CSFC

Day 2 of CSFC. Madness would be a good one word summary.

That being said, clinicals has been even better than I visualised it to be. The majority of the consensus I see about clinicals is that it kinda sucks - tiring and the like.

Personally, I feel that it's really a change from the standard lecture theatre setting, just sitting down, copying notes like a robot - information goes in from one ear, and comes out the other, only translating to words on distributed notes with nothing staying in the brain...

Although it's only been the second day, just these 2 days have shown me a totally different side of medicine. It's no longer as dead as before, being confined only to notes or at best, simulated patients. Being in the wards have shown me so much more, allowing me to empathise so much more with the patients, personally talking to them and examining them. Of course, I'm just one of those noobs knowing nothing. Difference is, I'm learning so much more and I believe that, over the course of the next few years, there'll be even more to learn, even more to discover and so much more room for improvement

Physically though, it's exhausting to say the very least. It's probably as tiring as the most tiring day I've had in school, just that it's happening/will be happening everyday. But I guess the important thing is, overall, I believe I'm enjoying myself much more now than I was in the past two years. Another big step in realising the joy of being in this profession. A calling indeed. One doctor today called it being self-righteous by saying it's a calling. I call it the perfect will of God.

Fatigue aside, I'm definitely looking forward to the future days, months and years ahead.