tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784256395919400364.post2019987357399419984..comments2023-06-16T21:49:55.940+08:00Comments on Confessions of a medical officer: Doctors are human too, not God..confessions of a medical studenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14072107999155319469noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784256395919400364.post-15315019678494535692008-12-08T22:51:00.000+08:002008-12-08T22:51:00.000+08:00read and commented :)read and commented :)confessions of a medical studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14072107999155319469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784256395919400364.post-56674008818200437142008-12-08T19:16:00.000+08:002008-12-08T19:16:00.000+08:00Check out this letter, http://winstonz.blog.friend...Check out this letter, http://winstonz.blog.friendster.com/2008/12/med-school-selection-criteria-letter-to-star-newspaper/ written by my friend, who also happen to be a doctorBorneo Falconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089069745144357660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784256395919400364.post-43413806580968693232008-12-02T00:58:00.000+08:002008-12-02T00:58:00.000+08:00borneo falcon, i guess that's how it feels, being ...borneo falcon, i guess that's how it feels, being a patient.. but mentally ill has many different definition and aspect.. the society has a 'stigma' for the mentally ill, but not all are harmful... major depressive disorder, general anxiety, OCD, etc are all part of psychiatry problems too.. but they can be managed...<BR/><BR/>i can't help thinking, why just doctors? don't you think other professions like bus drivers, commuter drivers, police, soldiers??? why so bias towards dr wor?<BR/><BR/>------------------------------------<BR/>zzzyun, i know, it's sad... that's why med students are trained to handle stress, to handle endless assignments, impossible amount of facts to remember, on-calls, exams.. some terribly challenging ones... to be scolded at rounds, commented, sometimes to the extend of being humiliated.. i think, we all grew immune to it, to some extend.. sometimes, perhaps, we were trained to build a stronger wall, a thicker mask, so we don't break...<BR/><BR/>i mean, like when breaking bad news, if we ourselves break, how can we comfort the family members.. on busy back-to-back calls, if we break, patients suffer... we need to understand that we do not have to go through this alone.. and many doctors have gone through it, we can do it too..<BR/><BR/>zzzyun, have faith,hope, and love.. ^^<BR/>---------------------------------<BR/>im sing, the university indeed is a protected environment... but don't worry, when you go out to the workplace, you will have supportive friends and colleagues too... i think we can manage and survive housemanship and prove all the imaginary data wrong! =)<BR/>----------------------------------<BR/>kris, don't worry, i am not mad at you, at all.. i saw the news that morning, before you told me about it.. so, it's okay.. i just don't like the way the government is handling this problem.. they think of screening the students before entering med school.. why don't they ask themselves, why do people break, in the first place? the stressors and all... i suppose, if they perform an MMSE on all the students who apply for med school, none of them will have positive results.. they forgotten that it is impossible for schizophrenic patients to score in exams, what more a string of A's.. the important distinctive features of schizophenic patients is the deterioration in function... and as for MDD, being so depressed, and anhedonic, do you think they can perform... these doctors, they can be help, after what they have done for the people, perhaps it's about time to help them instead.. that's the least we can do.. <BR/>----------------------------------<BR/>yee ming, yeah, i wonder after reading such news, would parents 'forbid' or discourage their children to take up medicine.. medicine is a challenging yet noble profession... NOT a profession that drives one crazy... we need doctors, and we need strong, determined, passionate, loving and compassionate doctors...<BR/>----------------------------------<BR/>bingwui, not like 'god' lar... but patients expect doctors to be perfect, FLAWLESS! they want us to be like some magical 'bomoh' who can look at them and tell them the problem (eg: kena jampi), then give them some 'air suci' and solve the problem.. the thing is, WE ARE NOT BOMOH...<BR/><BR/>neurosis, maybe to a certain extend.. stress management and CBT would be helpful.. certain level of depression, i think everyone had experience it before... imagine when you were one the few better students in your school, some even the best, then you come to this new environment, compete with over-smart-ass-es from all over the country, some super passionate and over-enthu, and the workload and expectations were sky high.. and you had to work harder, push yourself to the limits... and when you reach the very end, the very limit, you don't know what else to do.. so ya... oh well.... life goes on...<BR/><BR/>nola, it's not that terrible, yet...confessions of a medical studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14072107999155319469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784256395919400364.post-90678133086399138202008-12-02T00:19:00.000+08:002008-12-02T00:19:00.000+08:00they see us like god yet never listen to us like w...they see us like god yet never listen to us like we are one.. damn irony..<BR/><BR/>maybe this is the first step of a big conspiracy.. make ppl know we are sick, den say naik gaji.. den we end up with more gaji in the future.. LOL! wish it is that simple!<BR/><BR/>but seriously neurosis and psychosis how to scan before enter med school? -_-'<BR/><BR/>the long working hours and responsibility, neurosis is naturally laa, like came with a packet with the job. LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784256395919400364.post-48181856698604712022008-12-01T22:57:00.000+08:002008-12-01T22:57:00.000+08:00Any course u go and ask, of course there are a bun...Any course u go and ask, of course there are a bunch who are not that passionate of their own profession. The fact is they blame in on the lack of commitment, where I think it is a multifactorial health issue. There must be something wrong with the work system at least, but the health director-general point his finger at one aspect only.<BR/><BR/>Now is the time of the year where SPM and STPM exams have just finished, with the students deciding their future path. I wonder if this plays a part in discouraging the students from flocking to the med field. :P~YM~https://www.blogger.com/profile/12814675361914402969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784256395919400364.post-27803018076290113272008-12-01T20:22:00.000+08:002008-12-01T20:22:00.000+08:00I think you are sane enough judging by the way you...I think you are sane enough judging by the way you wrote your blog..lol..so there must be something wrong with the statistics...keke..just kidding..<BR/><BR/>Hope you are not mad since i brought up your attention on the article..<BR/><BR/>P.S..doctors exam seems to be very stressful..good thing i am not a doc..hehe..if not, i sure be one of the statistics.Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618400061723721064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784256395919400364.post-74545977419197890802008-12-01T11:03:00.000+08:002008-12-01T11:03:00.000+08:00psychiatric illness really depends the way to hand...psychiatric illness really depends the way to handle things n emotion...<BR/>get urself protected emotionally and have a good support system... then it is not tat easy to obtain psy illness....<BR/>fortunately , in the uni, with u all....have keeping the psy illness from us....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784256395919400364.post-39045671763764907922008-12-01T10:30:00.000+08:002008-12-01T10:30:00.000+08:00i totally second that!it's sad, sometimes they see...i totally second that!<BR/><BR/>it's sad, sometimes they see drs as this god-like creature that is competent and able to handle any situation like a pro.<BR/><BR/>we are not. we are humans. sometimes we are sad, sometimes we are happy, sometimes we break down.<BR/><BR/>what tat wud have been a better solution wud be for them to assess what makes medical students breakdown and how to help them overcome it.<BR/><BR/>coz most of the time, those that slip into such problems, are probably those that really CARE and let's it consume them. sigh.Zzzyunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647270985951112828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784256395919400364.post-62963141065611074672008-12-01T08:48:00.000+08:002008-12-01T08:48:00.000+08:00I hope I don't have to face a mentally ill doctor ...I hope I don't have to face a mentally ill doctor who treat me in the future.Borneo Falconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089069745144357660noreply@blogger.com