i am now in orthopaedics..so currently i'm in my third posting after having done with medical and o+g ..it's been approximately 10 months since someone called me doctor in Klang hospital
my entries seem to be getting darker tones and scarcer than ever, but believe me i am the same man, though i couldnt help but bear a grudge for having to extend another 2 months of my already two-year-long housemanship training while i was in my 1st posting in the medical department.
truth be told i do enjoy my work, other than what i said just now, i like being a HO, even the 2 long months of extension was beneficial in a way (I had more time to do more procedures than normally a houseman in Klang Hospital would.)
I found myself more relaxed doing stuff, and some people seem to think it’s a big deal i finished those 2 previous postings, but i wouldnt say I’m ready for ortho just yet...every dept is different and it’s helpful to know what exactly you are doing no matter how many times you’ve done something similar in another department.
Orthopaedics is a great relief in comparison, finishing at 5 is only 2 hours earlier, but after coming home only after 7 every weekday, it’s so refreshing.
I’m actually doing tagging calls, which means i have to stay until 10pm (in the other departments its up to 11pm, but who’s complaining right), but the feeling of going back early is just too great, I’d still go back 1st, rest,eat and pray and then return to look for something to learn.
The calls are also something i’m looking forward to..4 to 5 calls per month- approximately half of what i’ve been doing in my previous postings (approx. 7-9 calls per month in medical, 11-12 calls per month in o+g which usually means a train of eods throughout the month)
The ratio of patients per HO is also so little in comparison i could’nt help but smile whenever i think of it.
It doesn’t mean starting as a HO in ortho would make you less of a HO though,IMO. I know a few guys who were really smart coming from ortho, who could do their jobs in their new depts just as efficiently.
Life is changing...the guys who got married are mostly expecting. I finally bought a means of transport and will soon move out of this old skool hostel.I’m starting to contact my old buddies especially those near me. Facebook is a great tool for this (besides fster). We’ve been laughing off electronically (no, not as if in the transformers voice, though it'd be cool if i could) as we look at some of the more comical moments in our student lives in zam’s photo album.
The kids in volgo are coming back again, and some fresh blood will enter the service of the Ministry of Health...mmm..fresh blood..
