Going to a medical university was one of my unforgettable experiences. One of the part which I can never forget was the tuition fees. It is well known that medical education is one of the most expensive courses compared to others in both…
I am a semester 5 medical student preparing for my final exam before I end my first phase of medical school. It is late and I am preparing to go to bed. Suddenly, my phone rang. It’s dad. Dad. He…
One of the initial criteria to apply to a medical school is that you need to have good grades in your exams. There is no doubt that the course is challenging academically and it requires one to be smart to…
Medical school can be really consuming; it drains your mind, energy and to some point, your spirit. The nature of the training we go through was designed to prepare us to be the best doctor, which requires us to stay…
The facts could have not been less ugly even if we chose to ignore it. Whether you are talking about medical students or doctors, both are too busy to notice how much medicine has consumed and changed us. We used…
“As you gain knowledge, stay grounded. Learn and re-learn because you will forget if you do not. Grow some thick skin in the process. Remind yourself why you wanted to help people through medicine. Do not pursue medicine for money;…
Medical school can be long and challenging. Sometimes when you hit rock bottom, you start to question yourself, “Why did I decide to take up medicine?” For some of us, we know that the sky is not always grey and…
The atmosphere of a hospital is not unfamiliar to me. Ever since my late grandfather became ill, I had spent a good part of my life in hospitals. This is what motivated me to join an elective posting in Malaysia…
Throughout the centuries, the timeline of events in the history of drugs can be traced back as early as in the year 5000 B.C when the Sumerian people in the Middle East first used opium as recreational drug. The development…
I am one of those people who never thought about the system in the universities. Aren’t they basically the same for almost all universities around Malaysia? Aren’t we all just striving to hold the degree in our hands, to graduate…