Of stressful PBL and CSU

I know that I haven't been updating for quite some time already. There are so many factors contributing to this lack of enthusiasm in updating such as stress, PBL, CSU and hormones. Yeap, hormones alright.

I've reading Jene's blog and I always wonder how she found the time to update it but here I am, trying to allocate time to write something and hoping that I won't save it as a draft. If you want to know what's been going on, I'll start with PBL.

For PBL, my faci told us that he want to see everyone of us present everything to see our level of understanding. We can only use books to search for information. This is to standardize our information. Can you imagine it? NO INTERNET. He gave us no learning issues because we are supposed to come up with it individually. So, Ben and I were in the library earlier, looking for information. We were using a few books. And you read right alright, Ben was at the library :P. It is a good thing.

As for CSU... Last week's CSU was horrible because my group was blasted by one of the lecturers who I shall not name. After completing the examination of the lymph nodes, we were supposed to revise the other systems with our lecturer but my lecturer gave us a Mock OSCE on the spot of which most of us were lost. We don't remember a lot of things. The last thing she said was, 'Make my day. Tell me what a bruit is and make my day. If none of you can tell me what a bruit is, then I'm going to leave for my lunch.' In the end, she left early. This week's CSU on the other hand is History Taking but OSCE format.

It means we enter 1 station for 5 minutes and take the history of the simulated patient. For this session, we were paired up but for the real thing, we're all flying solo. I partnered Joo Hor this time. Since there were 4 simulated patients, 4 rest stations and 4 Q &A stations, I started first and took alternate turns with Joo Hor. I was so nervous that I exceeded the time. When the buzzer went of, I was yet to cover 2 more components. Next thing I knew,

SP: I'm depressed because my dad has been working to pay for my medical treatment. I haven't been sleeping well. My pass motion hasn't been good either and I don't get to cycle nor run. Ask me about my period.

Me: Err, how's your period?

SP: I haven't got my period yet. My mum thinks I'm too weak. Oh, I have been to the hospital before and I undergo blood transfusion. I'm getting all these symptoms because I didn't go for my blood transfusion which was supposed to be 2-3 months ago. Write down... Have you gotten it?

Me: Err, yeah. *giggling* *panicking* Thanks for the information.

SP: Okay.. okay.. Don't worry. The other group was like that also. I understand.

So, practically, she gave us all the information that we need but when it came to answering the questions, Joo Hor and I misinterpreted a couple of things. I remember when I walked in and there was an Indian aunty sitting comfortably. When I asked for her name, she told me, 'My name is Tan Yen Yen.' I stoned for awhile. Yes, I did. However, it was my second time practising and there were only 2 components that I needed to touch on. So, I did much better. Joo Hor and I passed with 26 1/2 marks out of 40 marks. Lol, nope, it's not assessed. It's just for us to get the feel of it.

After PBL tomorrow, I'll find the time to post up some pictures and hopefully write more. I'm too lazy to write nowadays. I come home around 10pm because I've recently started camping in the library. But because of that also, I find myself dozing off during lectures. I don't know. It is a stressful period.