In my opinion, medical students should be taught mainly by specialist, occasionally subspecialist. This is due to what we should know is broad, any subspeciality training will narrow their scope, hence missing some part of other discipline.

About pre-clinical years, i think it will be better if clinician or lecturers with clinical experience to teach, as sometimes microbiologist/ immunologist emphasizes on different path as to a clinician. E.g: we were taught details about E.coli, but didnt know which site of infection will get it, not until we were scolded by a clinician in the hospital.

I just finished my electives, learnt a lot, so get a good elective.

IMU will not be the sole med school attached to Hospital tuanku Jaafar(Seremban) soon.

We have more med school than teaching hospitals.

As a healthcare professional, being tutor is also part of our job description, as medicine is more than science. Our ancestor in this field were trained by apprenticeship, and i dont see this tradition dying off. IMU has been pushing very hard to us seniors to guide the juniors in their initial phase in clinical school, which I think is good as we interact with them more than lecturers.

Coming back to your doubt, it is RM200 per session. The specialist and consultants doesnt mind the money. They teach in hope that when we graduate we will be a safe and competent doctor. To be honest, they are the best person to teach clinical students.

Yes it is of good will.

Actually I think medical students should use cardio 3 steths. It's loud so we can pick up signs more easily. Moreover a stethoscope can last very long, that extra dollars will even put in the long run.

I can think of 8 that qualify that criteria, but I'm not very sure they are better than others.

If they ask me, I'll tell them to do other course. HO training is very poor now. hospitals don't need HO. Next 5 years you can see doctors driving taxi.

I don't remember Marieb cost that much in its original state.

This post has been edited by Gorila_: Oct 8 2013, 10:40 AM

90 hours week during tagging period, which is 2 weeks every 4 months.

After tagging, need to hit at least 60 hours a week to get extra RM600.

Working hour is very long, and the basic pay is RM2777, RM5300 is unlikely nowadays.

I'll tell you next week, but according to some HO's blog, we can comfortably reach 4K including allowance.

Bare beyond elbow has always been the policy in government hospital. All the expensive watches, religion accessories will have to go once you start seeing patient.

You'll want a smart phone once you start housemanship. Oxford handbook doesnt cut it anymore, but sarawak handbook, paeds protocol and Frank Shann chart are very useful survivor tools.

If you can afford uptodate or other EBM apps, thats even better. I was forced to buy a smartphone as I was frequently outgunned by my peers. When specialist ask question, they expect fast answer,i.e: hide behind your friend and start googling.

Sarawak Handbook of Medical Emergencies. Edited by Dr. Soo et al.

As the name suggest, it is from Sarawak. All the contributors are from Sarawak General Hospital. It may not be up to date, but a good reading material.

This post has been edited by Gorila_: Oct 18 2013, 06:40 PM

There is plan to abolish the shift system, and revert back to on-call system. I personally think that this provide better mental training for us, although it means morning round one HO need to take care of 2-3 patients only.

Factual knowledge is not as important as working attitude, but it is still required.

Some HO thinks statins are anti hypertensive.