Hadn’t posted anything for long…
I had got too many tasks to handle–My mom had to go out of our place on an important work..so I had to take over some of her duties (though not all!!); I was posted to medical wards (This is my First posting to medical ward–I hardly knew anything..but first posting is no excuse–I HAD to put an effort to understand and learn as much as possible); I had taken up an extra assignment with a friend of mine and I have to read a good deal for its sake… … …So was the month!
Today is the last day of medical postings..and I thought I would make out sometime for my blog!!
Will be posting on many things…soon!!
The real I... 
I like this theme. Something cheerful about it.
What is a medical posting? What do you have to do?
I bet it was interesting. Or frightening? Or both?
Will be nice to hear again, welcome back.
Oh! I meant to say ‘Medicine’…
All these days I was posted to Gynaecology and Surgery wards…and now to Medicine–
Everyday we have to go to a patient, enquire about his complaints, examine him and make a note of everything…which would be discussed by a professor…
I have taken an exam in Human Anatomy and Physiology last september(My score was 70% but I dont think I have assimilated more than 50%!!)…And now I am trying to nibble bits of Pharmacology, Pathology and Microbiology…
I hardly know anything about wide spectrum of diseases, their causes and their clinical presentations..Then How would I know what to enquire and how to evaluate the condition of the patient?? I was really afraid…
Very first day, everything taught to us seemed Greek and Latin to me…I couldn’ t make head or tail out of it..because I was not even aware of the terminology used…
But now I am better..All these days I worked a lot, with the help of my seniors, and I am able to follow whats going on… (that, ofcourse, is the very purpose of these postings…Afterall all medicine is learnt on bedside–Books are mere guides..)
Whenever I see the physician evaluating a case, I used to wonder how he would manage to exclude all other conditions and diagnose so correctly…But now even I am able to work out things! Examining a patient everyday, discussing it with the professor, knowing all my mistakes, getting them corrected, reading about it, discussing with my classmates–This has become my schedule!
I was posted to Medical ward for 45 days…(now posted to gynaecology again)Everyday ended with a sense of dissatisfaction-because there was always something left unlearnt…but now, if I look back, I feel that I had tried my best…and the very thought brings a smile on my face 🙂
It must be frustrating at the beginning as you start scratching the surface of a subject as vast as medical science. When you realise that there is a lot of digging to do.
You can only absorb a bit at a time, isn’t it? Still you have tried honestly it seems, that must mean a lot.
Patients not only expects the best from their doctors, they trust them to give their best. That is a very high expectation on individuals.
Best wishes with all your studies. There is no easy way out, is there? 🙂
Yeah, true!! The phase of learning continues…forever.
And speaking of Patients’ expectations—A person coming to a doctor believes that he would relieve the pain and cure his illness..He believes that he would be relieved of ALL his suffering…
Thats the thing I fear…
Thats the thought which makes me alert…
Thats the thought which always puts forth a caution…
Thats the thought that constantly puts me in action…
I HAVE to become efficient…Its not a job that could be done overnight…I must continue to work..
Thanks!!
nice to know you’re, active again. my summer internship killed ‘december’, and i had to start ‘sunshine’. glad to have an old reader back. 🙂