When we went into residency training, we were exposed to cases first hand; lectures every day,teaching rounds everyday, research everyday and operations 24/7. Our daily schedule was so full we hit the sack dead tired. Operative techniques are repeated ad nauseam and questions intraoperative from consultants-operating surgeon includes footnotes and the newest trend in surgery.
When we reached our 3rd year residency, we could memorize all questions and idiosyncrasies of all our consultants that before they could open their mouths, we know what he/she will say. Some of them would always recall their own residency training and anecdotes where they became heroes after a very difficult surgery.
Each and every surgeon has his/her own technique or way of doing surgery. And it was our own look-out to know and memorize what they want and how to do it their way. One mistake of doing another surgeon's technique would end up as a monologue of disadvantages doing that other technique; no matter how good, easy and less complicated it is.
So, when we finished our residency training, we also develop our own technique derived from all these techniques we memorized from all consultants we had been under.
This then is the patient's advantage. The younger the surgeon is, the more he has seen several techniques but his weakness will lie on his own confidence when he handles his own patients where he cannot pass the buck to another surgeon.
When we reached our 3rd year residency, we could memorize all questions and idiosyncrasies of all our consultants that before they could open their mouths, we know what he/she will say. Some of them would always recall their own residency training and anecdotes where they became heroes after a very difficult surgery.
Each and every surgeon has his/her own technique or way of doing surgery. And it was our own look-out to know and memorize what they want and how to do it their way. One mistake of doing another surgeon's technique would end up as a monologue of disadvantages doing that other technique; no matter how good, easy and less complicated it is.
So, when we finished our residency training, we also develop our own technique derived from all these techniques we memorized from all consultants we had been under.
This then is the patient's advantage. The younger the surgeon is, the more he has seen several techniques but his weakness will lie on his own confidence when he handles his own patients where he cannot pass the buck to another surgeon.
Informative about medical training. Most do not have a clue to the ordeal a physician goes through to acquire the knowledge to perform his duties and responsibilities. When you stop and think about the vast differance between a trained Physician and a Hilot. I wonder why would anyone place their future into the hands of a Hilot?
ReplyDeleteYour closing remarks about fresh graduates and seasoned physician omits wisdom. Wisdom require more than book learning. Most newly licensed physician lack the depth of wisdom that comes from mistakes as well as success.