Having to make a trip to the hospital is never a good thing. Patients are very sick while the family members are stressed. However, these admissions can be smoother if the public remember a few salient things before coming to…
Channel your hunger for food to hunger for knowledge and thirst for success!! It is that time of year again. The month eagerly awaited by Muslims; the Holy month of Ramadhan. In efforts to perform our religious obligations as Muslims,…
From the article #WhyMedic written based on the Twitter campaign launched by my fellow young columnists (go and read it if you still haven’t!), you will find many reasons as to why some doctors and medical students pursue medicine as…
Sweat trickling down your temples even in an air-conditioned room, sweaty palms, quivering lips and shaking knees, all a common occurrence when speaking in public for many of us. Having the fear of public speaking or of speaking in general which is termed…
Dear medical students, what does white coat represents? Is it something that presumes greatness and authority? Or is it just a coat that doctors are compulsory to wear for clinical rotations? This may sounds ridiculous to some people out there,…
Saya seorang pelajar perubatan. Ya, pelajar fakulti perubatan yang bakal menjadi seorang doktor. Dari kecil lagi, saya bercita-cita untuk melanjutkan pelajaran dalam bidang perubatan di negara Barat. Sering kali saya didoktrinkan bahawa belajar dalam bidang perubatan di tempat-tempat elit ini…
Time seems to pass so quickly when you’re studying. It is day-8 and I’m just a week away from Pathology examination. Almost everyone is back in Malaysia now except for a few of us who are still here, by choice…
I am now a 4th year medical student in Kursk, Russia. From the moment I stepped into the land we fondly refer to as “Mother Russia”, I had a feeling that it would change my life. I was embarking on…
There was a time when hospital were where you went to be born or die, with very little variation in between. Now there is a less clear distinction, but still the choices are limited. I had my postings in a…
Being a doctor or a medical student requires skill, hard work, perseverance, confidence and empathy. If we do not have it, with practice it becomes second nature to us; but it is important to cultivate it from the beginning. These…