Reflection for week #2
TGIF
I wanted to post this as my status for the day too. But my Friday would be slightly different. I usually would decide to spend my Friday evening doing on-call in the wards. And I actually like it.
Today is not a typical on-call day because I thought I did not do much. I did not get to talk to many patients today. But then again I remembered my mentor saying that doing ward work is not about clerking patients. In fact, there are so many other things that you can do in a ward. Like today, even though I did not really prefer it to have my ward work done this way, which is when I did not get to find interesting cases or talk to patients and engage a good rapport with them, I only got to talk to one new patient. However, I got to observe how a patient who needed bladder irrigation was managed. I spent almost an hour sitting with the patient at the bed. I did not talk much. I tried to listen. He told me so many things that I did not know - be them about politics, life and his granddaughter. I realized I am actually still learning to be a good listener. On the other hand, I don't think I did a good history from him because I did not explore about his condition. I decided to do so because I thought I should first learn how to be a patient listener before doing anything more.
To reflect on this week's ward work, I think it is below average. I don't feel like I have spent enough time in the ward. Also, most of the time when I was in the ward I was observing more than doing anything else. Maybe it is the same ward, maybe this was the 2nd week in the same ward, I did not find anything new. I see some same old patients' faces. And some patients I see them coming in and then going back home after their condition became better. I feel like I should have done more.
Besides, my second week has been a tired week. I spent most of the afternoon wasting time at school. I was too tired for anything. I couldn't read in the library. Sometimes I did not bring my book and there was no more unoccupied PC and all that I could do was just sit and doze off at the table.
I hope my coming week would be more fruitful. I will learn from my friend who inspired me a lot today. I must start from small things like possessing a caring personality and be a caring person to all patients. I should learn to be a better person to listen and to be talked to. I will want to make my patients willing to talk to me more. I will learn to gain better trust from the patients that I talk to. I will make my learning in the ward more meaningful.
I wanted to post this as my status for the day too. But my Friday would be slightly different. I usually would decide to spend my Friday evening doing on-call in the wards. And I actually like it.
Today is not a typical on-call day because I thought I did not do much. I did not get to talk to many patients today. But then again I remembered my mentor saying that doing ward work is not about clerking patients. In fact, there are so many other things that you can do in a ward. Like today, even though I did not really prefer it to have my ward work done this way, which is when I did not get to find interesting cases or talk to patients and engage a good rapport with them, I only got to talk to one new patient. However, I got to observe how a patient who needed bladder irrigation was managed. I spent almost an hour sitting with the patient at the bed. I did not talk much. I tried to listen. He told me so many things that I did not know - be them about politics, life and his granddaughter. I realized I am actually still learning to be a good listener. On the other hand, I don't think I did a good history from him because I did not explore about his condition. I decided to do so because I thought I should first learn how to be a patient listener before doing anything more.
To reflect on this week's ward work, I think it is below average. I don't feel like I have spent enough time in the ward. Also, most of the time when I was in the ward I was observing more than doing anything else. Maybe it is the same ward, maybe this was the 2nd week in the same ward, I did not find anything new. I see some same old patients' faces. And some patients I see them coming in and then going back home after their condition became better. I feel like I should have done more.
Besides, my second week has been a tired week. I spent most of the afternoon wasting time at school. I was too tired for anything. I couldn't read in the library. Sometimes I did not bring my book and there was no more unoccupied PC and all that I could do was just sit and doze off at the table.
I hope my coming week would be more fruitful. I will learn from my friend who inspired me a lot today. I must start from small things like possessing a caring personality and be a caring person to all patients. I should learn to be a better person to listen and to be talked to. I will want to make my patients willing to talk to me more. I will learn to gain better trust from the patients that I talk to. I will make my learning in the ward more meaningful.
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