Psychiatry Posting : Chapter 2

Week 2 was challenging but im glad that i am now quite comfortable being around the patients. So far, i only practiced clerking on the FEMALE patients and havent really encountered any unpleasant incidents. One of my friends meanwhile almost got herself strangled by her patient. We did not know why the patient did that and the same went to the patient. this should be expected in this posting since patients are mentally ill and not functioning.

So far, im still not sure whether im ready to embark into the MALE ward. I know it is not a safe place for a female to be in that zone but regardless of the situation, a good doctor should not be judgmental towards the patients. One of my friends is already traumatised after being sexually "harassed" by a bipolar patient. i myself am not sure how to react if i were in her shoes that day. Nevertheless, i still need to go for this since there is a possibility of us to be getting male patients during the exam soon. Hence, i need to familiarise myself with this situation.

Other than that, i was appointed to be the PROGRAM COORDINATOR for our Mental Health Programme in 4 weeks' time. Heard that this is quite a heavy task. We'll see how i sail thru this task. To date, I am facing with a problem due to being posted to HKL. There seems to be no appropriate restaurants around our satellite campus and hence, i usually suffer during lunch time. Well, I am not being arrogant but simply because i was not trained to enjoy those food sold by the stalls. This is more like, erm, a hygienic issue.

Oh well, maybe this is a perfect opportunity for me to lose weight.

One of the days where time is best utilised with sleeping.