We were supposed to have our orientation for the surgery clerkship this morning. But since it was announced at around 6 am this morning (via text message), it did not give ample time for two of my groupmates to arrive on the city in time.
So orientation was cancelled but the day wasn't a total waste because I got to join the other interns (there are two groups rotating in Surgery, the Seniors and the Juniors) for their suture mini-workshop, which involved doing sutures on huge chunks of pork (which we'll feast on tomorrow!) and doing surgical knots.
I had fun doing the surgical knots. I'm such a klutz and I always have a hard time following simple motor commands. So I was thrilled when it did not take me an unreasonable amount of time to learn the knots.
I am excited. I believe surgery will be fun. So I hope I don't get disappointed.
We'll be the Surgery Junior Interns starting tomorrow. The interns on their second month will be the Seniors. I'm also on duty on my first day (which kind of sucks because tomorrow is a holiday which means office hours starts at 12 noon).
I might also get to scrub in a case tomorrow. The interns on duty tonight will update us on the OR cases for tomorrow. I absolutely have to review my surgical handwashing and all that stuff.
I hope I do well on this rotation. It's sayang that I spent my entire vacation month (Community Med / Skin Clinic Rotation) reading novels. I had plans of reviewing anatomy. Keyword: plans. I am hopeless.
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