http://jorodriguez.blog.friendster.com/2005/10/my-first-gift-as-an-aspring-physician/ Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:30:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://jorodriguez.blog.friendster.com/2005/10/my-first-gift-as-an-aspring-physician/#comment-3 Tess Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:07:00 +0000 http://jorodriguez.blog.friendster.com/2005/10/my-first-gift-as-an-aspring-physician/#comment-3 Yeah, it's really a good feeling. I can relate to that. I remember my Revalida and the patient I had for the clinical examinations. The night prior my revalida day, I made rounds of the entire UST Clinical division to see which patients would be likely to be given as part of the examination. There was this patient in the ENT ward (his case was that of a type of Nasal CA) called "the Cursed patient". He was called as such because all of the students who had his case in their Revalida failed. I thought of it as a bad omen and I was almost in tears that night. But the next day when I finished with the Basic Sciences part of the exam, I went to him with my Examiner. As I was doing the history and PE, he told me that I was the 5th student to have him for Revalida and that he would pray for me because he felt bad that the others have failed. I was touched by his sympathy. Perhaps that helped me throughout the examination. And, with his prayers, I passed! Moments like those really inspire physicians. And those are moments to be cherished. :-) Yeah, it’s really a good feeling. I can relate to that. I remember my Revalida and the patient I had for the clinical examinations. The night prior my revalida day, I made rounds of the entire UST Clinical division to see which patients would be likely to be given as part of the examination. There was this patient in the ENT ward (his case was that of a type of Nasal CA) called “the Cursed patient”. He was called as such because all of the students who had his case in their Revalida failed. I thought of it as a bad omen and I was almost in tears that night. But the next day when I finished with the Basic Sciences part of the exam, I went to him with my Examiner. As I was doing the history and PE, he told me that I was the 5th student to have him for Revalida and that he would pray for me because he felt bad that the others have failed. I was touched by his sympathy. Perhaps that helped me throughout the examination. And, with his prayers, I passed! Moments like those really inspire physicians. And those are moments to be cherished.

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