tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58282382011-12-15T11:05:11.824+08:00A collaborative blog of medical students.jadetvnoreply@blogger.comBlogger471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-16584249494468274882010-01-23T22:20:00.002+08:002010-01-23T22:28:27.438+08:00

I was browsing Facebook when I came across Charles' update and photos, Life in Africa. Sounds like Medicine Sans Frontiers to me, something to that effect. When everyone who wanted to go abroad goes to developed country for greener pastures, or more advanced learning, here's one who chose to go to Africa to probably stick closer to all the idealism that is Medicine (I don't know how he ended,

jadetvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-44944947387855208592009-08-20T17:24:00.002+08:002009-08-20T17:32:14.753+08:00

Medicine school and the subsequent residency training are a test of endurance. As I come near the end of my residency, sad to say, I am feeling more and more burnt out by the day. I count each day. I hesitate to get up in the morning and leave the house. But somehow I manage to just go and face each day, although, with a heavy heart. Perhaps it's really just about attitude. I can try to

jadetvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-18700347370603517162009-05-10T18:52:00.002+08:002009-05-10T19:03:18.460+08:00

It's Mothers' Day. It's my 1st official Mothers' Day (the 1st unofficial was when Marek was still inside my tummy). But I'm not at home with my son, instead, I'm in the hospital waiting for the OB residents to call me whenever a fellow mother in labor, or about to deliver, needs my skill. I told my family we were going to celebrate it a day ahead. I didn't request to exchange duties with

jadetvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-60334505554104949842009-04-08T20:14:00.002+08:002009-04-08T20:21:55.107+08:00

I'm a second year Pediatrics resident at Metropolitan Hospital in Sta Cruz, Manila. As a second year, my duty post is at the ER. When I was in first year, I complained frequently about the amount of work that I had during duty hours - going on patient rounds with all attending MD's, doing complete ward rounds, attending to all deliveries at the nursery - basically making sure that I was in at

mjcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-8488230884207919962008-10-13T21:44:00.002+08:002008-10-13T22:02:10.375+08:00

An archive of memories, this blog is. We're still a work in progress and reading through the past blogs was both a sigh of relief-- for having surpassed that time in our life, the sorrows of clerkship, the anxiety of the Boards; and at the same time a reminder that we could not relax yet, there's still so much we have to work for, we have to train, hone our skills, to get to where we really want

jadetvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-63359154548340190792007-03-24T23:33:00.000+08:002007-03-24T23:39:35.789+08:00

http://www.hazelden.org/web/public/hff11022.pageThe Hazelden Foundation provides resources for those struggling with alcohol and other substances, and for their loved ones. It was founded in 1949 as a private alcohol and drug rehabilitation center.

mjcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-43504178542111383802007-02-27T02:20:00.000+08:002007-02-27T02:24:53.426+08:00

To the February 2007 M.D.s, both by choice and by circumstance, congratulations! To August 2007 exam retakers & takers, this is another cycle. Let the wind fill the sails of your ship of dreams, stay the course towards all the best!

mjcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1161962747752057392006-10-27T23:08:00.000+08:002006-10-27T23:25:47.773+08:00

I've been in denial regarding taking up medicine and being a doctor. I wasn't forced into it but it wasn't what I wanted either (or have I told you this already?). After passing the boards, I felt not just relieved but also proud of myself. But this didn't stop me from getting kind of irked whenever relatives and friends call me doc Jade. As if that was fun. Yeah, I know they're proud of me,

jadetvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1157545042241390142006-09-06T19:54:00.000+08:002006-09-06T20:17:22.273+08:00

Prayer before study -Lord, thank You for taking us through so many years of preparation. If this is Your will for us, guide us to fulfill it. Please help us to remember in our mind and in our hearts whatever we read and study today, to pass the exams, and to benefit our patients in the future. In the Name of Jesus, Amen. Everyone studied diligently. Everyone prayed faithfully. Why do others pass

mjcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1136000841726826182005-12-31T11:40:00.000+08:002006-02-21T23:13:51.143+08:00

I just recently realized that we have completed more than half of our internship and finally it will all be over. Finally we will be able to take the board exams and get the coveted title of a DOCTOR. Time seemed to run so fast that last year we were just chossing our hospitals for internship and now it is almost complete. When we started our internship we had hopes that our dirty clerkship

Jitney Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15793222568720719667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1125325578542322752005-08-29T22:09:00.000+08:002005-08-29T22:26:18.570+08:00

From a hymn: When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll, whatever my lot, God hast taught me to say, Even so, it is well with my soul. Medical interns have a 3 day work week, all for this so-called noble profession, preduty 8 hrs, duty 24 to 34 hrs, from duty 5 to 8 hours and then again. We make rounds day in and day out, we run commonplace errands yet are

mjcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1118825844702935482005-06-15T16:46:00.000+08:002005-06-15T17:00:46.733+08:00

In a few weeks I will be going back to the wards to conclude my clerkship. The 2 months that I have spent on hiatus (not by choice) is about to end, and I sadly realized that I did not want it to. A change has occured in me. And perhaps I'm starting to realize that maybe, just maybe, I'm really not meant for this. Perhaps, I'm meant to do something else.. Just wish I knew what the something else

berenicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423350733107122197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1117544111599110452005-05-31T20:31:00.000+08:002005-05-31T20:55:11.643+08:00

This blog has been dormant. Maybe close to death is more like it. Speaking of death, I thought I died during clerkship. But as you may have noticed, the last blog was a year ago. But I'm still here. And read the title once more. It says internship. Yes, I survived hell named clerkship (it was to me--well it wasn't that hellish, just something close to it. haha). And after two weeks, I'm

jadetvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1088556670871767222004-06-30T08:39:00.000+08:002004-06-30T08:51:10.870+08:00

It's been almost 2 months since I began my clerkship program here in UST. DId I learn anything? Maybe... It's the clerks task to fix the patient's papers for admission, reserve a room (or would 'bed' would be a more appropriate term for our setting?) where the patient (and the clerk, of course) would be most comfortable to, make sure the laboratory requessts are done, make sure he is broought

Jitney Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15793222568720719667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1072659943365443892003-12-29T09:05:00.000+08:002003-12-29T09:06:47.140+08:00

      Invariably included in holiday greetings are hopes for peace and prosperity, health and happiness. I've always wondered why send health along with the rest of it. It's easy to see why it would take a hope or a wish to achieve peace, prosperity, happiness, but health seems much more within reach. Eat right, sleep right, stay active, and you'll have health. Easy. It doesn't take a wish or a

mjcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1071028403874562192003-12-10T11:53:00.000+08:002003-12-13T09:09:22.606+08:00

Last week I was confronted by sudden worries about our exams and a series of phone calls from my mom. For two weeks my mom has been experiencing nonspecific symptoms. It started out as a mild epigastric pain which my mom thought was attributed to hyperacidity. So I advised her to stop drinking coffee, carbonated drinks and tea and refrain from taking NSAIDs which she takes during her long

Jitney Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15793222568720719667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1069376669439999732003-11-21T09:04:00.000+08:002003-11-21T09:04:55.640+08:00

As medical students we are often reminded in our textbooks and even by our predecessors to always have a high index of suspicion in dealing with an illness. I heard a doctor once say that the problem with those people in the medical profession is that whenever a relative or a family presents with a complaint, we think of the least debilitating disease as a possibility. However, whenever we

Jitney Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15793222568720719667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1069318049181911252003-11-20T16:47:00.000+08:002003-11-20T16:47:54.296+08:00

Reading the description of partial abortion sent shivers down my spine. Are they human? Whenever I hear such stories, I remember what agent Smith told Neo in Matrix, that we are just viruses that live to destroy (something like that). So it's true that Bush signed the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. I would say that's the first good thing he did for humanity (yes, i hate his war on

carmelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066188521316674545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1069215289875424512003-11-19T12:14:00.001+08:002003-11-19T13:10:05.746+08:00

President Bush signed the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 last November 5, 2003. It was on headlines everywhere... Hmm... having gone through the OB-GYNE module, i'm aware of the different kinds of abortion... But PARTIAL ABORTION? Hmm... what's that? So i searched for literature over the net, and I came across the actual copy of the "Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003". There,

Doc Broksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1069050301408524512003-11-17T13:54:00.000+08:002003-11-19T15:49:19.796+08:00

Last Saturday, while preparing to attend a wedding of my classmate in Cabanatuan City, I was confronted with a slight pain in my periumbilical area. I was not bothered at first but upon remembering that I had a moderate to severe colicky pain in my epigastric area 2 days before made me really nervous. Could this be acute appendicitis? I never undergone surgery my entire life and I really dread

Jitney Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15793222568720719667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1069044968904035952003-11-17T12:56:00.000+08:002003-11-17T12:56:31.450+08:00

I would like to congratulate the following people for participating and winning in the recently concluded Palarong MED. Ang galing nila! Grabe!!! Men's Basketball: Marco Valencia Women's Basketball: Kimberly Caringal Men's Volleyball: Albert Adrales Women's Volleyball: Ingrid Siapno Badminton: Reagan Tan, Ching Katimbang Swimming: Richard Tanaquin Soccer: Jade Verastigue Complete ba? Sana

carmelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066188521316674545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1068896523277308442003-11-15T19:42:00.000+08:002003-11-15T19:42:23.543+08:00

Students from different med schools in Manila took a time out. The atmosphere was very relaxed. Everyone came as athletes and, as far as I can see, there wasn't a single soul who showed his/her nerdyness by opening a med book. Of course we know, med life is toxic, and maybe there were those who had nagging thoughts of I-have-to-finish-reading-this-and-that, but inspite of that, everyone looked

jadetvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1068607115658471192003-11-12T11:18:00.000+08:002003-11-12T11:18:33.080+08:00

Here's a man who goes to another country, away from his family, to earn a living. What does he get in return? A pituitary adenoma! In that foreign country he got framed and was got some punishment he didn't deserve. As part of the punishment he also got hit so hard in the head which probably led to the adenoma. And now his life is ruined.

jadetvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1068448528850194192003-11-10T15:00:00.000+08:002003-11-10T15:15:26.580+08:00

SLE stands for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. It is a multisystem disease that affects females of childbearing age, with a 15:1 female to male ratio. The etiology or cause is unknown, but may involve genetics, drug exposure, and estrogens. The pathogenesis involves antinuclear antibodies or ANA's and other autoimmune disease processes.     On 8 Nov 2003 Sat, I was one of ten students from my class

mjcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1067651848295642512003-11-01T09:57:00.000+08:002003-11-01T10:08:53.703+08:00

Got this from a 2nd year friend...the percentage applies to sophomores and not us 3rd years... Dear batchmates, Summary I am sorry to inform you that despite all our efforts, the dean has told us that the semestrals would go through as scheduled. He said that this was non-negotiable. What was fruitful with our endeavor however was that we were told that our official transcript of records

Doc Broksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1067245629730493172003-10-27T17:07:00.000+08:002003-10-27T17:07:09.366+08:00

Exactly a week from now, we'd be having our semestral exams... it's much more like TORTURE TESTS if you'd ask me. The Faculty has given us 18 days to study 11 or 12 mind blowin' subjects. Right now, I'm receiving a lot of messages from my friends [and strangers even] not to enroll on Wednesday in protestation of the upcoming exams. Everything going-on in med school right now is just nuts... and

Doc Broksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1067168258920386782003-10-26T19:37:00.000+08:002003-10-26T19:37:38.390+08:00

Hedonist Jade overpowers sensible Jade. Okay, I admit it, I'm one of the worse students. I ruined my study schedule last week and I know I'm gonna pay for it later. So God please help me stay disciplined and focused tomorrow onwards, and please help me remember what little I can cover. Pls let us all make good marks in this semestral exams.

jadetvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1066886698018740282003-10-23T13:24:00.000+08:002003-10-23T13:28:00.510+08:00

Ok, so what's the relationship between starbucks coffee and studying for the semestral exams? Hmm... the answer is... NONE OF COURSE! hehe. but if you would ask about the association of starbucks coffee SHOPS with the upcoming neckbreaking semestral exams, now that's a different story. For the past two weeks, i've set up a "study desk" @ Starbucks West Avenue just to prepare for exams. Several

Doc Broksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1066718639693997782003-10-21T14:43:00.000+08:002003-10-21T14:43:59.250+08:00

Having gone through Community and Psychiatry module gave me a lot of things to think about. While our class was still in Community module, everyone anticipated the _____stink of Smokey Mountain. And I could really atest to that

Jitney Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15793222568720719667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1066655083866534682003-10-20T21:04:00.000+08:002003-10-20T21:09:04.666+08:00

  I've just come from consulting the micro/reconstructive surgeon. His advice is to wait till further disturbance. He says it's not tendon cyst, it's some other pathology. Hence, he doesn't want the risk of resecting at this time. He asks me, " do you want that risk just for aesthetics?" No, thank you. It was the pain I had hoped to correct, not the almost unnoticeable deformity of that very

mjcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1066401629534266762003-10-17T22:40:00.000+08:002003-10-18T00:06:44.076+08:00

   It's not carpal tunnel syndrome. It's tendon cysts (two of them) compressing a small (very small?) branch of the median nerve going to my right index finger. Good. History-     Aug 2001/Bates module: Ester was paired with me in skills lab and she was able to elicit a (+) Tinel's sign when she tapped my wrist to assess the median nerve. Dr. Dee-Chan suggested I see a neurologist. I thought

mjcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1066224377669299162003-10-15T21:26:00.000+08:002003-10-15T21:26:17.463+08:00

The coming November 3 to 7, 2003 semestral exams is the case in point. It is a challenge in that some or even most of our faculty perceive us in poor comparison to European, especially German medical students. It is said that they are very industrious while we are less so. Can Filipino medical students, provided with a list of exam topics, and given 4 days, 2 weeks (of what is still called

mjcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1066198751899826342003-10-15T14:19:00.000+08:002003-10-15T14:19:11.860+08:00

I can't remember if I got a can-do grade (or better) for Neurology module. If I got it right, then the results of Neuro's make-up sessions will pull our grades down (I'm sure I'm not the only who did LOTS of "educational guess"). Why not use the module grade for our subject grade? It's not like Patho, Biochem, Pharma, etc which don't have their own modules? What are they gonna do when they

jadetvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1065836023831071762003-10-11T09:33:00.000+08:002003-10-11T09:33:43.500+08:00

Pillbox members post at least twice a week. If I cannot commit to the ground rules, something unpleasant should happen. So far, nothing has.The paradox of Medicine is that the choices we make do not always deliver the expected outcome. In Thomasian-speak, "Life is choices. God gives grace." The Latin version is engraved on the facade of the UST Medicine Building.

mjcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1065751641587670412003-10-10T10:07:00.000+08:002003-10-11T08:34:02.390+08:00

I like it when med students or doctors act like they are not doctors at all. Take for example last resident's night when doctors sang and danced like there was no tomorrow. When med students gather at the lru and play computer games or oggle at friendster.com or write essays as bloggers, these are all positive signs for me. I like seeing med students huddle in one corner and laugh like hyenas

carmelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066188521316674545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1065687106022449472003-10-09T16:11:00.000+08:002003-10-23T13:06:50.870+08:00

William S. Osler describes in his book Aequanimitas the character and qualities of the ultimate, bigtime, idealistic... and non-existing physician. I've read it and evaluated myself to see if i measure up: imperturbability. the ability to maintain extreme calm and steadiness presence of mind. self-control in an emergency or embarrassing situation so that one can say or do the right thing. clear

Doc Broksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1065684860471867302003-10-09T15:34:00.000+08:002003-10-09T15:34:20.276+08:00

Just last September, my sister won an essay writing contest for the Ramon Magsaysay Awards. It was an amazing experience. She won two sets of computer with printers and a cool sum of money just for writing a beautiful essay. Hers was about, guess what, DOCTORS. Her inspiration was a woman doctor by the name of Dr. Ruth Pfau, a European who decided to go to Pakistan to cure lepers. Her other

carmelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066188521316674545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1065585590107825782003-10-08T11:59:00.000+08:002003-10-08T11:59:49.410+08:00

2 cents worth each week, 1 cent right now. Yesterday, my brother turned eight years old. I wasn't planning to go home at first, but in the end, I did. Being in Psychiatry module may have had something to do with it. Forming a positive childhood experience.

mjcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1065358814024292212003-10-05T21:00:00.000+08:002003-10-05T21:00:14.200+08:00

I'm afraid of heights. If I'm on the escalator going up to the top level of Rob Place, I can feel the tachycardia and my palms sweat. Shangri-La Plaza? Fugghedaboutit! I'll avoid the escalators entirely and take the stairs. I've been afraid of heights for as long as I can remember. My dad says the earliest he can remember me displaying such a fear is when we were climbing the stairs in the Statue

Rafaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05195459207110081411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1065176309441379112003-10-03T18:18:00.000+08:002003-10-03T18:18:29.380+08:00

Friday is going home day. I am one of them, students who find the daily commute bothersome and decide to rent a place near school, returning home to visit on weekends only. The self-realization is an opportunity that I am grateful for. I enjoy the flexibility & relative independence of my current living situation. Efficiency in study habits. That was the reason I gave my dad when I asked to be

mjcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1065168604154168472003-10-03T16:10:00.000+08:002003-10-06T11:27:08.013+08:00

All this time I believed that I have a specific phobia. I always that I was claustrophobic since the time I encountered the word in the dictionary (which was way back in high school). I always feared closed places. I feel some shortness of breath, feel nauseous and feel like choking, my heart starts beating fast, I start coughing and I know that if I wont avoid it I'd would be close to having

Jitney Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15793222568720719667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1065167078125092502003-10-03T15:44:00.000+08:002003-10-03T15:44:37.653+08:00

One thing I've realized is that Psychiatrist will have more and more patients. The degradation of the morality of the society is to blame. Although genetic and biologic factors are involved in the etiology of Psychiatric disorders, we can see that the environment of the patient plays a major part. We see broken families everywhere, people have become tolerant of many immoralities. So what

jadetvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1065148465929675882003-10-03T10:34:00.000+08:002003-10-23T13:07:48.806+08:00

they are almost everywhere...these people with brown-bordered mouths gobbling up a big chunk of chocolate to their heart's delight. yup... they're substance abusers alright (there should be a separate DSM Criteria for this people)... the chocoholics. how'd you find them? http://aoi-ryuu.net/chocoholic/ gives a very interesting read on these people: choc-o-holic (chô'ke-hôl'ik, -hŏl'ik) adj.

Doc Broksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1064980549844755942003-10-01T11:55:00.000+08:002003-10-01T11:55:49.216+08:00

The 1st quiz in psych is at 8am tomorrow. The neuro remedial class is at 1pm today. There are 4 topics to study for the quiz, or around 200 pages to reread, if anyone's finished all that reading in the first place. Choice? I believe there's always Choice. It's the narrowing of options that's hard to deal with.

mjcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1064980145939542842003-10-01T11:49:00.000+08:002003-10-23T13:06:01.043+08:00

This would be my first historical post. I was skimming and browsing over Kaplan and Sadock's "Synopsis of Psychiatry", 9th ed when I came across page 531, about Culture-bound syndromes... sub-topic on Psychotic Disorders... brace yourself, puritans! : Gilbert Herdt's book Guardians of the Flutes is the best known series of ethnographies on cultures in a region of New Guinea (the semen belt)

Doc Broksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1064842879089563862003-09-29T21:41:00.000+08:002003-09-29T21:41:18.676+08:00

As one of my Psych prof's said to my class back at BC, everyone is dysfunctional and in need of therapy to some extent. I mean, how cathartic is it just to be able to tell someone how you feel and what your problems are? I think in studying medicine and with Psychiatry in particular, a med student may fall into seeing one's traits in what one is studying and immediately labelling. I couldn't

Rafaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05195459207110081411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828238.post-1064823778371060812003-09-29T16:22:00.000+08:002003-09-29T16:22:58.200+08:00

This site is finally up and running. We're just two weeks away from sembreak. Two more weeks of Psychiatry. Ah Psychiatry. What I find somewhat disturbing is the constant barging of thoughts that my brother is probably suffering from some psychiatric disorder. When my parents told me of his amnesis, yes, he is at a higher risk than we are of suffering from one. (What makes the feeling

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