From: "ahmad_mok"
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Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 6:38 AM
Subject: [ppim-net] Advice
> Assalamualikum wbt
> Im a first year medic student from a local university. Id like to
> seek some advice on tips to study and on how i can have successful but
> balanced (btwn materialistic and spiritual gains) career in medicine.
> how do i proceed after i graduate.
Assalamu alaikum
Now, that's a difficult question. I think the very fact that you have chosen
medicine is already a great challenge and sacrifice, which automatically
requires a balance between the materialistic and spiritual worlds. It is one
of those professions that gives a Muslim great satisfaction, without
expecting too much worldly rewards. I am not sure which medical school you
come from, but most, if not all medical schools in Malaysia are beginning to
inject "spiritualism" into their curricula no matter what religion you
belong to. You cannot run away from it because medicine involves humans more
so than any other profession.
Study tips:
1) don't study alone,
2) learn medicine through seeing patients, and not just by reading the recommended textbooks, i.e. see which conditions are common in your hospital, and learn "around" these conditions. For instance, if diabetes is a common condition, read 2, 3 or more books on diabetes, but if you've never encountered leishmaniasis, don't bother
reading beyond one chapter once only,
3) Ask yourself what you remember of a disease before reading about it in a book; by doing this you only need to highlight/stress the areas you don't know; otherwise your textbooks will be filled with yellow highights, like most of my medical students.
4) Create, what I call "folders" in your brain for common problems, so that you can
retrieve them easily when confronted by (in particular) a "fierce-looking"
examiner; there should be a folder each for "causes of raised ESR",
"emergency treatment of myocardial infarct", "causes of pleural effusion",
"approach to a patient with Cushing's syndrome", etc. Well, how do you
create a "folder"?- see a patient with it, read up on it, and tell or teach
others about it repeatedly.
Therefore:
5) I recommend follow my motto "teaching educates the teacher"...i.e. there is no better way to learn than by teaching others...and by doing that you also get you pahala by giving knowledge to your peers and friends. I wonder if Prof Muhaya would like to contribute to study techniques in medicine.
How do you proceed after graduation? Well, how long do you have to go? If
lama lagi, "we'll cross the river when we come to it", if soon, email me
again as soon as you have graduated. There are lots of opportunities and
pathways you can follow after graduation. It depends on what you would like
to end up doing. People often don't decide until well beyond housemanship,
and they often "want to be like their supervisor (if he or she has created a
good impression)" when they are house officers. It is now customary to
pursue a Master of Medicine degree at one of the local universities, but
this is not mandatory. If you need further information, I will be happy to
give you the details of our postgraduate programmes at UKM.
Wassalam.
Prof Dr Raymond Azman Ali
Deputy Dean (Graduate Studies and Research)
Medical Faculty UKM
raymond@mail.hukm.ukm.my
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