okay, my workshadowing had officially ended yesterday.
of course, i am definitely sad but a tinge of happiness?
because i really enjoyed the whole SGH workshadowing but yeah, is quite tiring. from 9am to 5pm (sometimes abit longer).
hmm, there're too much things to say about this workshadowing so... i think i will just summarise what most of us exactly had done during this workshadowing.
basically, i did not really work for one whole 2 weeks but was spread out throughout the 2 weeks.
On 12 nov, we had gone for a orientation talk given by the speakers from different departments like diagnostic radiology, infection control, pharmacy, nursing etc... you name it! XD
hmm, there was nothing much on that particular day with just a brief introduction about what SGH can offer and how it actually works. but this whole orientation takes one whole day. so yeah, that was our first day!
and i realise that Pioneer JC was not the only JCs that was having SGH workshadowing. there were other JCS and yeah, i cannot deny that i did feel abit intimidated by them. because those students are from raffles jc, hwa chong jc, victoria jc, temasek jc. we're only the... you know what i mean -.-"
and all of workshadowing students were broken into 2 groups- first group was having their attachments from 13-16 nov while the other one was having from 20-23 nov(yes, i was in this group). so the first group was all the prestigious JC students while 2nd group were us plus some other students (of course these students are still from the prestigious ones...)
On 20 nov, my real attachment started! there were a total strength of 10 students. we were again broken into 2 groups- with 4 pioneer students including me and one Victoria guy as one group and the rest in another group.
each different day we were be assigned to different departments.
for this particular day, my group had gone to the RCCM lab where we visited the Sleep Disorders Unit and the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). hmm, there was nothing much we had learnt in this field but just given introduction of what they do and the explanation of the machine usage (ventilators etc). we get the chance to take a look of the ICU ward and gosh, there was really alot of medical equipments inside. anyway, i lazy to type so i ended this part (:
on 21 nov, again we were separated. this time my 2 other pioneer friends (Wan Ting, Tresa) went to the Dermatology and nuclear medicine departments while my other pioneer friend (Shameera), Victoria guy (Hari) and i went to Radiology. of course, we learnt about all the x rays, CT scan, MRI... okay, i am lazy to type lols. but i really learnt alot of things which people will never get to learn if they didnt have attachment because duh, it's not possible for them to let you go in and see =D
on 22 nov, i had gone to the Dermatology and nuclear medicine. yes, dermatology of course is to learn more about the treatment of skin and we went to the burn ward. hmm, most of the patients are almost recovered so... not really much to see. the nurse was really very warm loving. she really taught and explained to us alot of stuffs... so i really get to know alot about dermatology. yeaps.
and the next half of my day, we had gone to the nuclear medicine. there was nothing much to learn over there because it's just a small department which is somehow doing the same thing like radiology. they are just 2 different departments as nuclear medicine is more like... scanning to check if the functionality of the body organs are still working. yeaps, sort of?
on 23 nov, it was my last day of attachment =( really quite sad because i did enjoy my workshadowing and yes, i missed my friends. built quite a gd friendship with them. anyway, it was totally on nursing. we had gone to the diabetics center for the first half of the day. gosh, i really like the SGH nurses! they were really really very nice and friendly, willing to answer our questions without fail. Nurse Chan actually briefed us while walking towards the center and after that, she explained to us the whole theory about Diabetes. lols. yeaps, all the type 1 and 2 etc. next, she attached us to a doctor which gave consultation and to the podiatry. i went to the podiatry first and the 2 podiatrist were caucasian -.-" and there were 3 SAJC students over there. felt weird but hmm, they were friendly. after that i joined the doctor and observed how he gave a consultation to the patient. i could feel the passion and patience the doctor had towards his patients. i held in awe towards him! my salute to him! XD LOLS.
my next half of the day, we had gone to another nurse who was in charge of changing the feeding tube and to another department- anorexia ward. haha. okay, get to know alot of stuff again and yeaps, in general, i loved this last day of attachment the best! okay, i lazy to type further more haha...
generally, i enjoy this whole SGH workshadowing and want to thank SGH and my school for giving me this opportunity (okay, i know that they wont be able to see this). hope that i can have another kind of this attachment soon! (=
