Don't bloody understand some people!

Here I am, stuck in the IT room whilst waiting for my weekly teaching (cum argument session..*rolls eyes*), when I actually planned to do some studying in the library.

I was good, cos I stepped into the library, and till now, I wonder why my coursemate said the library is nice. I didn't find it nice at all. My thought of a nice library is one with modern facilities, with modern tables, comfortable chairs, totally high tech, not one like in this hospital. Apparently, the library is situated in an old chapel, so you can well imagine it to be wood totally, with wooden stairs and stained glass, and shelves filled with old books. Some people might like it, but not me...I think it feels ghostly, explaining why I'm here blogging instead. Sigh...

Had a very interesting Geriatrics Case Discussion yesterday at the hospital, and I saw a few patients with excellent signs, especially the guy who got Parkinson's Disease...manz..was he classic!

Then I kinda got irritated at some point during the session cos of X. I can't stand this person honestly. I don't understand why he gets so argumentative about every single thing, and can't stay humble. We were interpreting some chest xrays in the wards, and Y didn't know it too well. X was then telling him what he thinks, in the tone like as if he's the Consultant. Mind you, the REAL Consultant was next to us, watching us interpreting, and he told X that what he said is all wrong!

Manz, it must felt like a slap to his face. Honestly, if I were to be a Consultant one day, I would dislike such students. I mean, fair enuff if u know lots, but stay humble. Hate people who are not experts but talk like they know it. In fact, when I was in a bus with some juniors once, I could hear them talking about some patient they spent a long time taking a history from and examined in the wards, and were having a guess at her diagnosis...and one of them was like "I'm sure she's got a perforation! I'm dead sure abt it!!! Trust me, it's a perf!" Then the other students were like so amazed at their act-smart coursemate about his fabulous and so ever exciting diagnosis made, since they were all confused.

I said nothing, but being 2 years their senior, and definitely knowing more than them (even though I'm still shit..), I knew it wasn't a perforation even though I didn't see the patient. Firstly, if that patient got a perf, it would be an emergency, and she would be dying and needing immediate surgery. Why on earth would she still be lying in the wards, with the mood and energy to spend a long time letting u take a history from her, and worse, let you examine her? She would be in tremendous pain. I couldn't have imagined them doing an abdominal examination on her while she's having a perforation....sheesh...

Honestly speaking, my first thought of that Mr Genius who came up with Perforation as a diagnosis is that he's a complete idiot. But I just pretended not to hear anything. Perf he said, Perf it shall be then.

I can understand the enthusiasm and excitement about trying to work out the diagnosis, interpreting results etc, but I mean...thinking you are dead smart is such a major put off. And mind you, I've seen a lot of people in med sch who are like that.

Also, you also get some who are fighting with the Consultant to teach their own coursemates. Imagine your coursemate and the Consultant speaking to you at the same time...pisses u big time since u don't wanna show no respect to both of them, hence, trying to keep eye contact at intervals with BOTH of them, and at the same time, struggling because u're getting more and more irritated with your coursemate for talking unneccesarily, or sometimes, acting as the Consultant's parrot.

I think we're all in the process of learning, even if you're a Consultant, and we should all stay humble no matter what rank you are.

If I'm the Consultant and I get such students in future, u bet I'll not give shit abt them. They don't deserve to be taught at all since they're already so "smart" no?