They said, ENT = easy no tension. Partly true, but I'd say it's interesting but tough. Actually ENT stands for ear nose throat, or otorhinolaryngology (ORL). 5 days in ENT seems to be like 5 weeks, with so many happenings and fun.
Perhaps coz it was the first week, lectures come striking us like falling rain. Had 12 lectures in 4 days, that is 3 lectures per day. On top of that, had to join clinic sessions, operation theater procedures and being on-call. It is very exciting but tiring. We were exposed to this field of surgery for the 1st time in medical school but i'm starting to like it. I was lucky to witness a rare operation conducted by Prof Dato Lokman on stapedotomy yesterday and a cochlear implant by my Prof. Dato is one of the few (3 perhaps?) surgeons in Malaysia that offer this operation. But the unlucky part was we had to leave the OT when the implanted cochlear device was just about to be inserted into the cochlear. From the patients in the ENT ward, to the paeds ENT ward, there are just so many cases to learn about.
The best session of the week was perhaps the clinical examination we just had this evening. Thanks to the doctor for teaching us the examination of the ear, nose and throat. We even got a chance to see the nasal cavity and the throat through the fibre optic scope. Thanks to my friend Haziq who had to endure the pain =)
Psychiatric posting left me many sweet memories but also many morals of the day and ENT posting has given me a broader perspective of how doctors work. Can't wait for week 2 to start, yeay ! But my theory...plenty to work on this weekend >''<
yikping
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