Mindset to Phase II
Before I refresh my mind and forget the too many overlapping recurring emotions, I think I'd better write 'em down.
I drove to school today, slightly anxious, wondering how the white coat ceremony will be held.
I've never come across this term before hearing it from one of my friends who is also doing medicine in another university. Briefly, it is a formal ceremony that involves "cloaking" of students in white coats done usually by people with a higher rank. In my school, it is done by the dean of MBBS and the president of the state MMA to the batch representative whereas the rest of us have our newly graduated Sem 10 seniors who are now doctors to do it for us. This event marks the student's transition from the pre-clinical to clinical phase. It also addresses the issue of medical ethics and praise rising students for their success in completing the basic sciences of medicine. In my school, this event is very much valued and the entire event was very formally addressed.
There are 118 of us in our batch, the largest batch of IMU ever, it seems.
After taking turns to be 'cloaked', it was the oath taking where we had to be all arranged in a few rows on the stage, with the batch reps leading to pledge. Since I turned out to be the few of the not-so-tall ones, I had to stand in the first line, which I think was good, because after that we took our first batch photo, and I will be the fourth person from the left, easy to be spotted.
At 2pm, we had a mentor-mentee meeting in which we had to look for our mentor. A few people will be assigned to one mentor as the general mentor throughout the period of 2 years in Seremban. I was lucky to be able to meet my mentor today. She is an O&G doctor. I was supposed to tell her things that I would like to know about my life in the coming times but she was generous enough and has told me most of the things that I should know in 20 minutes. I appreciate her a lot because she offered to help, in case I need any from her in the future.
She told me a few things that I think is important to note.
These are things that many people have mentioned and emphasized.
The first thing was that life here in the second phase is totally different from that of the first, when everything was prepared and we just had to listen to lectures and do a little written work. Here, we have to expect that all things that we should know should be learned by seeking for learning opportunities on our own. Everything we do will have to be pre-planned in advance because nobody will be spoon feeding us anymore. Besides, there are a few words that my dear mentor mentioned. I heard the words ringing in my ears for a longer time at the moment she said them because I think I should always bear them in mind. PERSEVERANCE. PATIENCE. WORK HARD. WORK SMART.
And then team work is very important. We must always share our experiences with our colleagues and never be selfish. She said that a common feedback of my seniors is that students tend to isolate themselves and do not get themselves involved as part of the hospital team. She said that the hospital system does not work that way.
Well, then that's the end of the day. And I came home with lots of thoughts in my mind. Some small things had made my day too.
I drove to school today, slightly anxious, wondering how the white coat ceremony will be held.
I've never come across this term before hearing it from one of my friends who is also doing medicine in another university. Briefly, it is a formal ceremony that involves "cloaking" of students in white coats done usually by people with a higher rank. In my school, it is done by the dean of MBBS and the president of the state MMA to the batch representative whereas the rest of us have our newly graduated Sem 10 seniors who are now doctors to do it for us. This event marks the student's transition from the pre-clinical to clinical phase. It also addresses the issue of medical ethics and praise rising students for their success in completing the basic sciences of medicine. In my school, this event is very much valued and the entire event was very formally addressed.
There are 118 of us in our batch, the largest batch of IMU ever, it seems.
After taking turns to be 'cloaked', it was the oath taking where we had to be all arranged in a few rows on the stage, with the batch reps leading to pledge. Since I turned out to be the few of the not-so-tall ones, I had to stand in the first line, which I think was good, because after that we took our first batch photo, and I will be the fourth person from the left, easy to be spotted.
At 2pm, we had a mentor-mentee meeting in which we had to look for our mentor. A few people will be assigned to one mentor as the general mentor throughout the period of 2 years in Seremban. I was lucky to be able to meet my mentor today. She is an O&G doctor. I was supposed to tell her things that I would like to know about my life in the coming times but she was generous enough and has told me most of the things that I should know in 20 minutes. I appreciate her a lot because she offered to help, in case I need any from her in the future.
She told me a few things that I think is important to note.
These are things that many people have mentioned and emphasized.
The first thing was that life here in the second phase is totally different from that of the first, when everything was prepared and we just had to listen to lectures and do a little written work. Here, we have to expect that all things that we should know should be learned by seeking for learning opportunities on our own. Everything we do will have to be pre-planned in advance because nobody will be spoon feeding us anymore. Besides, there are a few words that my dear mentor mentioned. I heard the words ringing in my ears for a longer time at the moment she said them because I think I should always bear them in mind. PERSEVERANCE. PATIENCE. WORK HARD. WORK SMART.
And then team work is very important. We must always share our experiences with our colleagues and never be selfish. She said that a common feedback of my seniors is that students tend to isolate themselves and do not get themselves involved as part of the hospital team. She said that the hospital system does not work that way.
Well, then that's the end of the day. And I came home with lots of thoughts in my mind. Some small things had made my day too.
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