surgical unit 3...ward round starts around 730(huwaa, cam budak skola jeh!) till an hour later.. more like doing wake-up call from ward to ward:P..lucky me so far, havent got drilled by the dr's with god-knows-what questions..new generation of medico's, i reckon;) but still struggling with the list of abbreviations used in the patients' report,eheh:p load of paperworks, otherwise nothing much happening in the ward...opss, got the chance to be in the theatre couple of times..obstructed small bowel that dilated a few times bigger, amazed! hmm, scrub's actually a procedures before we enter the green zone. so syu, is it the yellowish-yucky-colour-iodine solution for scrubbing that u are after??:p

two problem-based-learning (PBL) each week..patient's & paper's..presenting sub topic to the group based on the case given,the tricky part is actually to know wats important clinically among the longgg list of causes, symptoms etc...no point in remembering a particular rare syndrome/condition but stuffed up when listing the classical symptoms of heart attack..make sense rite? ehehe, the consultant tutors helps us a lot with that:)

patients' contact? up to us, but of course practise makes perfect...approach the nurse manager or dr's in charge, ask for any patient's with good clinical history, perform either histroy taking or examination...hmmm, will take years to actually master all the skills , n i'm still struggling to memorise all the significant findings n differential diagnosis for the presented problems, erkk!

enjoying my pathology & radiology's classes, cool tutors...supposed to be self-directed learning but being knowledge-insufficient, we need to starts from scratch =( looking on the bright side, its more practical coz got to put things into perspective with on going clinical experiences..appreciate how they teach us to remember key points for the illness, classify! eheh, pray hard that all the jargons stick in my mind for future use;)

okeh, easter break!!