AFTERWORD After finishing this journal, I’ve once again come to realise just how much I’ve changed over the previous two years. I walked into medicine thinking I’d be doing it for myself – it was my one true passion, and furthering my knowledge was my main driver. It only took a few weeks for all that to change. As passionate […]
END OF FY 2
END OF FY II Blink once, five years of med school over. Blink again, and suddenly, two years go by. Just like that, I had finished the two years of the Foundation Programme. With my e-portfolio complete and my End of Year reports fully satisfactory, I was now a fully warranted, full-fledged doctor. Up until that point, the title I […]
Emergency Medicine – First Day
II.IV.I FIRST DAY The day I started my rotation at the Emergency Department (ED), I could hardly believe it. It felt exactly like when I had started neurosurgery. First of all, this was gonna be my last rotation ever as a house officer. There I was, having barely even started, and I was already at the top of the junior […]
Healing
II.III.VI BELONGING Despite my initial reluctance and the many trials and tribulations I had to deal with during those three months, I have to admit that geriatric medicine was, by far, my favourite rotation. I don’t think there will ever be another time in my career where I’ll experience the same firm dynamic I had with Dr Pops, Rosaline, and […]
Ageism
II.III.III AGEISM Much can be said about why things were the way they were over at the geriatric hospital. As controversial as this might sound, I think it all boiled down to one thing – ageism. That old people’s lives seem to matter less. I gotta admit that before starting this rotation, I too was guilty of this kind of […]
Toxic
II.III.II TOXIC I have to admit, it all appeared too good to be true. And in a way, it kinda was. As fate would have it, Dr Sleazy would be joining our firm. Dr Sleazy was a resident specialist renowned for his medical ineptitude, inappropriate behaviour, and all-round hatefulness. Not a single person had one good thing to say about […]