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Journey to PLE Journal #25



…and our lectures started already…

First day group pic... PLM represent!

Ice cream treat on our first day! (:

Thus, I need to focus in studying intently. So goodbye internet. I’ll definitely be back soon (with my license!)


Ciao!

 *For those reading this…Please pray for me and for the other August 2014 physician licensure exam takers. Thank you!

Ad Mjorem Dei Gloriam! (:

COUNTDOWN: 100 DAYS BEFORE AUGUST 2014 PLE!!!

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Diagnostic Exam Day

Journey to PLE Journal # 24


Define depressing? It’s the feeling that you will immediately get upon taking the topnotch exam. So hard! ):




But then, there’s the midterms exam… I just do hope that I will not get a red card from this. Hayst!

On the lighter note, I have already moved out of our home and is currently residing in QC. Tadaa…

Selfie on my first night in my new room... (:

Well, I do hope this works for me. I have been confined in my old dorm for 9 years and it’s really quite hard to adjust to new people since I have the same roomie for those 9 wonderful years. Oh well! We’ll see.

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam!

COUNTDOWN: 101 days before the August 2014 PLE

 

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San Juan De Dios Hospital Intern's Graduation

Journey to PLE Journal #23

…and this is it! The final send off of SJDH for us for board exam…















Yey!!! Congrats SJDH PGI 2013 to 2014. Let’s aim for 100%.

Ad Mjorem Dei Gloriam! (:

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Orientation Day

Journey to PLE Journal #22



Topnotch made their orientation for the all 5 sections today at UP Bahay ng Alumni.



The place was so jam-packed. But the benefit of it was I was able to see much friends today starting with Anne Cocos, the Feb 2014 PLE topnotcher, other college friends as well as medicine classmates and friends. 

Anne Cocos giving her talk about how to pass the boards.
She will now be a Topnotch mentor. (:
Bad quality photo.Sorry!
This is Tope and Deanna. I used to be the adopted ate of their group.
Haven't seen them since after grad and I was actually not expecting to see them
today. They were enrolled in section Cambridge (Fairview) which made me
more frustrated that I was not able to be included in the Fairview section and landed
in New Manila instead.
Food trip at Diliman... Feat. Jing's Fruit Shakes

Mang Larry's Isaw
With Jess and Cynthia at Rodic's for lunch
Today is a long day but not so tiring. 

Tomorrow will be our diagnostic exam and I’m sort of nervous for that. I actually feel like I do not know anything about medicine theoretically especially the basic sciences. So I’ll still hope for the best.

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam!

COUNTDOWN: 102 days before August 2014  PLE

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The first day will start soon...

Journey to PLE Journal #21



We just register for our medicine board exam review today… So this is really is it.

Registration site at Fairview Quezon City.
We opted to fill the forms in the back and then while writing we realized
that we will never manage to seat in the back row during lectures
so we have to be at the review center early.
Perks of having your review at topnotch.
They give a clipboard/file case for the handouts.
The primer is also included for steps in filling for board exam in PRC,
study guide, books to read, etc.
With my med friends. We head to Fisher Mall after registration to have
lunch and some coffee then go back to our respective homes.
The PLE review is about to start so I have to prepare for more adventures (or misadventures perhaps). I'm so excited and nervous for this. Hopefully topnotch will help us but of course the main effort in studying will still rely on my dedication and perseverance.

Lord, this I lift up to you...

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam!

COUNTDOWN: 105 days before PLE 2014 and 3 days before the start of PLE review.

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Day 29: Improvement


January 29, 2013
Day 29: Improvement

Probably one of the most memorable department that I went through in internship was Internal Medicine. Not because I want to be an internist someday or because it was my first rotation but rather because I enjoyed each and every day of my patient interaction when I was there. It seems like even if I am in other department I always go back to the wards of IM may it be ICU, service or pay.

I am currently at Rehab Medicine and I still have a lot of patients referred to our department from IM… and that is definitely not a thing I complained of. I met this elderly patient at the service ward who was a case of CVD with right residuals. Upon admission, she was placed at the ICU and was eventually transferred to the wards. When I first saw her, she was very cooperative, bubbly and answers almost all of my questions with grace. However, days after her referral she was intubated due to aspiration pneumonia. She looks so ill and had undergo CPR and defibrillation to be revived. Good thing that after defibrillation she go back to her senses again. Yesterday, I visited her and she was still intubated and ill looking. I was somehow looking for the first patient that I saw - the bubbly granny that I used to talk with. After talking with her relatives I, together with my consultant, left. My consultant told me to visit her today which I did. Much to my surprise she was extubated, moving both his extremities (although her right is still weaker that her left) and was able to do some dance moves. I am just so happy to see her again like that. I hope she recovers fully. To my happiness, I asked her if we can have a pic taken and she agreed with full smiles. Here is our pics… J



Looking back my med school days I enjoyed the Neuro and Renal part of medicine and just that – the rest I hate. I can probably say that among my med subjects Medicine is my weakest. I almost have anxiety attacks when I am taking med exams. Further, I never really spared my precious time reading my textbook for that (except for the Neuro and Renal part) and after reading it I immediately forgot. But my SJDH internship makes me enjoy it a little like when I was still in med1. I may not say that I am now motivated to study medicine but somehow I have the drive. Thanks to my mentors and patients. I will always look back to these days that I shared a year with you. J

“Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.” – Oprah Winfrey

Foodtography:
Our breakfast… J
(Corned beef)

(Omelette)

(Lechon Kawali)

(Starbucks’ Mocha Frappuccino)

It will always be fun to eat with friends…

With times like this, I remember those days that we used to have potluck for lunch nung 3rd year med.
Old but fun filled memories.

Affirm the positive, visualize the positive and expect the positive, and your life will change accordingly.
Don’t forget to smile today…
<3 photographer-md

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