Response To : Housemen Need The Hours

Salam This is a response to a letter by Dr Johan Ariff Juhari to The Star, published on 17th December 2011. I praise the positive attitude to learn, shown by young doctors like Dr Johan. But I believe that as a house officer in his first posting, it is too early for him to make a fair judgement on our training system in Malaysia. What more in Orthopaedic Department, my colleagues would agree that his view doesn't reflect the reality on the ground. We young doctors who demand changes are wrongly portrayed as pampered with bad attitude, due to unfair selective descriptions perpetuated in the media. On our talk with Dato' Dr Hassan, our current...

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Patient's Story 1:Pak Cik's train..

As doctors,we spend a lot of time talking to patients and some of them have such interesting stories and habits that made them more memorable than the usual "cough and cold" I have the habit of telling the most memorable ones to my wife during our long commute to Kuala Balah and one day she said"I think you should write them" So here goes,it may be nothing to others,they may not learn anything from this..but I think..should write this.. Pak cik's train... When I was in my medical posting, I was attached for a few months at hospital Kuala Krai along with two buddies of mine. Our usual workday consist of doing rounds in the ward,with...

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Kebahagiaan Doktor Di Tangan Anda

Semua jadi teruja. Ada kaki yang menari mengetuk lantai. Ada tangan kiri dan kanan saling berpaut. Ada yang mulut terkumat-kamit membaca sesuatu. Ada yang tersenyum seorang diri. Ada juga yang termenung. Saya pula memang tidak senang duduk sejak tadi. Kaki dan tangan tidak seirama. Berdebar-debar menanti nama dipanggil. “Doktor Yuliana.” Terus saya bangun dari kerusi dan bergerak beberapa langkah ke hadapan. Sampul surat berwarna putih...

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Houseman shift system - it's not all bad as portrayed

There is a lot of talk about the houseman shift system lately, and I heard a lot of feedbacks be it from the mouths of the doctors, the newspapers, social media like facebook, twitter, and blogs. I am one of the lucky few houseman who has got chance to experience housemanship in two ways; first half of my housemanship doing oncalls and second half doing shifts, equally divided three postings each. And I have the privilege to make a comparison between...

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Kenapa Nak Jadi Doktor?

"Kenapa nak jadi doktor?" Rasanya itu soalan skema, skrip standard mana-mana tempat dalam Malaysia. Serasa sejak sekolah rendah, kalau disuarakan yang cita-cita hati nak jadi doktor, mesti soalan "kenapa?" menyusul. Kalau zaman muda, berhingus dulu, pastilah jawapan sebegini yang keluar. "Saya nak tolong orang yang dalam kesusahan." "Saya nak jadi kaya." "Doktor disanjung masyarakat." Kalau kini soalan itu ditanya pada rakan-rakan pelajar...

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