On my way to my assigned pavilion My rotation in Psychiatry for the whole month of February just ended! I started not knowing bunch of what this rotation had to offer but as I ran through different scenarios in the out-patient department, ward, and emergency room setting, I was able to broaden my understanding of […]
Internal Medicine Rotation
After my rotations in Surgery, OB-Gyne, CFM, here came Internal Medicine! I had my December and January reserved for that department Out-patient department I had my first 8 days to cater needs of outpatient department patients. The usual time in would be at 8 in the morning. A line of patients’ folders would start to […]
OB-Gyne Push
My OB-Gyne Rotation started last August and ended in September. Here, I share some of the highlights of my rotation There are days where we have our conferences together with the residents and consultants of the department. We discuss updates of guidelines, review the theoretical, and apply them in our everyday rotation in the department. […]
Emergency Medicine Rotation as Clerk
Sharing my days as an Emergency Medicine Rotation clerk
End of Surgery Rotation as a Clerk
Definitely enjoyed surgery rotation so much and learned a LOT from both inside and outside rotations around the OPD, ICU, Ward, SICU, ER, ward and OR posts. I never thought I could do so much for a short span of time in the ER with nonstop waves of cases coming in! From burns, lacerations, gunshot […]
First Surgical Assist as a Clerk
First Rotation: Surgery Today, I was able to assist in an AV fistula formation procedure in my surgery rotation together with two of the eminent surgeons of the institute. I never had any experience in the real operating room set-up before since that wasn’t part of the curriculum I had in my undergrad years. But, […]
Think Thursdays 001 – Glaucoma
Hello everyone! As you may have noticed, this is the very first entry I will make for AnythingRad’s new segment “Think Thursdays”. 🙂 So today, I will share to you something I learned from one of our ward discussions. It’s about a fairly rare type of glaucoma; nonetheless, this is considered an emergency case for […]
Born to Be Alive
I found myself looking at this piece of scantron paper last night. This was for a shifting exam I had a month ago. The first 20 numbers correspond to a set of answers I had for that shifting. My hands can’t be helped from scribbling onto it like it’s some kind of freedom wall. Scribbled down a mantra to remind […]
Extended
I introduce you to a place you’ve never been to before if you’re not from the same institution as I am – The Extension Library. Extension since service extends more than that of the Main Library, that is from the usual 7AM-6PM to the extended service of 7AM-8PM. It sometimes go beyond 8 during examination weeks. Kind of […]
First Hurricane Over
Everything passed by like one big hurricane — one that lasted for 10 months. Evidently, it had been a busy school year for me with the lack of evidence of blog updates. For 10 months, we were faced with countless study materials and exams for every subject. Lecture here, dissection there, new and fun learnings […]