Call MO lor!

i shall start off with some complaining...

I HAD A LOUSY CALL ON FRIDAY!! boohooo!! digusting call... totally out of control... until my registrar had to summon help from other MO's and HO's. absolutely NO thanks to the morning teams who mass-discharged ppl that day man...

of course i was up on my feet the whole night... thank god no collapses or really sick patients though. but some of my bloods and plugs were like overdue for 2 or 3 hours and new cases still kept streaming in!! haaiii...

i'm starting to suspect either i'm really slow or the new system of on-call duties is not really working too well... oh well... 3 more medicine calls and i'm off to lala-land O & G!! phew!

anyway, it's kinda scary to think that we're finishing our HOship soon and moving on to become MO's. at least for me, i'll be finishing up with my medicine posting which usually takes the bulk of HO education. i mean there's no more "Call MO for help" cos I'll be the MO soon. so am i ready?

in our life and career, there's always a junction that signifies a major role change. it's inevitable that before we enter every phase, we ask ourselves, "so am i really ready to take on that next role?" it was the same during the transition as yr 5 med student to HO and now as HO to MO.

someone once told me "a good HO is one who is able to make your MO dispensable and when u can do that, u're ready to become an MO." hmm... dun think i'm up to that kinda standard yet leh...

actually, i can't wait to be an MO. cos i won't be first-line defense anymore!! no need to entertain sooo many phone calls from nurses... dun u realize just when u really wanna sit down quietly and write down that piece of history u just took and ur phone can't stop ringing? super super irritating!! i mean i just wanna FINISH doing my work but i can't cos i need to entertain so many phone calls!! and when i remembered i need to order the set of anaemia workup for my patient, i get a phone call to disrupt me and the next thing, i forgot to pen down my order liao. GRRR...

and much much less brainless blood-taking, plug setting and ecg doing. woohoo!!

sad to say, that also means when i do get a call, it'll be something serious! something a HO can't do and an MO's expected to know what to do. and when i do hafta set a plug, it'll be those where NO VEINS can be seen. oh oh...

oh well... there's always a trade-off in life huh?