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Although I have left the department for almost a month now, at the time of writing this article, although by the time I do publish this, many months would have gone by, I still consider myself a part of the department. Perhaps it’s because I have familiarised myself to the system. Eventually, it grows on you.
I started my housemanship / internship in this department. My knowledge regarding the system of the hospital was completely zero and I had to familiarise myself really quickly. It was a hard and an extremely tough time for me. However, I am blessed to have been guided by various people.
First of all, to Dr. Alvin Chai, my senior from medical school (Batch 6). When I begun my journey in housemanship, Alvin had just left from Sarawak to Johor. However, despite never actually being physically guided by him, it felt as though he was there every step of the way. From simple things such as filling up forms to blood tubes to transferring out a patient to RCBM. He was literally the “senior on-call”, guiding me patiently throughout my early days even during the most odd hours, sharing his experiences and continuously encouraging me.
Nevertheless, I felt supported and for that, I am extremely grateful.
Next, to the specialists who were extremely nice and treated me more as a friend, who guided me in the OT, who filled me with encouragements and made jokes rather than ridicule or criticise me. My days as an ETD House Officer and as an EMOT House Officer were mostly enjoyable because of their willingness to teach and guide me and allowed me to even have hands-on experience.
Of course, not forgetting the medical officers who were more than patient with me and taught me how to be more resilient. I was definitely not an easy person to work with and I do need a lot of time to learn something. However, they were extremely patient with me and continuously filling me with encouragement and for that, again, I am extremely grateful.
Then, the staff nurses who helped me especially during my night shift in wards on how to attend to patients with active issues or impending issues. The medical assistants in the Ortho Clinic who taught me how to properly make various types of casts, my fellow colleagues, who provided me with assistant and emotional support and guidance as well as the patients who were more than patient with me when I failed my blood taking attempt multiple times and had to poke them again.
Overall, I was constantly guided and supported all throughout. Without them, I would not be able to pull through and enjoy my experience as a whole.
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