Kwa Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Aaaah, I am SO nervous and could really use a pep talk!! I'm studying to medicine and so far have completed the Uni part of my degree (4 years) and the first year of my internship (2 years). The first year of my internship was a year of general medicine rotating through 5 specialties (cardiothorassic, neurology, renal, mental health and oncology) the second year is spilt up into two 6 month blocks, 6 months in emergency medicine and 6 months in surgery. I am starting my surgery rotation on Monday and I'm about to explode! I've attended lots of surgeries as a Med Student before, but now I'm going to be assisting in surgeries and really getting my hands dirty so to speak! I'm excited and terrifed at the same time! My degree is a bachelor of Medicine/Surgery and I am in the 6th year of my study i so I am quite well eqiupt with the knowledge but still.... AAAAHHHH! I am hoping to specialise in Obstetrics/Gynaecology after my internship, so I will be preforming c-sections all the time so I can't wait to get in and starting putting my theoretical knowledge of surgery into practise in real life!! Wish me luck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xepha Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Good luck to you :) It does sound exciting... and I'm sure you will do great :D! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetdang Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 My sis is doing medicine, year 2 this year. After doing her first thingy where they cut open a dead body, she felt ill. The fact that she has a real human skeleton in her closet doesn't help at all. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwa Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 Thanks guys! Sweetdang, my very first biology lab in my first year of Uni was when we saw our first cadaver. It's pretty confronting the first time, but really an invaluable tool for getting your head around anatomy and where everything is actually located in the body!! I bet your sis is going to make a great doctor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 as a doctor , I have to tell you ... there's nothing to worry about :) when i studied surgery , my first assistant job was a thyroidectomy ... I made the first cut ... and the surgeon (who was a lady) told me to go deeper and deeper // don't be a softie she said .. I was terrified .. but then i just pressed it and it went in ... i had to hold the retractor for her .... i didn't do any stitching until the third or fourth time ... after that i assisted in lots of surgeries .. heart ... liver .. cholecytic duct ... it's exciting ... you're gonna love it ... After doing her first thingy where they cut open a dead body, she felt ill. most of us were , especially it was a fresh body .. deceased not 30 minutes ago ... and i was without any breakfast ... it was a terrible experience ... but in surgery it's different because you know you're saving the person's life ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetdang Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 most of us were , especially it was a fresh body .. deceased not 30 minutes ago ... and i was without any breakfast ... it was a terrible experience ... but in surgery it's different because you know you're saving the person's life ... I think it would be better to go without breakfast. I think I would be more... intrigued, though, if I were to watch it. It's just the smell... Thanks guys! Sweetdang, my very first biology lab in my first year of Uni was when we saw our first cadaver. It's pretty confronting the first time, but really an invaluable tool for getting your head around anatomy and where everything is actually located in the body!! I bet your sis is going to make a great doctor! Yes, she is!!! Very proud of my sister, sorry. :P Each year, about 3 Singaporeans get into King's Collage for medicine. She is one of them. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwa Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 Oh Angelo I was hoping you were gonna come in and say exactly that!! I am really excited, cause I do love theater, but it's a little bit scary to be going in to assist for the first time, as I'm sure you can relate too! I imagine I wont be doing much for this first week, just getting a feel for it, but I'm here for the next six months so hopefully I'll get to see a lot of really interesting cases and learn heaps! I'm attached to a big city hospital and we deal with kidney and liver transplants so I'm excited to hopefully be able to be involved with that (though I imagine it will be nothing but watching and maybe some scribing, but still... fasinating!!) (I'm actually more terrifed to go into ED after this... emergency has never really hald much of an appeal to me) Wow Sweetdang, thats amazing that your sister is only 1 out of 3! What a huge achievement! And Angelo is right, seeing a cadaver at Uni, and dealing with a real life paitent are totally different cause you know you are helping the paitent (+ it's amazing how professional you can be even when you are doing the most disgusting or messy job ever!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetdang Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 ^ That is true! You're going to be a fantastic doctor. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseykins Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I am hoping to specialise in Obstetrics/Gynaecology after my internship, so I will be preforming c-sections all the time so I can't wait to get in and starting putting my theoretical knowledge of surgery into practise in real life!! That is an awesome specialty and if I could I'd go to medical school just for that reason, to help little babies be brought into the world. Of course take care of the mom's too, but I think the babies would be the highlight for me. I don't think I'd be able to handle it that well though. Good luck in your first week of surgery rotation! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren_x Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Oh my gosh good luck! I am sure you'll do amazing <3 I admire you so much you know, you must be very clever. I want to be a doctor too and it is so hard getting the grades and work experience because medicine is just so super competitive here and I'm sure it is in Australia too. Is it fulfilling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwa Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 Lozzerr, I think you'll find all people in medical type carees (medicine, nursing, physio etc) find it to be a pretty fufilling job, I know I certainly do but it is a LOT of hard work (and yeah, super competitive) For me, to be qualified as an ob/gyn I am looking at around 10 years of study time all up (4 years Uni, 2 years internship, 1 year as a RMO (junior doctor), then 3 years as an ob/gyn registrar (assuming I get accepeted into the college of ob/gyn's & FRACS ) then if I want to go on to do any more study then it's even MORE training after that! And there really isn'y a lot of money (and a LOT of paper work!) until you are well into your registrar/specialist years, so it's a veeeeery long road, but if you are passionate about it then it's so worth it! What area of medicine might you be interested in? There are sooo many areas to explore!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorse Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Good luck!! Sounds like you're going to be an amazing doctor! :D This inspires me, knowing we have a doctor here on TDN and a soon-to-be doctor. I plan to go into medicine as well, though I'm just graduating high school this year. I'll see if I can get through my first 4 years first, before I start thinking about the medical school part, but I really hope for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trig Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 It sounds like you'll be amazing! Good luck! I wish I was in your position, that's definitely my dream. I want to be an OB-GYN or a pediatrician (some specialty, not sure yet). In Canada it is 4 years of undergrad, 4 years of medical school, and then at least 2 years interning (general doctor). To specialize, sometimes it's 4 years of an internship! Don't worry though, I'm sure you'll be excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwa Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 Thanks for all the amazing support everyone! I love this community! *Group hug* Well my first week of surgery is behind me now and so far Im loving it!! There is so much to be learnt and so many amazing procedures to participate in! The most interesting thing I have seen so far is probably a below the elbow amputation - so complex! Can't wait to see what gets thrown my way this week! Day off today before an emergency surgery night shift tomorrow. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseykins Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Yay you made it through your first week! That does sound complex and very interesting at the same time. An emergency surgery shift, that could be interesting. Good luck on week #2! *sends celebratory chocolate chip cookies and chocolate milk :) * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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