Sat, 17-Jul-10
So am going to tell you about my first day of work at a nearby health centerJ. I planned to spend 2 weeks for a medical observation and my first day was just fabulous. I was placed at the general clinic for females. I got to see patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis, polycystic ovaries, serosal fibroids, herniated disks, and plenty of cases of amenorrhea, urinary tract infections, and arthralgia. To make it clear, they were only coming for check-ups since this is only a primary clinic. The names may sound fancy for some of you but these are not-so-fancy conditions :p However, for someone like me, who haven’t been exposed to all of these conditions at once, and to correlate the pathology of them with their microbiology, physiology, and pharmacology, this is pretty fascinatingJ. Moreover, it was interesting to have a look at the different x-ray films that do NOT look in anyway close to the ones we studied. They all looked kind of okay-okay-normal to me, not like the ones we get to see in books where the pathology is very clear most of the time. This is honestly scary:-S I thought I know how to read x-rays:-/ Anyway, the doctor was really sweet. She is Omani in her first year of work after her internship. She taught me how to examine little babies before taking their immunization shots and I DID examine 5 babies on my own ^_^. She also taught me how to draw blood for samples! And, of course, I DID draw blood on my own from two patients, haha :D I can say that the patients weren’t so thrilled to let me do it, but they were kind enough to not refuseJ. It’s not a hard job as long as the cubital vein is clear. Actually, it is very easy B-)
This is the first time where I am in a place with clinical setting, totally, on my own without college friends or classmates but I felt like home because they were all very sweet.
As I was saying on twitter, this place is really small!! The doctor’s aunt turned out to be married to a distant family member, her sister is a friend of my sister-in-law, the lab worker is a high school friend of mine, one of the nurses is my BFF’s cousin, and one patient was my sister’s high school chemistry teacher!! How cool is that B-)
I am looking forward for tomorrow, where I’ll be joining Dr. Tariq at the diabetes and hypertension clinic for malesJ. Right now, I need to read some lecture notes to refresh my holiday-frozen brain!
