23 September 2011

The ABCs of Dermatology

A is for acute necrotizing fasciitis.
B is for bullous pemphigoid.
C is for chancroid.
D is for diabeticorum, necrobiosis lipoidica
E is for eczema
F is for folaceous, pemphigus
G is for gonorrhea
H is for histoplasmosis
I is for irritant contact dermatitis
J is for janeway lesions
K is for kawasaki disease
L is for lupus vulgaris
M is for madura foot
N is for nit (pedunculosis)
O is for osler's nodes
P is for pellegra
Q is for Queyret, erythroplasia of
R is for rheumatoid nodule
S is for scabies
T is for telangiectasia
U is for ulcer
V is for verrucous carcinoma
W is for wickham's striae
X is for xanthoma
Y is for yersiniae
Z is for zoonoses

Fortunately, none of these appeared in my derm test.

23 August 2011

Mid Term Break

A breather in the year that will only get busier.

08 August 2011

Trying my best.
As long as I tried my best, I don't have to feel bad about anything.
Or at least that's how the saying goes.
I wonder.

If anything would have been different if I did things a bit differently.
Went overseas for elective. (I liked it in Singapore)
Studied harder for pros. (I studied enough, thank you very much)
Played a little more sports. (Errr. where got time? Actually got lar..)
Made a little more friends. (I very friendly liao... Yeah right.)
And the list goes on.

I get this feeling at times.
That somehow if I do things a little differently, things would turn out different.
That's a happy thought.
If only it were true...


03 August 2011

So far the year has been good to me.
I survived Internal Med SIP with some valuable learning experiences and (hopefully) contributed to the welfare of the patients placed under my care.
There is really no learning experience better than actually taking charge of patients and being thrown into the deep end with some well-thought out guidance.
I loved the SIP experience which prepares me better for the real world much better than exams and eopts would.
Which is why the new syllabus in which students in final year do 1 year of SIP (or so I hear) is the real deal in preparing medical students to be doctors.
Yay.

Nevertheless, there's still this you-know-what coming this March that seems really important. Looming. Not quite here yet, but almost.

Yikes.