Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..
Alhamdulillah, my first posting would be surgery. Though it's not the posting that I've wanted, and my two best friends are posted in another posting together, nevertheless I am grateful to start off with surgery. Ever since I was in third year of medical school, I have started off with surgical posting. InshaAllah, I will try and do my best this Monday, which is the day that we are asked to report for duty and start our tagging.
We, in Hospital Temerloh will all start on this Monday whereas my friends who work in other hospitals have already experienced the hardships of tagging. To come to work as early as 6.30 am and to go back as late as 12 midnight. As my sister used to put it when she was working as houseman officer, "I got out from my house to go to work and I see the moon. And when I came out from the hospital to go home, I see the moon."
Well, this is the life that we are going to face for the next 2 weeks of our first posting, and for every 2 weeks for our next postings, until we finish our housemanship in 2 years time. InshaAllah..
Since I will only start working on Monday, so I decided to go home this weekend. My second youngest sister has just registered into CUCMS with MARA loan, last week and my mother and sister went to send her.
My mom told me yesterday, what the dean said on the day that they registered.
He said, "Though all other students who wishes to study medicine in local universities have a CGPA of 4.0, here in CUCMS we don't require you to get a CGPA of 4.0. Because being a doctor does not require you to be only intelligent, but most importantly you will need to also have passion for the profession. Because this profession, no doubt is challenging and those who are forced to do medicine will find it hard to cope with the challenges."
Well, nowadays everybody wants to become a doctor. Or is it?
Hahaha.. I am not sure. But I guess with the increasing numbers of houseman officers in the country and with the large numbers of local and overseas graduates, I can safely say so.
Some dreamed of being a doctor since little, like me. And some only went to medical school, to please their parents.
Well, either one it's fine. But like what the Dean said, if you don't have passion for the profession, you will have a hard time to cope with the stress. The stress of studying is much, much less from working.
Working as a doctor, our work involves mostly with human. We deal with lives. The responsibility of that is so great. Though I haven't start working yet, but I've already felt the burden on my shoulders. On the day that we all learned how to operate the computer system (Hospital Temerloh is entirely computerised), I started to have palpitations only by imagining what would happen if I ordered the wrong blood investigations, or typed in the wrong information for a patient.
Being a student, we have no responsibilities whatsoever. Our responsibilities were only to learn and the patients are our textbooks. But being a houseman officer, the patients become our responsibilities.
When you deal with humans; your patients, their families, your co-workers and superiors, lab technicians, staff nurses, what will help you is not your intelligence. It's your attitude. For your patients, it's the ability to empathize. And for those who will be working around you, like the staff nurses and lab techs, your attitude and your common sense will determine how well you'll go along together.
I pray hard everyday, that my journey throughout these 2 years will be self-growing one. I prayed that it will be easy, but most importantly I want to be trained as much as I can during this 2 years so that I could be a safe doctor for my patients. I remember my professor said to me, to pray each time after my solat, and ask for Allah's guidance, and help in each and every patients, and each and every obstacles. After all, all our knowledge about medicine and about life, and everything that will happen to me and to the patients are from Him. There is no God but Allah..
Well, for those who aspire to become a doctor please reflect back the real intention for you to want to become one because this path that you've chosen is not an easy one. I have a few friends who dropped off from medical school because in the middle of the road, they realised that this is not the career for them. The reason might be because of lack of social skills (this is a very important skill in this profession!) or perhaps they'd rather work from 8 to 5 pm everyday and be able to return to their families every night.
If it is for fame, you should better be an singer, or actor, or a politician.
If it is for money, you are better paid doing business, selling Herbalife or other things.
But if you have empathy, and would really want to sacrifice your life to serve the public and the country and working long hours, then the doors of medicine will surely open widely for you. =)
Wallahu'alam..
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Thursday, July 5, 2012
House Officer Guidebook
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim...
Here in Hospital Temerloh, before you start tagging in your respective postings, you need to undergo a one week orientation.
Too much things to tell about the orientation week.. but there are pros and cons of it. I honestly believe that having gone through the orientation week, I understand better regarding the procedures and protocols of the hospital.
There are certain things that they didn't teach you in medical school like The Order of Draw, or how many times to shake the sample tubes to prevent it from clotting.
These are the examples of mistakes that house officers do all the time. Why is it very important because if your sample clotted or get contaminated, it will be rejected. And that will cost money. Tax payers' money that are better spent on other important things.
Apart from that, we were given various reading materials for guidelines. One that I would like to recommend here to read before you start working is the Houseman Officer Guidebook by the Malaysian Medical Council
You can easily download the PDF version from the official website here
Here in Hospital Temerloh, before you start tagging in your respective postings, you need to undergo a one week orientation.
Too much things to tell about the orientation week.. but there are pros and cons of it. I honestly believe that having gone through the orientation week, I understand better regarding the procedures and protocols of the hospital.
There are certain things that they didn't teach you in medical school like The Order of Draw, or how many times to shake the sample tubes to prevent it from clotting.
These are the examples of mistakes that house officers do all the time. Why is it very important because if your sample clotted or get contaminated, it will be rejected. And that will cost money. Tax payers' money that are better spent on other important things.
Apart from that, we were given various reading materials for guidelines. One that I would like to recommend here to read before you start working is the Houseman Officer Guidebook by the Malaysian Medical Council
You can easily download the PDF version from the official website here
Pray until the day you die..
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..
Today, I witnessed a very disturbing situation.. I came to work today at 6.30 am and I saw that all the lights in the cubicles were out, and all the patients are fast asleep. As usual, in the morning when we come for work we will do our morning reviews of all patients in the ward. Since I am tagging and still new I only review the stable patients in the open cubicles and in the room. What disturbs me today is that today I learned that a Muslim patient did not wake up for the morning prayers. How I know this was because I asked one of the patients that I saw whether he perform his prayer or not. He informed me that he did not because he has a urinary catheter inserted. I was shocked and puzzled at the same time. Shocked because if this patient did not pray because of the urinary catheter, I wonder how many prayers have he missed since he has been on the tube since the past few months.. Puzzled because from what I've learned it is permissible to pray while having a urinary catheter or stoma on. Allah has made this religion easy and practical. If we don't have water or can't use water for ablution, we can use dust to tayammum. It shows that no matter what, you must perform your prayers. That morning I spent a few minutes telling the patient that eventhough he's wearing a urinary catheter he could still perfom salah. I realised that this is my duty as a muslim. I could not bear to think how would I answer in front of Allah later if I just ignore this. I couldn't bear to imagine if this patient dies and I didn't take the oppurtunity to inform him.. I made a note to myself to look up and research regarding the issues of prayer among sick people. However, up until today I still haven't gotten around to it yet. InshaAllah I hope I could do it and share the information here a.s.a.p. If dear readers have any page to recommend, please do tell me. Jazakumullau khair!
Today, I witnessed a very disturbing situation.. I came to work today at 6.30 am and I saw that all the lights in the cubicles were out, and all the patients are fast asleep. As usual, in the morning when we come for work we will do our morning reviews of all patients in the ward. Since I am tagging and still new I only review the stable patients in the open cubicles and in the room. What disturbs me today is that today I learned that a Muslim patient did not wake up for the morning prayers. How I know this was because I asked one of the patients that I saw whether he perform his prayer or not. He informed me that he did not because he has a urinary catheter inserted. I was shocked and puzzled at the same time. Shocked because if this patient did not pray because of the urinary catheter, I wonder how many prayers have he missed since he has been on the tube since the past few months.. Puzzled because from what I've learned it is permissible to pray while having a urinary catheter or stoma on. Allah has made this religion easy and practical. If we don't have water or can't use water for ablution, we can use dust to tayammum. It shows that no matter what, you must perform your prayers. That morning I spent a few minutes telling the patient that eventhough he's wearing a urinary catheter he could still perfom salah. I realised that this is my duty as a muslim. I could not bear to think how would I answer in front of Allah later if I just ignore this. I couldn't bear to imagine if this patient dies and I didn't take the oppurtunity to inform him.. I made a note to myself to look up and research regarding the issues of prayer among sick people. However, up until today I still haven't gotten around to it yet. InshaAllah I hope I could do it and share the information here a.s.a.p. If dear readers have any page to recommend, please do tell me. Jazakumullau khair!
Communication between two generations
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim...
I've always wondered why people love asking other people to give them feedback, or ask questions when the person requesting that is not even ready to hear what the other person has to say...
In this life, it is hard to maintain an open heart. To be able to accept anything people say requires a very brave heart. To be able to consider with adequate justification what other people are telling you or complaining at you requires wisdom and maturity.
Maturity is not measured by your age, nor by your life experiences.
You can aged 100 years old, but still could be considered immature if you think that you are the wisest person in the whole world because you are the oldest.
You can have traveled to all the places in the world, but you wouldn't be mature enough if you wouldn't want to see, hear, feel and reflect the things that you see at the places you visited.
Maturity won't be gained by only experiencing the sweet things in life. You have to also experience the bitterness and the sourness. It's not just beautiful and bright colours, you have to also accept it for the black, white and grey. When you've already accept the world for what it is, then you would understand.
There was once, a bus driver who got annoyed at me because I used the "wrong" name for the road and mosque that I wished to stop at. The name of the road and mosque that I told him was actually the real name and I know this because I lived in that area. But, he got really annoyed at me and said in an annoyed voice that I shouldn't have addressed him 'pakcik' or uncle because he said that actually I am older than him. I told him that I just graduated from university and from what I can see, he was definitely older than I am. With an annoyed voice he shot back that it does not matter, I am still older than him.
At that point, I have an urge to say back to him, "Yes, you are quite right. I am not older than you based on our age, but I am older than you in term of maturity."
But I held my tongue and try to calm myself down to avoid having arguments with him..
At that point, I realise that a lot of people nowadays, think that they are mature because they are older. They think that they ought to be respected because they are older. I am not saying that I don't respect the elders. I do. But some people just take the respect that other people are showing to them for granted, thinking that they ought to be respected all the time regardless of what they do.
Most people don't realise that, respect need to be gained. You cannot ask to be respected. Only eqoistic people will ask to be respected.
Wise and mature people won't ask to be respected. They just will automatically be respected by others due to their wisdom and character.
When two generations gained wisdom and maturity, we would be able to communicate easily. But to have that, two generations need to be able to accept each other, wanting to understand each other, and celebrate each other's differences.
Just like a father and a son; both want the other to accept the other one's point of view, but if we continue asking people to understand us, we would never be able to accept the other person. Not, until we decide to try to understand the other person first. Seek first to understand, than to be understood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRwNEjk8vc4
I've always wondered why people love asking other people to give them feedback, or ask questions when the person requesting that is not even ready to hear what the other person has to say...
In this life, it is hard to maintain an open heart. To be able to accept anything people say requires a very brave heart. To be able to consider with adequate justification what other people are telling you or complaining at you requires wisdom and maturity.
Maturity is not measured by your age, nor by your life experiences.
You can aged 100 years old, but still could be considered immature if you think that you are the wisest person in the whole world because you are the oldest.
You can have traveled to all the places in the world, but you wouldn't be mature enough if you wouldn't want to see, hear, feel and reflect the things that you see at the places you visited.
Maturity won't be gained by only experiencing the sweet things in life. You have to also experience the bitterness and the sourness. It's not just beautiful and bright colours, you have to also accept it for the black, white and grey. When you've already accept the world for what it is, then you would understand.
There was once, a bus driver who got annoyed at me because I used the "wrong" name for the road and mosque that I wished to stop at. The name of the road and mosque that I told him was actually the real name and I know this because I lived in that area. But, he got really annoyed at me and said in an annoyed voice that I shouldn't have addressed him 'pakcik' or uncle because he said that actually I am older than him. I told him that I just graduated from university and from what I can see, he was definitely older than I am. With an annoyed voice he shot back that it does not matter, I am still older than him.
At that point, I have an urge to say back to him, "Yes, you are quite right. I am not older than you based on our age, but I am older than you in term of maturity."
But I held my tongue and try to calm myself down to avoid having arguments with him..
At that point, I realise that a lot of people nowadays, think that they are mature because they are older. They think that they ought to be respected because they are older. I am not saying that I don't respect the elders. I do. But some people just take the respect that other people are showing to them for granted, thinking that they ought to be respected all the time regardless of what they do.
Most people don't realise that, respect need to be gained. You cannot ask to be respected. Only eqoistic people will ask to be respected.
Wise and mature people won't ask to be respected. They just will automatically be respected by others due to their wisdom and character.
When two generations gained wisdom and maturity, we would be able to communicate easily. But to have that, two generations need to be able to accept each other, wanting to understand each other, and celebrate each other's differences.
Just like a father and a son; both want the other to accept the other one's point of view, but if we continue asking people to understand us, we would never be able to accept the other person. Not, until we decide to try to understand the other person first. Seek first to understand, than to be understood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRwNEjk8vc4
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Tarbiyyah of young doctors..
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..
Through out my five years in medical school, I've always been involved with halaqah and usrah, or some called it their 'happy circle'.
The friends that I have in this happy circle are the friends with whom I went through all the bitterness, sweetness and sourness of my journey in medical school. They are my friends, my mentors, my sisters, my family.
In this happy circle, we shared about our common interest, our knowledge and our love for our religion, the prophet Muhammad s.a.w and above all, we shared our love for our Creator.
Through this circle, we gained our strength when we face hardships and by supporting each other, we are able to strengthened our ukhuwwah.
When medical school ends, we were posted to different hospitals. Some of my friends are posted together, Alhamdulillah. And I was also posted with two of my best friends. Uhibbukuma fi sabillillah!
I've just sent out an email to one of my murobbi who was in charged of all of us when we were still studying regarding on where all of us would be posted.
I am hoping that, even though everyone of my friends are busy and are having a hard time working as housemen in hospitals around the country, they would never forget the kind of sweetness, warmth, strength, love and wisdom that they've received from our happy circle. I hope that they would always remember and cherish them.
I sincerely hope that my friends would always seek to stay in this circle no matter what because they realise that being in this circle is what makes them special. They are special in the eyes of other people, and more importantly they are special in the eyes of Allah.
For my dear friends, work hard with all your might and sincerity. And remember when time gets rough, Allah has always been by your side. Seek Him in your prayers and seek Him in your friends. And I will always be praying for all of us. InshaAllah..
Through out my five years in medical school, I've always been involved with halaqah and usrah, or some called it their 'happy circle'.
The friends that I have in this happy circle are the friends with whom I went through all the bitterness, sweetness and sourness of my journey in medical school. They are my friends, my mentors, my sisters, my family.
In this happy circle, we shared about our common interest, our knowledge and our love for our religion, the prophet Muhammad s.a.w and above all, we shared our love for our Creator.
Through this circle, we gained our strength when we face hardships and by supporting each other, we are able to strengthened our ukhuwwah.
When medical school ends, we were posted to different hospitals. Some of my friends are posted together, Alhamdulillah. And I was also posted with two of my best friends. Uhibbukuma fi sabillillah!
I've just sent out an email to one of my murobbi who was in charged of all of us when we were still studying regarding on where all of us would be posted.
I am hoping that, even though everyone of my friends are busy and are having a hard time working as housemen in hospitals around the country, they would never forget the kind of sweetness, warmth, strength, love and wisdom that they've received from our happy circle. I hope that they would always remember and cherish them.
I sincerely hope that my friends would always seek to stay in this circle no matter what because they realise that being in this circle is what makes them special. They are special in the eyes of other people, and more importantly they are special in the eyes of Allah.
For my dear friends, work hard with all your might and sincerity. And remember when time gets rough, Allah has always been by your side. Seek Him in your prayers and seek Him in your friends. And I will always be praying for all of us. InshaAllah..
Why go to induction?
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..
So, you've received the letter huh?
Congratulations for getting hired by the government and choosing to serve your country and your community!
So, why go to induction?
I ask myself the very same question when I have to pack up.
But after 4 days and 3 nights there, I realised that going to induction has a few important aspects that all housemen must take note of.
Firstly,
During the induction, you will be told where you will be posted to. This is the most important and most anticipated moment during the induction. Most would get the hospitals of their choice. Some who are the unlucky ones would be posted to hospitals that they didn't even apply for. Well, don't worry! You can appeal to the the ministry on the very same day and ask to be relocated to the hospital that you wanted.
But, mind you. If you are asking to be relocated to 'hot' hospitals especially inside of Klang Valley, it would be very difficult for your application to be approved. If you want apply for outside of Klang Valley, the chances that your application would be approved is high. And, if you applied to Sabah and Sarawak, you will definitely get it, no questions asked. (p/s: the incentives and allowances you'll receive if you go to Sabah Sarawak are higher too!)
A friend of mine, was initially assigned to HKL. But she decided to ask to be relocated to Hospital Temerloh and she got it. But another friend of mine, wanted to change her application from Johor to Kuala Lumpur. Her reason was because her husband is staying in Bintulu, Sarawak and it would be easier to commute from KL to Bintulu. But she didn't get HKL but instead the ministry sent her to Kuching.
Well, like I said the ministry would be very happy to send you anywhere except in the Klang Valley area.
We received our posting letters at 12 midnight of the first day we were there. And for those who appealed, they received their result on the last day of induction.
Secondly,
During the induction you would be briefed about the job, how much you would be payed for, how many holidays you are entitled to per year and how you would get promoted in this line of work.
You would also be briefed about the expectations on housemen, so that you could prepare yourself mentally and physically before you would really work.
Thirdly,
During these 4 days and 3 nights, you would stay in luxurious hotel and served with delicious meals 6 times per day and do nothing else except sit down, listen and relax.
Reminder!
At the end of the induction period, there would be a test regarding everything that you've learned in all the talks so pay attention!
Throughout the induction, you will be evaluated and 50% overall marks is required to pass the induction.
Be punctual for all the seminars and talks. Tardiness is unacceptable. You are a government servant now..!
Make sure you bring along a pair of batik attire to be worn on thursday.
Make sure on the day that you arrive, you are properly dressed in formal attire. If the journey from your hometown to the induction place is long, you can wear casual attire but change before you register for induction.
And, don't forget to bring along black pens because as a government servant you are required to write every formal documents in black ink.
After the induction, there are 1 or 2 days of holiday (depending on where you will be posted, Kelantan, Kedah etc starts on Sunday) for you to pack up your things, say goodbye to families, find rental houses near the hospital, check out the location of the hospital and prepare for your first day.
Don't be late for your first day!
So, you've received the letter huh?
Congratulations for getting hired by the government and choosing to serve your country and your community!
So, why go to induction?
I ask myself the very same question when I have to pack up.
But after 4 days and 3 nights there, I realised that going to induction has a few important aspects that all housemen must take note of.
Firstly,
During the induction, you will be told where you will be posted to. This is the most important and most anticipated moment during the induction. Most would get the hospitals of their choice. Some who are the unlucky ones would be posted to hospitals that they didn't even apply for. Well, don't worry! You can appeal to the the ministry on the very same day and ask to be relocated to the hospital that you wanted.
But, mind you. If you are asking to be relocated to 'hot' hospitals especially inside of Klang Valley, it would be very difficult for your application to be approved. If you want apply for outside of Klang Valley, the chances that your application would be approved is high. And, if you applied to Sabah and Sarawak, you will definitely get it, no questions asked. (p/s: the incentives and allowances you'll receive if you go to Sabah Sarawak are higher too!)
A friend of mine, was initially assigned to HKL. But she decided to ask to be relocated to Hospital Temerloh and she got it. But another friend of mine, wanted to change her application from Johor to Kuala Lumpur. Her reason was because her husband is staying in Bintulu, Sarawak and it would be easier to commute from KL to Bintulu. But she didn't get HKL but instead the ministry sent her to Kuching.
Well, like I said the ministry would be very happy to send you anywhere except in the Klang Valley area.
We received our posting letters at 12 midnight of the first day we were there. And for those who appealed, they received their result on the last day of induction.
Secondly,
During the induction you would be briefed about the job, how much you would be payed for, how many holidays you are entitled to per year and how you would get promoted in this line of work.
You would also be briefed about the expectations on housemen, so that you could prepare yourself mentally and physically before you would really work.
Thirdly,
During these 4 days and 3 nights, you would stay in luxurious hotel and served with delicious meals 6 times per day and do nothing else except sit down, listen and relax.
Reminder!
At the end of the induction period, there would be a test regarding everything that you've learned in all the talks so pay attention!
Throughout the induction, you will be evaluated and 50% overall marks is required to pass the induction.
Be punctual for all the seminars and talks. Tardiness is unacceptable. You are a government servant now..!
Make sure you bring along a pair of batik attire to be worn on thursday.
Make sure on the day that you arrive, you are properly dressed in formal attire. If the journey from your hometown to the induction place is long, you can wear casual attire but change before you register for induction.
And, don't forget to bring along black pens because as a government servant you are required to write every formal documents in black ink.
After the induction, there are 1 or 2 days of holiday (depending on where you will be posted, Kelantan, Kedah etc starts on Sunday) for you to pack up your things, say goodbye to families, find rental houses near the hospital, check out the location of the hospital and prepare for your first day.
Don't be late for your first day!
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Fiqh Perubatan Islam
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..
For those freshly graduated from medical school and currently have nothing much to do as you awaits for the letter from the ministry, why not fill up all those free time by gathering up useful and important knowledge through reading?
Yeah, I know that some of you might say, "Oh Gosh, I've spent the last 5 years reading and now when I finally have a long vacation you are asking me to read some more?!"
Well, that's how I've felt too. But I realise that this precious leisure time won't be coming around again and this is the perfect moment to update and upgrade myself.
So, for the beginning I would suggest reading this book
this book contains all the knowledge that you need to know to assist you in dealing with muslim patients, and also assisting them to continue practicing their faith even when they are sick.
For those freshly graduated from medical school and currently have nothing much to do as you awaits for the letter from the ministry, why not fill up all those free time by gathering up useful and important knowledge through reading?
Yeah, I know that some of you might say, "Oh Gosh, I've spent the last 5 years reading and now when I finally have a long vacation you are asking me to read some more?!"
Well, that's how I've felt too. But I realise that this precious leisure time won't be coming around again and this is the perfect moment to update and upgrade myself.
So, for the beginning I would suggest reading this book
this book contains all the knowledge that you need to know to assist you in dealing with muslim patients, and also assisting them to continue practicing their faith even when they are sick.
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