It seems surreal to think that I have actually gone through three years of medical education. 10 hours after Grand OSCE, it finally dawned on me that I have actually survived three years of this what-ever-it-is-that-you-might-call-it. It's always been a good combination of various flavors of life (bordering extremes of the good and bad and all in- ( Read more... )

Well, actually not a babble. This is my reflection paper after my two-week rotation in community medicine during my third year in med school. When the community medicine rotation is nearing its end, I thought to myself that it ought to be longer. The amount of learning and realization that one acquires as he or she goes through the rotation is huge ( Read more... )

It’s officially the school year’s last non-final exams week. Lots of cramming and learning the past year. I refuse to be anxious about the Comprehensive Exam. I’ve got a few more weeks (maybe one or two more!) of studying until I finish my 2nd year as a medical student (in shaa Allah).

It has been a year filled with transes, and Harrison’s, and ( Read more... )

A/N: Code Blue, according to Wiki is "a hospital code used to indicate a patient requiring immediate resuscitation"

Code Blue: The Revival

A similitude of a leap through time

Or probably that of a motion in a blur

The world around gets cramped

in the tiny confines of your walls.

The ball starts rolling,

it doesn't stop

and it rolls so fast.

A transitory ( Read more... )

Note: I wrote this for our college primer, intended for our incoming first year med students. But I guess, some incoming first year med students of other univs, or med students in general can have this as their reminder-- myself included. Also, I'd like to thank the editors of our primer for the edition. c:

So, all of you have decided to enter med ( Read more... )

I wonder how it feels to be unable to communicate with other people, to express your joys and your frustrations, or even mundane things for a simple chit-chat. I wonder what it's like to want nothing but have someone else listen to what you have to say. Some people find immense happiness just by having someone try to understand their feelings ( Read more... )

 
Some thoughts have piled up over the weeks and they’re all over the place, and I don’t know how to organize them at this moment. I’ll just write, and please bear with me if you ever want to continue reading this, and find out later on that it’s all over the place too - and you may have just wasted your time reading through this.

Anyway. I warned ( Read more... )