Monday, April 21, 2014

Memoir of a Medtech Intern Part 1 - (3 weeks left for Internship)

iThis week marks my last week of rotation here in Cebu Velez General Hospital Laboratory. I've been assigned in this lab for 6 months unlike in my previous affiliations (Visayas Community Medical Center and Chong Hua Hospital) wherein I only had 3-months each. Well since I am studying in Velez and the hospital is also Velez, okay there is really justice that each intern should stay long in CVGH. 

It's still fresh in my mind that a section head of mine in Chong Hua appreciated for my "job well done". I just did my job naturally. That was still the first month of my internship. But he told me that internship is not merely heaven. To spice up my intern experience, I shall face some obstacles for me to learn. Honestly, I made a huge mistake in VCMC and I was sanctioned and it made me learn a huge lesson-- to b careful all the time and double check. That's why it brought me up to be meticulous all the time in my job. 

Yes, when I was going to my first step as an intern, I thought it would be paradise because I got used to become a third year students with lots of examinations everyday and too many pressures to handle. Then I realized that it was half wrong. In internship, it isn't as necessary as third year to study and to handle pressure. As a medtech intern, you need to fight sanctions like extensions and also you need to overcome "boredom on waiting". Yes. On my first day of internship in Chong Hua, it seems like I wore a huge smile in the lab and I kept on saying - Yes! Intern na jud ko (Yes! I am already an intern!). But as the days went by I said "Kapuya na ug sige ug duty uy! Kanus-a pa kaha ni mahuman?" (I'm already tired in going to duty. When will this finish then?). It got severe when I started for a 6-month rotation in CVGH then lately I knew that my Sillimanian and SWU co-interns graduated already and here we are Velezians, still on duty. To the future interns, I know that you are excited right now but don't be too excited. I am not discouraging you. As we all know, Too much of everything is bad. To be honest, I am also excited on your first step in the lab since you will gonna replace us hahahaha. I have just told you literally that I'm already tired, haven't I?

In less than 6 months, I will already be an RMT. There were some events that motivated me to strive better. I will enjoy this week as much as I can and yippeee next week will be Paknaan! 

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