assalamualaikum , today i want to share
about the brief life of a HOUSEMAN
this informtaion was taken from ' doctorjob's
courses now book ' issue health and science
this is DR MUHAMMAD AMIR AYUB's life
he graduated from International Islamic University Malaysia
with a Bachelor of Medicine abd Bachelor of Surgery ( MBBS )
he is currently completing the first og his two years
of compulsory housemanship at Hospital Kuala Lumpur
a houseman is the most junior doctor in the healthcare system
you will have to work in a rotation of six posting/section-
internal medicine , surgery , paediatrics , obstetrics and gynaecology ( O&G ) ,
orthopaedics and emergency medicine / anaesthesia ( either of two )
a houseman needs to work with all of the a bove section before becoming
a full-fledged edical officer
this is the typical day at work during the fasting month when he was
' on call '
5.00am - he wake up and eat sahur with his wife
7.00am - he reach the ward and start his round . he needs do morning reviews about
what happended duringthe night . this reviews must be have
enough details so that peers and senior can
understand the specific intricacies regarding patients
after finishing his review , he needs to perform investigations that
were missed during the previous ' on call '
such as taking blood
8.30am - the specialis round starts.sometimes a medocal officer
(MO-senior) does round first
( about half an hour before the specialist come )
houseman needs to present cases they have reviewed
lots of scolding occurs here
10.00am-12.00pm - houseman need to carry out special orders
some will be assigned to emergency operations so they will go
to the operating theatre ( OT )
some will head off to the radiology department to order
special radiological investigations like CT/MRI scans
some will refer cases to other department
some scolding may occur here
12.00pm-2.00pm - afternoon review starts
sometimes when it is not a fasting month
it is the time for lunch
2.00pm - it is the time for houseman to see patients
in the clinic - then , houseman needs to
discuss the patient's files with MOs or specialists
4.00pm - the afternoon rounds with specialist and MOs
lots of scolding occurs here
5.30pm - for his ward , a houseman needs to punch in by 7.30am and
punch out only after 5.30pm .
before punch out , i pass over any blood tests/work/issues to be
dealt with the person on call
' on call ' starts now
for his ward , only two doctors are on call
at any one time
the number of patients maybe in
12 to 30 person
6.30pm - the night review starts now
7.30pm - he break fast ( dinner ) while doing his rounds
he checks especially for things
not finished by colleagues before
they puch out
9.30pm-1.00am - at nay time , the specialists / MO will come
for the night rounds
lots of scolding occurs here
1.00am-4.45am - it is the time for rest
4.45am - wake up and go to sahur ( in fasting month )
the , he needs to take the blood for the morning
review later he turn on the lights and
wake up the patients
7.30am - the morning review starts
9.00am - it is morning rounds
lots of scolding occurs here
11.00am - he finish the morning rounds with
the people on call for that day
12.30pm - when everything is settled , he will go home ..
so , becoming a doctor is not an easy stuff
you need to memorise thousands of science facts
and in the same time know how to carry
clinical duties
here is another blogger that write about his experience
working as a houseman
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