My Freak is ON......

I am freaking out in my own non-subtle punjabi way, coz mini is on monday. For non-medical people, 'mini' is like an exam but not for one subject.....anh anh, no that would be too easy. Instead it has all the subjects that one has studied for that whole semester.

So for a 4th semester student like myself, a mini would have sinisterly daring Pathology, impossible Pharmacology, ridiculously hard Microbiology and gee boring ICM (i talked about it in my last post). These mini's are not just meant to bust our balls and check our knowledge but also to see if we will crack under pressure.

Withstanding the pressure in medical school is the key. Everybody freaks out in med-school. Some hide it really well, and some nervous people, run around like a chicken with its head cut off. Most of us have our own way of hiding our freak. Some do it by overeating, some do it by working-out in the gym all day, some do it by taking excessive long naps, some even do it by not talking at all. Whatever works, the point is you can't let your fears take over you or let your friend know that you are as scared as him. You just have to take your chances in your ill-confidence and hope that you don't screw it up again.

I will talk about it more some other time, probably before the next mini.

Peace

Welcome

I am Gurvinder Singh, also very well known as Kabir, G, Shampy, Golu and panghoode-wala-sant (my father called me that when I was young). I am currently a student of medicine in carribeans. I am going to share my experiences and goofy adventures through this blog.

First day (making the blog) - It seemed like an eternity to find a suitable name for this blog and to come up with a title. As you might not know, English is my 4th language so thinking and finding a name which fits my personality was bit of a hard task. And for people with English as mother tongue if I make a mistake grammatically or constructing a sentence, you are gonna have to forgive me for hurting your feelings. I will try my best to not butcher it.

Anyways, today started as regular day. I had my ICM today. (Integrated Clinical Management - thats what I think it stands for, basically its where u poke around a voluntary patient to practice your clinical skills). We practiced our basic reflexes and I think hitting people with hammer to get a neurological response seemed like fun. And after we had Stan sessions where we were given a stimulated patient (like a robo-patient), which was showing symptoms of a asthmatic attack. And as a group of 9 students we were able to make sure that patient didn't 'crumped' (medical slang for - dying), and survive our unmanaged and very doubtful clinical skills.

I think I am loving practicing clinical skills. I think its the challenge that fires me up.

I will soon post some pictures from my clinical practice for ICM.