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…
SPM results are here! Many secondary school graduates will soon be pondering on their choices to further their education. There are a vast pool of courses to choose from and when I encountered this situation, medicine was what came to…
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…
Has it ever crossed your mind, how sometimes you find things easier or more difficult to learn and understand compared to your peers? Do you ever wonder why some topics that are so easy for your friends to tackle turn…