Pahinga moments
I started out in Surgery and I thought it was going great. I got to see cool new stuff, and even though the stereotype that surgeons are hot didn't really ring true as far as I could see (read: our surgeons aren't hot haha), I got to go boy-watching pa rin, the hot anesthesiologists and nurses/student nurses (and our hot greenboys din, right rheu? hehehe). Pic in the next post. :o)
I also got to make pahinga a lot. The 36-hour shifts were sometimes busy as hell, but during the week I found at least 2 nights a week that I could rest or get drunk/gimik, whichever I choose. Last night Mads and I watched Windfall with some beer, chips and salsa. Got pretty drunk haha, we both passed out with my room littered. Tonight, Rheu and I are gonna watch Transamerica.
On my own, I'm watching Greek, which I traded Mads for Ugly Betty. Greek's great! It's about warring frats/sororities in college. Haha when will i get over the whole teenager/young adult thing?
I've been seeing the downs of this rotation/clerkship also. I should be learning much, much more than I'm currently learning. Over the past 3 weeks, I've only seen 3 procedures, I've scrubbed in for only one. The rest of the time I'm doing legwork for the department. This clerkship is supposed to be an education, instead i'm doing free labor with absolutely no educational value.
There's also been some petty arguments that are escalating within the groups i'm rotating with. What's new right? There are some pretty strong personalities kasi, which is great. But everyone wants their way to be followed. Buti nalang si son-of-dean is in my group. So when he speaks, that's usually the final word hehe.
Right now, I'm not counting myself among the strong personalities anymore. I usually just give in when I smell an argument brewing - half because I just don't want to argue, and I'm ashamed to admit the other half is because I'm scared. It's true, there's nothing I can do about it.
I *cannot wait* until I've ascended the medical/corporate ladder and I have some power. And then I don't have to be afraid anymore (but I think I'll still give in because i really don't like arguing). Pero in fairness, I'm liking this whole getting along with people. Clerkship forces you to do that. At first I did it because I had to, but now I'm seeing how much easier things are if you just make an effort to get along!
I also got to make pahinga a lot. The 36-hour shifts were sometimes busy as hell, but during the week I found at least 2 nights a week that I could rest or get drunk/gimik, whichever I choose. Last night Mads and I watched Windfall with some beer, chips and salsa. Got pretty drunk haha, we both passed out with my room littered. Tonight, Rheu and I are gonna watch Transamerica.
On my own, I'm watching Greek, which I traded Mads for Ugly Betty. Greek's great! It's about warring frats/sororities in college. Haha when will i get over the whole teenager/young adult thing?
I've been seeing the downs of this rotation/clerkship also. I should be learning much, much more than I'm currently learning. Over the past 3 weeks, I've only seen 3 procedures, I've scrubbed in for only one. The rest of the time I'm doing legwork for the department. This clerkship is supposed to be an education, instead i'm doing free labor with absolutely no educational value.
There's also been some petty arguments that are escalating within the groups i'm rotating with. What's new right? There are some pretty strong personalities kasi, which is great. But everyone wants their way to be followed. Buti nalang si son-of-dean is in my group. So when he speaks, that's usually the final word hehe.
Right now, I'm not counting myself among the strong personalities anymore. I usually just give in when I smell an argument brewing - half because I just don't want to argue, and I'm ashamed to admit the other half is because I'm scared. It's true, there's nothing I can do about it.
I *cannot wait* until I've ascended the medical/corporate ladder and I have some power. And then I don't have to be afraid anymore (but I think I'll still give in because i really don't like arguing). Pero in fairness, I'm liking this whole getting along with people. Clerkship forces you to do that. At first I did it because I had to, but now I'm seeing how much easier things are if you just make an effort to get along!