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yay i finally shadowed the docs today (:

met dr lee in the morning and he was supposed to hand me over to dr jocelyn, but she wasn't available so i met dr jasmine instead :D she is super nice! very friendly and all. she's had 20 yrs of exp so it was really insightful learning from her. we made the morning rounds and i know pretty much most of the patients by now, so it's very cool to drop a smile or make a wave as you walk by and see the patients smiling back cos they recognise you. very sweet haha. the ahma i was doing OT with yesterday even waved me into her ward :D

dr jasmine handed me over to dr jocelyn a lil while before lunch, had lunch w e TCM helper and went off to look for dr venga. he was busy eating so he sent me to chill out alone first and since i didnt have anywhere to go, i went back up to Compassion Ward to find my favorite ahmas haha! they are so cute. most of the patients will just grab your hand and smile with their eyes if they're unable to talk...aww.

dr venga is really awesome. he's a junior doctor but he is so respectful to everyone around and he really taught me alot about medicine. i told him i wasn't a hundred percent sure if i wanted med due to the time commitment and he told me i'd better not follow this industry if i have plans for other areas of my life. he also told me that generally, doctors are not very happy ppl ): dr venga brought me for a consultant session with a new patient admitted for terminal lung cancer. its kinda sad to work in the palliative care ward but honestly, the quality of life the patients there have depends on how they want it to be. in the nursing home, there's this old lady who's super cheerful and such though she has no home and no family. yet you also see patients who curse and swear like there's no tmr although the docs are so nice to them and all.

went for tuition from amk to buona vista, read abit more of Captivating, slept all the way.

k i'm exhausted. night!

posted by xin! @ 10:24 PM