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What it was supposed to be: 1. Presentation on below knee amputation on Friday. 2. Patients who speak every language but english and chinese. 3. Getting scolded for not being able to communicate with patients. 4. Fierce clinical teachers who will find any chance to review my flaws and scold me. 5. A lonely time at my clinical placement. 6. Long and straining journey all the way to the East. |
How it was: 1. Presentation got postponed to my next placement which I will have more time and space to do. 2. Most of my patients spoke chinese! It is really highly unlikely that the past generation can understand mandarin. =) 3. Even when my patient spoke hokkien or malay, there was someone around who helped me translate. And if not, that patient is really nice and tries to understand my funny gestures. 4. Both my clinical educators are chrisitians and both are very understanding. They explained to me things i didn't know or asked me to go and research on it. But they did not scold me at all. They were indeed very encouraging. 5. I met my seniors, OT and PT both from NYP and we had lots of fun. It was heartwarming to see how God was working in their lives. 6. My father would fetch me to Queenstown and let me take a direct MRT to my work place. And I will usually be able to get a sit. Many of the times, my friends would offer to fetch me home as they were going in the same direction. |
