Clinical Pathology in Pre-Clinical Years

Slightly over two years ago, we were learning systemic pathology in year 2. That’s the second of two pre-clinical years, a year before we had our various hospital postings.
At the time, studying for pathology was a drag. Most of the time, it consisted of us committing facts to memory and regurgitating them for examinations.
Now, in [...]

O&G: Final Thoughts

The OSCEs, a series of 10-minute stations simulating clinical situations, are counted as part of the clinical examination for the final M.B.B.S.
The topics tested (excluding the written papers) were:
1. stress urinary incontinence (SUI)
2. germ-line ovarian tumour
3. preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM)
4. intra-uterine growth retardation (IUGR) with fetal distress
5. anaemia in pregnancy
6. cervical smear [...]

Webcomic: Looking for Group

Despite having insufficient time to cram all the O&G information in a manner sufficiently organised enough to facilitate regurgitation, J. still found the time to take a quick look at this webcomic that was recommended by an ex-classmate. It’s called:
Looking for Group – http://www.lfgcomic.com
People who read fantasy stories or enjoy Dungeons & Dragons (including games [...]

O&G: Night Before The End-of-Posting Tests

What’s up ahead:
Wednesday – O&G OSSE (Objective Structured Slide Examination)
Thursday – Neonatology Theory Test (MCQs) and Clinical Assessment
Friday – O&G Written Paper (MCQs and Essays)
Saturday – O&G OSCEs(Oral Structured Clinical Examination)
J. is going about his usual routine, the same routine he does before every performance, every competition, every race, every examination paper.

Chinese New Year 2007

新年快乐，万事如意， 年年有余，心想事成。
Chinese New Year is the most important annual holiday in the minds of most Chinese, and J. is no exception. (Happy Chinese New Year!)
(Thanksgiving? Blah. Christmas? So-so. Labour Day? Whaa…?)
The most important tradition is the reunion dinner. The way J.’s family does it, the nuclear family has its dinner on Chinese New Year’s Eve, [...]

Vista, Mac or Linux?

My computer is dead. Rest in peace, loyal computer. You will be missed.
So now I’ve started looking forward to the upgrade of his computer. It is more likely, however, that a complete overhaul of the 2 year plus system will be performed.
And if he’s going to overhaul the system, why not try something different? Why [...]

Salsa – It’s A Small World [Country] After All

In 1969, Stanley Milgram (the man who performed the Milgram experiment) performed the small world experiment and suggested that on average, people in the United States were connected to each other by an average of 6 intermediaries.
Singapore is a little bit smaller than the United States (4.5 million as compared to 300 million).
It’s a small [...]

Respect – Hard to Come By, Easy to Lose

Note: This post was not inspired by the example listed below, but it made for, well, a good example.
Respect has many definitions, but the ones that we will use for this are, as defined by The Collins Dictionary:
1. an attitude of deference, admiration, or esteem; regard
2. the state of being honoured or esteemed
3. polite or [...]

O&G: Conscientious Objector

Abortion has been the subject of much controversy, nowhere more so than in the United States where the factions of Pro-Life and Pro-Choice exist.
J. thinks that either of these names is too simplistic, yet not simplistic enough.
Like prostitution, the approach to abortion consists of two parts: the ethical, and the practical.
Singapore is a country where, [...]

Multi-Level Marketing Is Crap

For more information, please go to: MLM Watch.
Example:
J. had an acquaintance, a secondary school classmate he was never on very close terms with, who called one Sunday afternoon out of the blue and asked if they could meet.
Ting-a-ling-a-ling! J.’s Oddity Detector was set off. Warily, he agreed that he’d be free at night but due [...]