Life As A Doctor

As people slowly trickled in at 3pm.


IT'S DR RAO!! :D

As he explains about why one would want to be a doctor.

At the beginning, trying to sort out the slideshow. Dr Rao and Ashveer, Secretary, who organized the talk.

Date: Wednesday, 18th March

Time: 3-4pm

Place: LT6

I felt that the Life As A Doctor talk went really well! Okay, admittedly at first it was a little lame, seeing only about 20 people scattered among the lecture theatre. However when the Doctor arrived, many more people began to trickle in as he introduced himself. Eventually the entire lecture theatre was packed and filled to the brim, causing people to sit on the steps! It was a very good turnout, indeed.

Dr Rao, who is an O&G specialist, talked mainly about the reasons of why one would want to be a doctor.

Here are a few that I can remember:

• Glamour
• Fun
• Money
• Family's wishes
• Friends
  

Certainly there are a few people who only wanted to be a doctor for one or some of those reasons. He advised them against it, for being a doctor isn't all about that. "You only get some money after 10 years or something," he said. He's a funny man; something he said that caused us to laugh was "I make my MO's work very hard, giving them a lot of work to do so that I can go home and watch a movie."

He went on to talk to us about University - from the first year to the fifth year and what happens after that. He shared with us some personal experiences that happened to him while he was studying medicine in India, making us realise all the more how stressful undertaking medicine can really be.

A few points that he mentioned that could make first year university in another country was:

• Food - you would have to adjust to their eating habits
• Extreme climates - you may not be adjusted to very cold temperatures. (Heat doesn't matter since we already live in Malaysia and it's so super hot these days anyway.)
• Friends - living alone in another country where you have no friends or family may be really hard. Having support is very important if you are to strive in Uni.

... And I can't fully remember the rest, but they were all equally important! A tip that he gave us all was that you really have to ensure the university you go to is recognized by MMC. For if it isn't, then you will not be able to work in Malaysia even if you have a MBBS. He then proceeded to talk about the difference between American and Commonwealth medical systems. In American, they use problem-based learning, where they learn by the problems they encounter provided by actual patients.

He explained a lot about specializing and housemanship and patient care and how that was important. The day ended with a Q&A session which was interesting and informative. Some questions asked where about specializing after your degree and drug dispension.

A souvenior was presented to Dr Rao and refreshments were served at the end.

Regards,
Pre-Med Society