Take me higher…

In life, it’s all about escalating. At least that is what our goal should be. Following rounds with Dato Siva was awe-inspiring. He talked about how the drive of work, and the passion of doctoring, should be cultivated daily, in the pursuit of the most accurate diagnosis clinically with minimal investigations (and the least sufferring), and to relieve suffering or alleviate the patient’s symptoms, if not cure the disease. Everyone has their ups and downs, and the mundanity of life especially as a house officer. But the zeal, the motivation that brought us through the hardships of this medical course should pull us toward such attitudes. So much easier said than done, as i am hardly even a dedicated student, running off home every weekend, and having a blast of a time in Seremban. Although i do my fair share of covering the ward (each person interviews and examines a few patients so that all the patients have been discussed), and we are interested in other patients and thigns like that, I am physically and mentally drained by the end of the working week. How then would i cope if i have to work nonstop, out of responsibility and not of interest? Would i slouch into the Couch of Complacency, for the lack of strong motivators, such as the esteemed Dato? I wish to be of excellent quality and attitude, yet being not far from graduating, i hardly see myself the way i envisioned i would be five years ago before entering university. i guess for now, only time will tell…

“Only moving fingers write, and having written moves on.” Omar Khayom.

Uncategorized |