Why do I want to become a doctor.
Initially, becoming a doctor was a
request made by my family. Since I am the only one among my siblings who is into
science as opposed to arts, I took the request to heart. I graduated high
school under pure science stream and I actually wanted to become a chef. But
the year that I graduated, being a chef does not pose so many potentials, as
compared to the market nowadays.
Therefore, I pursued medical
school. It was a rough start at first because I am not the one that sits down
and read books; I am more of hands on person, learning well from my
experiences. Throughout medical school, I met many people, many lives that
thought me to be more sympathetic, more concern, and more sensitive to their
conditions. I developed the love to help people in so many ways possible; trying
my level best to lend a helping hand to people in need.
As the years passed, I learned that
this is, being a medical doctor, is my way to reach out to more people and to
help them.
So, to answer the question: “Why do
I want to become a doctor”, the answer is: it is my passion.
If I were a Medical Officer, what do I expect from House Officers.
As a House Officer who is still in
the training/learning process, I would expect them to grow up and mature with
their profession. Not to be blinded and egoistic with the status as a Doctor,
but to be humbled and sensitive to needs of others. Knowledge wise, I expect
them to know some medical basics, maybe not all because we tend to forget, thus
we have to refresh our knowledge continuously.
Life is a learning process by
itself. There is no ending in learning, so I expect them to learn from
everything, the patients, their colleagues, the environment, so that they can
better themselves in so many ways possible, as a Doctor, as well as a human
being.
I also expect the HO to be more
confident, but not cocky. There is however, a thin fine line between confidence
and arrogant. I wouldn’t mind if the HO is really confident and has evidence of
the fact that they are presenting, only then I could trust them handling some
cases, before I attend to the patients.
I also expect to have a good
working relationship with the HOs. I understand that I was once a HO too,
therefore we must work together to solve problems, not work against each other.
The other most important thing is
honesty. I don’t want to be the kind of MO that is so hard to converse with.
Because when that happens, it is hard for the HO to be honest about some
things; like for example, informing new cases, or anything that needed to be
attended STAT.
As I mentioned, HOs are in training
and sometimes they are not that confident in their management and they need a
superior to help them out. The better the working relationship, the more honest
and trustworthy the HOs can be. But of course I do expect the basic things to
be done first before making the call to inform the MO in charge.
