I have passed my first posting, alhamdulillah.
Next up- the toughest posting since medical school, at least for me.
Medical.
I chose it. I was the first person to request my next posting among my batch, and I had the option to choose as there are many of us. And I chose medical.
On my last Post-call shift I participated in the resuscitation of a patient.
It was... traumatic for me. I wanted to write the details here, but even thinking about it now makes me tired.
But it was the first honest-to-goodness resuscitation I've done for a paediatric patient, as others were neonates.
Kind of like a welcoming introduction to Medical, as everyone has said.
My last day in Paediatrics is coming soon before my EOP (end-of-posting) holidays start.
Stuff to have settled prior to EOP:
1. Logbook completion
2. Final assessment
3. Inform posting captain and MO in charge of HOs of your last day
4. Leave forms
5. Logbook to be handed to HOD
6. Completion certificate (copy) to the Admin
I'll miss the camaraderie in this posting. The amazing bosses, the kind and helpful seniors, my juniors (some of whom are senior posters)- they're all great colleagues, some very dear friends.
I'll miss how huge a crush I had on Cute MO (still cute, though he is now a dear boss more than anything), the MOs' teasing and friendliness and how they helped out, and covered for us most of the time. Their guidance, unfailing patience with my newbness, honing me to be efficient and (slightly more knowledgeable.
I'll miss the tiny sliver of dread I would feel when I know my HOD will do rounds, but then how she will laugh at my flubbed-up sentences (I always end up flubbing at least one sentence when presenting to her, but not to other specialists)!
How the nurses joked and helped me greatly when I can't find stuff (most of the time), or couldn't find the right vein for line setting (quite some times), or mainly when I'm emotionally disturbed and needed their coddling (only a few times, eheh).
These are not things I could expect from my upcoming posting, but I'm sure they won't be totally absent.
One more day :(
Next up- the toughest posting since medical school, at least for me.
Medical.
I chose it. I was the first person to request my next posting among my batch, and I had the option to choose as there are many of us. And I chose medical.
On my last Post-call shift I participated in the resuscitation of a patient.
It was... traumatic for me. I wanted to write the details here, but even thinking about it now makes me tired.
But it was the first honest-to-goodness resuscitation I've done for a paediatric patient, as others were neonates.
Kind of like a welcoming introduction to Medical, as everyone has said.
My last day in Paediatrics is coming soon before my EOP (end-of-posting) holidays start.
Stuff to have settled prior to EOP:
1. Logbook completion
2. Final assessment
3. Inform posting captain and MO in charge of HOs of your last day
4. Leave forms
5. Logbook to be handed to HOD
6. Completion certificate (copy) to the Admin
I'll miss the camaraderie in this posting. The amazing bosses, the kind and helpful seniors, my juniors (some of whom are senior posters)- they're all great colleagues, some very dear friends.
I'll miss how huge a crush I had on Cute MO (still cute, though he is now a dear boss more than anything), the MOs' teasing and friendliness and how they helped out, and covered for us most of the time. Their guidance, unfailing patience with my newbness, honing me to be efficient and (slightly more knowledgeable.
I'll miss the tiny sliver of dread I would feel when I know my HOD will do rounds, but then how she will laugh at my flubbed-up sentences (I always end up flubbing at least one sentence when presenting to her, but not to other specialists)!
How the nurses joked and helped me greatly when I can't find stuff (most of the time), or couldn't find the right vein for line setting (quite some times), or mainly when I'm emotionally disturbed and needed their coddling (only a few times, eheh).
These are not things I could expect from my upcoming posting, but I'm sure they won't be totally absent.
One more day :(
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