patient's illness and examine them. But a lot of the physical examination skills we never learned in Nizhny, or at least I never did.
I have to read and read and read, so that I don't end up being the "target" again. Tomorrow I'm supposed to be Trauma 2 - the backup housemen for OT in case they decide to open 2 rooms for surgery. I'm hoping that they don't, but my luck kind of sucks so I'm prepared to be called in either way. :( I hate surgeries because they make me nervous. Being in the operation room with surgeons who expect a shit load from you is traumatizing. I sure hope its not Dr L or Dr A. Actually I hope its NONE of the Dr As (We have so many!). Ugh, I'm not sure who I'm rooting for. I just really really don't want to go in the OT!
On Saturday I'm S2 for OT, meaning that I'm going to be the person in the OT from 9am til 9pm for all emergency cases. I don't know who the MO will be. One of the Dr As? Dr S? Dr L?? No idea. I don't understand the MO's timetable.
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