Pre-Call

I have a total of 3 calls in the 8 days, after a week of free from calls (for unknown reason)

Life is great without call.

I guess the whole dilemma regarding the call system vs shift system is rather hypothetical.

U cant compare 2 things when you only have the experience of doing one.

I think shift system is the way forward in view of the difference in the working environment and the expectations, challenges and styles nowadays.

The argument that houseman would have less practice is void, from my point of view, because there is nothing much going on during oncall.

Cutting corners is the only thing happening at 3am.

Judgement are suboptimal.

Procedures MUST be postponed to coming morning because it is dangerous to both the patients and doctors, in a way.

So what is the whole thing of training during calls that they meant?

Do they mean during calls we get to do more bloods?

Or clerk more case half asleep?

It is nearing impossibility to operate during that kind of hours in training spirit.

With no disrespect to the old timer who had their training the EOD calls way, i think working environment is different now.

I am constantly pushed to work without knowing exactly what I am doing.

I just do because it is the right thing to do, according to what the books say.

Medical school prepared us very badly.

The increase number of medical students in medical schools dilute the quality they produce.

The diluted product like me will produce even more diluted MO, as the housemanship in big numbers is again, dilutional.

Now the titre is amazingly worrying, even to me myself as the receiving end, of less work, less scolding.

Big man make big decisions.

I wonder if i would be man enough to make that big decision, to do some other things rather than doing important things without knowing the important things.

- haih =(