outside surgical rotation
Short post about the end of my Surgery roation, almost done yay!
So for Surgery I've been to Metro, which was so damn sosyal I almost felt out of place. The food and parking were libre, and the ER was huge compared to FEU's. I mostly just sat at the Surgery desk at the ER and read a (non-medical) book. Whenver a patient would show up, Caps and I would jump up and be all over the patient, thankful to have something to do.
Some of the patients were so damn good-looking. I was telling Mads nga I met the hottest Chinese dude, ever. And he was only 16 years old. A lot of the student nurses, from the adjacent Metro nusring school, were good-looking too.
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Duty was every other day, which sounds really tiring but is only pretty tiring hehe. The tiring part was when your 'from-duty.' That's when they send you into the OR, to assist more often that to watch. There were so many OR's scheduled each day, so wala ka talagang takas if you don't like the OR. The majority of patients of Metro are Chinese, majority of the doctors are Chinese too. That was the one (tiny) problem with the place. I have nothing against the Chinese, but I've experienced not being talked to because I'M not chinese.
Next was Jose Reyes. The place was the best man. NOTHING compares to their ER, it's huge! Plus even with 5 of us manning the Surgery table (3 clerks, 1 intern, 1 resident) there was still waaay too much work. The best part is that with the overflowing amount of work, the resident doesn't bother you na. You can do as you please with the patients and send them home. Makes you feel like a *real* doctor. Gosh, i feel so at home in public hospitals. Sigh.
The OR was pretty nice din at JR. Plus did I mention the Surgery department is more than 50% made up of female residents? The chief resident is a female. I scrubbed in for an Explore Lap and the primary surgeon was a female 4th year resident. She finished the procedure in 1 hour, which is like record time! Plus she had time to quiz me intra-operatively, and let me do some menial work, which I really appreciated. :o)
Third of the 4 legs of the outside rotation for surgery was POC, which sucked. Big time. Everyone who's gone through there loved it, but I didn't. Balita of the place is that andaming gwapong resident. I kept waiting, impatiently, but none arrived. The place is so hot, makes you feel so sweaty. You do robotic work and the learning is minimal. But the food *is* free and it does taste good. PINK TEAM KURIPOT!!!!
Last leg is UDMC, where I'm currently rotating. I spent all of yesterday and today in the lounge, waiting for patients. We don't have an ER post, no monitoring, no paperwork, just... well, just OR i think. But when I woke up this morning there were no OR's scheduled. It's nakakapanibago, I didn't think it would be this work-free.
Hahaha, laki ba ng problema ko? I complain when there's so much work, and I whine when there's no work and I'm bored.
Curious thing about all the hospitals I've been to so far - in every station of every department, there's at least one palengkera nurse whose voice can be heard down the hall. More than 50% of the nurses are vicious gossips, and an equal fraction are very mautos. I not sure if I should ask 'what happened' to Filipino nurses, kasi I don't imagine the student nurses I see (and I've seen tons) turning out to be like those nurses I've come to dread and hate.
Last night Caps and I went to sleep at around midnight, after hours of playing tong-its and watching TV. We were awoken at 6:30am by the repeated banging of doors and loud, loud chatter of the nurses. (at UDMC, the interns' lounge is a makeshift dressing area for all - patients, nurses). They turned on the lights in the lounge and talked very loudly although they could plainly see that we were sleeping. I shut my eyes tightly nga, determined not to seem awakened by them hahaha. Would they have done that if we were residents and not just interns?
I curse you, palengkera, gossip-y, mautos nurses! Just you wait til I'm a resident!
Random Hotness
So for Surgery I've been to Metro, which was so damn sosyal I almost felt out of place. The food and parking were libre, and the ER was huge compared to FEU's. I mostly just sat at the Surgery desk at the ER and read a (non-medical) book. Whenver a patient would show up, Caps and I would jump up and be all over the patient, thankful to have something to do.
Some of the patients were so damn good-looking. I was telling Mads nga I met the hottest Chinese dude, ever. And he was only 16 years old. A lot of the student nurses, from the adjacent Metro nusring school, were good-looking too.
.
Duty was every other day, which sounds really tiring but is only pretty tiring hehe. The tiring part was when your 'from-duty.' That's when they send you into the OR, to assist more often that to watch. There were so many OR's scheduled each day, so wala ka talagang takas if you don't like the OR. The majority of patients of Metro are Chinese, majority of the doctors are Chinese too. That was the one (tiny) problem with the place. I have nothing against the Chinese, but I've experienced not being talked to because I'M not chinese.
Next was Jose Reyes. The place was the best man. NOTHING compares to their ER, it's huge! Plus even with 5 of us manning the Surgery table (3 clerks, 1 intern, 1 resident) there was still waaay too much work. The best part is that with the overflowing amount of work, the resident doesn't bother you na. You can do as you please with the patients and send them home. Makes you feel like a *real* doctor. Gosh, i feel so at home in public hospitals. Sigh.
The OR was pretty nice din at JR. Plus did I mention the Surgery department is more than 50% made up of female residents? The chief resident is a female. I scrubbed in for an Explore Lap and the primary surgeon was a female 4th year resident. She finished the procedure in 1 hour, which is like record time! Plus she had time to quiz me intra-operatively, and let me do some menial work, which I really appreciated. :o)
Third of the 4 legs of the outside rotation for surgery was POC, which sucked. Big time. Everyone who's gone through there loved it, but I didn't. Balita of the place is that andaming gwapong resident. I kept waiting, impatiently, but none arrived. The place is so hot, makes you feel so sweaty. You do robotic work and the learning is minimal. But the food *is* free and it does taste good. PINK TEAM KURIPOT!!!!
Last leg is UDMC, where I'm currently rotating. I spent all of yesterday and today in the lounge, waiting for patients. We don't have an ER post, no monitoring, no paperwork, just... well, just OR i think. But when I woke up this morning there were no OR's scheduled. It's nakakapanibago, I didn't think it would be this work-free.
Hahaha, laki ba ng problema ko? I complain when there's so much work, and I whine when there's no work and I'm bored.
Curious thing about all the hospitals I've been to so far - in every station of every department, there's at least one palengkera nurse whose voice can be heard down the hall. More than 50% of the nurses are vicious gossips, and an equal fraction are very mautos. I not sure if I should ask 'what happened' to Filipino nurses, kasi I don't imagine the student nurses I see (and I've seen tons) turning out to be like those nurses I've come to dread and hate.
Last night Caps and I went to sleep at around midnight, after hours of playing tong-its and watching TV. We were awoken at 6:30am by the repeated banging of doors and loud, loud chatter of the nurses. (at UDMC, the interns' lounge is a makeshift dressing area for all - patients, nurses). They turned on the lights in the lounge and talked very loudly although they could plainly see that we were sleeping. I shut my eyes tightly nga, determined not to seem awakened by them hahaha. Would they have done that if we were residents and not just interns?
I curse you, palengkera, gossip-y, mautos nurses! Just you wait til I'm a resident!
Random Hotness