Thou shall never be Late, Thou shall never be poor, Thou shall never be caught.

Clinical exposure experiences on a surgery ward
You must already be wondering what the title has got to do with the surgery. But so many things will surprise you, for instance can you imagine surgery has alot of physics? But don't worry that is not all I got from surgery ward. It is just that I was late for my first lesson that is what the tutor told me to read before we began. There was alot to learn including Jazz jargon from the tutor, so do you still think doctors are boring?
week one: We went through the all important skill of taking history. He emphasised the importance of knowing the patients' names and refering to patients using them through out the history taking.
week two: Was easily my best week. We did revision of the cardivascular and respiratory systems. Many new experiences but for me the machinery murmur of a heart with a patent ductus arteriosus(PDA) and the under water seal drain are second to none.
week three: We went through the CNS, GIT and the genital -urinary systems, don't ask me how we managed to do all this. My colleague and I interviewed a patient with right sided hemiparesis, I can confirm that examining the nervous system is not a stroll through the park, especially when the patient's speech is disoriented and they have no attendant. All the same it was fan, the most relieving moment was when the patient decided we deserved to know his name, in the middle of history taking!
Take home; 1. The wedge showing the relationship of clinical and basic sciences during our stay at the medical school should be at the back of our minds always.
2.You can only throw away what you saw in the anatomy dissection room in the first two years at you own peril.
Many thanks to our tutor MR. Kijjambu for making our exposure sessions worthwhile. And yes, ...I shall never be late, poor or caught (short of knowledge).
Enjoy studying medicine, it's a noble proffession, we are all noble people!

The picture was taken from the anatomy lab, the days already seem distant, the knowledge had better not be.