Clinical Competencies (OSCE)- Fun Stuff!

Okay, i have a thing called Clinical Competencies Module. And it deserves its own post, Certainly.
So, here it is, a part i really enjoy in my Wonderful college, RCSI.

We practice our Clinical Competencies (OSCE) module together. CC is where we learn on taking the patients History and also doing practicals. As in Real Doc stuff guys... everything from, as from the stuff a doc questions you on as you enter a clinic to the physical examinations that are run in hospitals, Everything.

Of Main:
Cardiovascular System (listening to the heart etc)
Respiratory System (listening to the lung etc)
Gastrointestinal System (finding an enlarged liver, spleen, kideny etc)

The boys,
Darren Chew- The Secretary as well as the one who drives us forward in progress. Has occasional "i-like-feeling-myself-when-im-topless-moments" too.

Elijah Khoo- The guy who loves to "feeeel" us, and loves to just lie down and be our patient. Wishes to do Rectal Examination one fine day, but very eager to do one on us for now...

Ken Wai- The lazy one who takes "akward" positions on the bed trying to palpate(feel) the chest and etc and also goes "arghh...my patient is tooo sexy!! cannot take it anymore!!"

Seniors i would like to thank at most,
Jeffrey Lee- He encouraged us very hard to start pratices early and do it everyday. we may have not started early, but we certainly did everyday once we started. Thanks for all your teachings jeff, seriously, we could not appreciate you more. Sorry if we bugged you a little too much though. Thank you Jeff...

Mehul Kumar- The one who thought us the most in the shortest time and made sure we were competent enough to meet his standards. You were kind enough to offer us your time with attending to our questions through phone calls too... Thank you for that wonderful 2 hours you spent with us after a tiring day at hospital and while you yourself needing to catch up with your studies. Thank You Mehul...

If not for Jeffrey and Mehul, i dont think we would have made it to even Decently perform in the OSCEs today... Surely, we would have Failed. Im sure... Its not easy stuff guys, its pretty hard, and to be competent at it, its a whole different thing from learning. They made sure we were.

L-R: Lil Jas, Rachel.
Chilling out in the park with our Burger Kings after a hectic week of exams and intensive studying... Studied all different wavelengths, from Physiology to Microscopic slides(Histology) to bullshitting techniques (Human Behavioural Science, HBS- i.e Psychology) to practical doctor stuff ( CC- OSCE). I think these switch in brain modes drained me out, Totally. Im konked out tired, i fall to bed and sleep within seconds... It was literally torture to be awake to realise that you still feel like sleeping, cos you still have to go on studying... and when you're THAT sleepy, its Real torture...REAL... Phew, glad im half way through.
Certainly though, in 4 years, as i graduate, this is what it is going to be, day in, day out.

CC Mates we call ourselves, more of family i'd say. We were real intense, every night, for 2 solid hours we'd practice and have fun, which is certainly the most important after a long day of boring notes on physiology and biochemistry etc.


This Picture is going to go a Looooooooong Way.... The Future doctors im working with now. Cultivating all our practical skills both, With and On each other. My very first patients and my very first teachers and colleagues too- My brothers for sure.

Its summer here my dears, and im sitting in my room with the blinds shut, studying as i dont want to see what im missing outside my room, the beautiul weather... oooh.

PS: If you see my very first picture in this blog post, you'd probably be able to see the amount of Red Bull i have on my shelf, Spot it if you can. ;)

One Life, One Love, Enjoy Every Bit of it- During Mid Exam Breaks too...