Ward round..
What is what round.? This is the session where the HOs, MOs, and the specialists come to see the patients at their own bed.. They will discuss regarding the management of the patient among themselves and the with the patient.. Dont expect they will have time to entertain you.. But, if you are alert with what they are talking about, you will find it helpful.. So please remember this is informal teaching by them.. Please grab the chance and dont miss it..

If you come early to the hospital, (7.30a.m) you might follow HOs round.. This is not really a ward round, because they just review their patient before present it to the MOs.. Then come the MOs to do round.. The HOs will present the patient to the MOs.. Then a little bit of management is discussed among them.. Finally the Specialists will come to review the patient.. I will consider it as the formal round.. If you miss the other 2 rounds before to me is forgivable.. But the round with specialists is compulsory.. The time for MOs and specialists round depends on the ward and hospital..

Please expose yourselves during rounds, they will impress with you.. We are not to showoff our knowledge, but we try to be with them.. Who knows they will be your examiners during exam.. You also might ask question if you have any doubt..


Ward work..
What is ward work.? Actually its more on doing procedure.. Usually after ward rounds, there will be a lot of opportunities to do procedure such as venopuncture, taking arterial blood gas and many more.. Some of the procedures can be done by the student doctors.. If not, we can assists the staff to do the procedure.. The minimal we can do is to watch.. But if you know how to befriend with the doctors, you can do something that ordinary student doctors cant do.. A hero from my batch (you can guest who) had done abdominal taps twice.. He even had became a HOs when he assisted a doctor doing caesarean section.. At that night all on-call HOs were busy because there were so many patients in critical situation.. All the procedures must be recorded in the log book.. The logbook comprise of 10 marks..


Teaching..
What is teaching.? I dont have to tell you about teaching.. It is so easy to understand.. If you dont understand, then you can go back to year 1..


History Taking and Physical Examination..
What is history taking.? It is an art for all student doctors and doctors in the world to get the diagnosis of the problem.. It also a way for you to get rapport and trust from the patient.. I cant tell you how to do it here because it is too long.. You may ask any seniors around and they will teach you how to do it.. This is an art, so, it needs a lot of practices and experiences apart from talent.. If there is a time to do da'wah.. This is the perfect time..

What is physical examination.? In a simple word, it is what you learn at the lab with those mannequins.. If you dont remember, you will learn it by time.. But please dont do it roughly, because dolls or dummies are not the same with the real human.. They are sick persons, we have to respect and pity them..
Okay, I will stop here.. I will continue if I get idea.. huhu