Sexism

According to the dictionary,

sex·ism
n.

1. Discrimination based on gender, especially discrimination against women.
2. Attitudes, conditions, or behaviors that promote stereotyping of social roles based on gender.

In this modern world, there is still a whole bunch of sexists. Well, the discrimination against women that we can see now isn't really that obvious or extreme and it is usually done in a very subtle way. Even sexism occurs in my very own educational institute.

There was one time where we were supposed to have a lecture with this very "infamous" consultant doctor. The moment when it was his time to deliver his lecture, all female students moved to the back rows, leaving the male students in front (I sat at the back from the start :p). I didn't really know the exact reason to this sudden peculiar act. As soon as the consultant doctor entered, it struck me this was the lecturer that they were talking about. Most female students dislike him for his negative perception towards women becoming a doctor. YES, he thinks it's best for all women to stay at home and look after the family.Or even if we would like to work, we should have chosen other career instead.

What bullshit is that? 

During his lecture, he would stop momentarily if there was anything that he could relate to disagreeing on women working as a doctor. Gosh. It annoyed the crap outta me so much that I felt like leaving the lecture hall that instance. What craps did he have against women? He then asked some of the girls questions and if they could not answer, he pointed out his idiotic notion over and over again. -__-"

Seriously doc. Seriously. Are you from the Paleolithic era? Other times, I got the same treatment from the public. For example, whenever I have my night shifts at the Emergency Unit or the wards, the patient's family would call me "nurse". At first, I thought it was due to my blue scrub since I did not wear my white coat. But even when I wear my white coat, they still call me nurse! Isn't that obvious?? Please, don't take me wrongly. Nurse is a very important and noble job. Without them, the doctors won't be able to carry out their jobs optimally. It's just that, they call the male students "doctor" whereas the girls are called "nurse" most of the time. It's not very apparent but that kinda gives you the idea of sexism, don't you think so?

I wanna become a doctor and nothing can stop me. Boohoo!

Soon-to-be doctors from University of Indonesia, Jakarta. Wish us luck! ;)

Wordless Wednesday #4

Ps. I made these when I was back in Malaysia last year. But of course with my mom's help! Rindu makanan Malaysia! T__T
Pps. Not so wordless eh? :p

Hello June

It's June already! That means it's gonna be less than 2 months to home! I will be back home for good in end of July, InsyaAllah. :) Is anyone excited about me going home? Hahaha. So siapa-siapa nak kahwin dalam masa terdekat ni, silalah kahwin masa saya sedang cuti nanti ye. I'll be there for your reception. Kalau korang nak jemputlah kan. :p

I was thinking to go for induction in either December 2012 or January 2013 and start working soon after the short course. I hope it's not too late. Seriously, dah start jadi house officer, manalah sempat nak jalan-jalan or manja-manja dengan mama ayah kan? Hihi~ :p

I'm currently on my last clinical posting, Surgery. Hope everything goes smoothly and I'll be able to go home on time. Had my Comprehensive exam. The only thing that I need to worry about is final OSCE and of course three mini clinical examinations (mini CEX)! Including final written exam and OSCE for surgery! T__T My first mini CEX will be on this coming Monday and a day before the exam (Sunday), I have weekend shift at the hospital. *sigh*

I should start studying realllll hard and stop playing around. Hahaha.

Wordless Wednesday #3

Shopaholic much?

Am I a shopaholic? Of course, a true shopaholic will NEVER admit she/he is one anyway. The thing is whenever I wanted to go shopping at the mall, I always ended up buying nothing by the end of the day. The day when I only wanted to catch a movie at the cinema, I ended up buying something while I was on my way to the movie theater. LOL. I am weird that way.

Ayah saya cakap saya sangat cerewet when it comes to shopping. Semua benda pun tak berkenan. Kalau dicari-cari lagi susah. Shopping bagi saya macam jatuh cinta padangan pertama. Macam semalam. We were strolling at the mall just to kill some time before having our dinner and suddenly my eyes fell on this gorgeous Polo shirt. It was on sale! The original price was Rp 499,000 and it went down to as low as Rp 179,000! I tried it on and the next second I knew, I was already in front of the cashier. Hahaha~

Pink bebeh!

It has reversible design. I can wear it either way! :D

After paying for it, I joined my friends at Kickers. And I INSTANTLY fell in love with his pastel-coloured shirt. There was like a big sign saying "50% DISCOUNT". I knew that I might regret later if I didn't buy it so I decided to buy it. Hoho~ There goes again my debit card. Rp 139,000 was charged.

So pretty!

In love with the pattern!

 OMG. I spent a lot on shopping this month. I even bought shoes online! I bought these at UP, a shoe-line by the famous fashion blogger Diana Rikasari. They sell pretty wedges and sandals! Yes, I had  a hard time to choose which one I should bought and decided on these. The rainbow stripes wedges are mine and I bought that other pair for my sister! :)

So, am I a shopaholic or what? You tell me. :p

I need to be more kiasu

Had a discussion with an Orthopedic consultant this morning. Each of us was given a topic and asked to find a patient related to our own topic. Mine was Degenerative Disease and of course, I couldn't find any patients in the ward. The only choice is to find them in the Orthopedic Polyclinic. Honestly, I would rather find a patient in the ward for case presentation since you could always go back and forth to the patient whenever you missed something (history-taking, physical examinations). Well, you can't do that in the Polyclinic, obviously! I had a very limited time to do history-taking and physical examinations since there were soooo many patients waiting to be examined. I couldn't take my own sweet time, you see!

The consultant asked me to present my case unexpectedly today. It was supposed to be tomorrow so I didn't really prepare much. My case was about a 71-year-old female with bilateral knee osteoarthritis. She already had total knee replacement in her left knee and was scheduled to have another knee replacement in the contralateral knee. I was being shot a lot of questions from A to Z and most importantly, he asked me why I didn't do a complete knee examination. I only performed the usual Look, Feel and Move but totally forgot about the specific knee examinations such as Lachman test, anterior and posterior drawer tests, patellar ballottement and the list goes on.

Well, you know, being ME, I told him honestly that I didn't perform those examinations. Anddddd he started to give a long lecture on how I should be more enthusiastic and comprehensive in handling a patient. Seriously rasa macam orang paling bodoh kat dunia ni. Okay, exaggerates pulak. Hihi~ I hate "the" feeling. Like I'm not competent enough. After the long lecture, he stopped and said that he liked my honesty and he said it's okay since I'm still in the process of learning. Maybe he thought that I looked as if I was about to cry kot? Hahahaha.

Baiklah doktor! Saya akan cuba menjadi lebih kiasu dalam proses pembelajaran saya. ^__^

Ps. Some of my group mates didn't even see their patients. Their presentation was solely based on the medical records written by the residents. Well, at least I did everything on my own and I'm proud of my own hard work even though it was nowhere near perfect. :)

Internist vs Surgeon?

I'm currently in my last clinical posting, Surgery. Tell you what, I don't like Surgery. I find Internal Medicine is far more interesting. The knowledge and all, you know. Internists; they think a lot. They really dig down regarding whatever is happening to the patients. Surgeons; they don't really think. They open up human bodies and then only they know the diagnosis. I asked one of the Surgery residents on why they took up Surgery instead of other medical fields. His answer was simply because he feels like he doesn't need to think much. Not much of studying etc. All you gotta have is skills! Not sure that is true or not because as a patient, you definitely would not want to be under the knife before the diagnosis is established!

My friend once told me, "be an Internist and marry a Surgeon". Well. I think Surgeons are cool. And most surgeons are male doctors. During my night shifts, I was surrounded by male doctors. Seriously rasa awkward. And they tend to be of good-looking too! Ahem. :P My boyfriend did mention that he would either consider to be an ObGyn specialist or a Surgeon. Oh, jadi Surgeon please! :P

But in the end of the day, surgeons and internists don't go along very well, you see. They blame each other. They hate each other. During one of my night shifts, one of the internists got mad because a patient was referred to her by a surgery resident with a vague diagnosis. Yes, coz they don't think, that's why! They argued about how the patient should be managed medically and surgically. I didn't really get the whole picture but I can see, they don't work well together.

Well. I still think Surgeons are cool! ;)