please give me a chance

5 June 2009. SUNNY. THough during the clinical orientation for juniors, i have told them over and over again regarding the importance of learning from the patients, sometimes the patients' reaction really make you down.

"Junior doctor", " Student Doctor", " Young Doctor" are some of the words our lecturer usually use to introduce us to the patients. Why don't they just use "medical student" or "pelajar perubatan"?

Because these patients are somehow selective. They want to be seen by real doctors with license.
THeir body is just more precious than diamonds and their mouths were sealed by gold. THey won't let medical student examine or take history.

THey think that the present doctors that they are seeing now are born as doctors. THey doesn't undergo training, they have never been medical students before. THey born naturally and gifted with skills to clerk history, to examine, then to treat, and to operate. In other words, medical student will be medical student for ever. Doctors will be doctors for ever. And, we can wait in O&G labour room for babies that will be born as doctors for the future. Once a baby is born, we dont test for Apgar score, but we test their medical knowledge. Ok, pass, u r a doctor. Sorry, fail, u will be trained as medical student and will suffer and face difficult patients...so unfair!!!haha...then if im parents i'll pray days and nights to deliver a Doctor Baby.

We always ask politely for permission, but what we get in return? Why cant you all say something politely like "no thanks" and not giving us an angry face as if i killed your whole family. or " No needla, ur prof also dunno what's my problem, how can you know?". " No, tq" just two words, is it that difficult to say??

I admit that medical students make mistake, we might not be so fluent, but we learn from mistakes and we practise to do better. Dear patients,pleaseeeeeeeeee......give me a chance...