A new friend asked me some things a lot of my juniors asked, but either I never had the time, I was lazy, or they never asked the right questions. I was asked to share the information, so here it is.. with minor alterations, because I'm lazy
For my undergraduate juniors,
jeng jeng jeng
Under threat of DEATH and immeasurable pain and torture, Zyryx, as the Dude, unmasked, bares it all..
Housemanship's biggest secrets, finally revealed..
Zyryx:
ok im back but i got kinda lost.
What do you wanna know actually?
I can speculate..probably by the time you got here evaluations will be the norm for every new dr..unfortunately for you, but maybe for the better. although it would be weird for a relatively poor med system like malaysia to suddenly evaluate the universities overseas which are definitely in higher standards according to the world, which they initially recognised..im a bit tired
Nerd:
Haha. I didn't expect an answer straight away, dude. Go catch ur breath.
And yes i've heard about the exam thingy tho i'm not overly worried about it. I mean really, whats 5 yrs worth of overseas education if i cant pass one back home (confidence much?? Hehe)
Anyway, What i really want to know is the working conditions, the hours, the on-calls u're expected to do per month, the assessments, the criteria to which hospital u're sent to (as u might imagine, i'd prefer to be close to home) etc etc
and maybe, if after all that u find urself still willing to divulge me with classified info, the wage (a rough guesstimate will do).
Thanks in advance :)
P/s: i understand u're a busy man (as i imagine all docs are), so take ur time to answer (if u want to answer at all that is). I'm in no rush.
Dude:
umm..about the exams..maybe the first few batches will find it a problem, and the new universities without seniors. But only initially. No one really has the time to make new questions for an extra exam previously not needed anyway, IMHO.
Assessment is difficult for me to tell about. I suspect it falls on the specialist supervising. Some do drastic stuff like making sudden spot checks on log books (typically left to the last minute to fill- you dont have much time with your work anyway) and automatically (cruelly) extend another 3 months of your life in that particular department. The worse part is rumours tend to be considered true and getting extended indirectly because of that happens too. Please dont be one of those who do that. The knowledge part is mostly clinical...they want to know if you can actually make a proper assessment, diagnosis and management plan of the most common conditions, at least.
