Aljin Who? (School is Cool Part 3)

Now, I'm on my Fifth and final year. I get to wear my brand new and cool-looking scrub suits with my name tailored on the upper right pocket. Nakakakilig as I may describe.

First Month Rotation was at Metropolitan Medical Center in Sta. Cruz. It is a Chinese hospital. Opening a new chapter in my life is welcomed by living in a dormitory for the first time. I lived with Janine, Jayson and Kai. The last two were also first time dormers. But, we just get along with each other and lived as if we are just at home. We have lived in a Condominium-type home with good room lighting, clean and cozy comfort room (a must for me), accessible to establishments and is in Tayuman. A lot of memories were shared in that secondary "home" for us. Well, that was not the real adventure here for we lived there for internship. The patients there were mostly Chinese elderly doing their long-time sessions. It was really fun handling them and learning Fukien is a plus point! From sit, ng, sa (1, 2, 3) to yagao (very good), we all used them to get the attention of our patients. They say, "an intern's first rotation will always have a space in their hearts" and I agree to that.

For the month of June (2nd), I was assigned to Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in GMA, Cavite. Yup, nuns. It's as if I was with my lolas. An army of them. They are the sweetest and the most thoughtful I had treated. Tons of stories, sharings (former interns of FMM will know), aerobics and a lot more sharings were done that month. I can say that my heart was attached to their community. With Ma'am Rina and Ma'am Jetz, our adventure in the vicinity of the nuns became worthwhile.

Philippine General Hospital- Charity-Out Clinic was next on the line. To be honest, i was scared to be in this rotation. In our batch, I was the only one to be assigned in ChOC (Charity Out Clinic). I did struggle on the first days of my July Internship but I get to manage my groove. This was our schedule everyday:

8:00-9:00 Submission of Notes and morning lecture, reporting, discussion

9:00-12:00 Patient Care (We get to treat 2 patients per hour. THEY ARE STRICT WITH THE TIME, I TELL YOU)

12:00-12:30 Lecture, Reporting, Discussions

12:30-1:00 Lunch (I only eat apples on lunch breaks. I value rest)

1:00-3:00 Patient Care (2 patients per hour again)

3:00-4:30 Lecture, Discussions, Quizzes, Case Reports

4:30- 5:00 Patient Decking and Chart clearing

And yes, the day still doesn't end there since I'll be making my IPT Notes, PT Notes and Initial Evals from 7:00PM to 1:00AM. And the sequence repeats.

Pretty tiring 'no?

It was a month of AMAZING learning experience. I am proud to have ended this rotation with a bang. I loved it and somehow missed the place. Not the notes though.

... to be continued ...