|
 |
If It's on the
|
VCE, It's Here...
|
|
|
Add VCEnet to
|
Your Favourites
|
|
|
|
Make VCEnet
|
Your HomePage
|
|
|
|
|
|
Looking Back on Med
By Ar Kar Aung
Doing medicine in the University of Melbourne has probably brought the best out in me. Being in the 4th year, I have strolled, hopped and struggled through various aspects of this multi-disciplinary course that has made me realise that we are all essentially the same with different strengths and weaknesses that God has given us, which make us uniquely individual.
It is probably silly for me to describe the whole medical course in one short article. No doubt it is a long course (6 years if you don't know!) and no doubt the work load is immense. Thus personal conviction is the key to endurance - if your heart is not fully in it, do not waste your time doing it! A strong conviction that I will eventually be able to make a significance difference in people's life AS A DOCTOR is something that has sustained me through all the ups and downs of the course.
The course is exhilarating most of the time; when you come up with a clever diagnosis for the patient by putting together all you have learned through the years; when you make the patient feel better by sharing their sentiments, worries and pain; when you provide a ray of hope to the patient and see the smile beaming across her face. The satisfaction you feel is incomparable!
But it can be depressing at times; when your consultant "stupidifies" you in front of patients and colleagues; when you know that you can't do anything else to make the patient feels better but to cry with them; when you know that all you could do is to hold their hands and make them feel as comfortable as they can be before their time is up.
One has to remember though that taking medicine means you are totally committing yourself to a never-ending learning process - even after you have finished your med school, and even after you have gained work experience and become a consultant in a specialised area. Medical science is always evolving - new medicines and new techniques are always being researched on, tried and applied every single moment of the day. Unless you find strategies for yourself to learn continually and keep up with the latest, you might lag behind the crowd.
Unlike popular belief, I don't think it is blood and cadavers that put people off doing medicine. It is more of stress, time management and competition that put people off. However, as I mentioned earlier on, we all are unique individuals with different gifts. As no two patients are alike, no two doctors are alike too. Medicine is a course in which you identify your own strengths and weaknesses, work towards your goal with a strong focus, and most important of all, having a heart that reach out to the people with love. Are you up to the challenge?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subscribe to Our
|
Email Newsletter
|
|
|
|
|
