MasterPACES Day One

As mentioned, it was a working weekend this time around. The occasion, MasterPACES MRCP course in Sungai Buloh Hospital. It would be the second time j was involved and as the name suggest, it was a preparatory course for the MRCP Clinical exam n

Ariff giving it as good as it gets

Today was the teaching day, where I spend the best part of threat taking the students in groups of four, who rotate around to my station for around 20 minutes. It was a long slog, starting from 9 am, only to finish around 5 pm. I was shattered when I arrived home. And tomorrow, I shall be back for another day. The second day however would be mainly a mock exam. Looking at the schedule, I should finish a bit earlier at just after 4 pm.

Will write some more after tomorrow's session.

Ayam Dara?

After sorting out Idlan's antibiotics, we had to head out to search for dinner. Rather hungry by then and with my sore throat, I wanted to get some chicken soup. Some chicken soup for the tummy I must say.

The warung just near our place was famous for its 'Ayam Dara'. Wonder what was on offer .......

Fever was back

It looks like the infection was back. I had been having sore throat for the last couple of days and had been having gouging fits in front of my patients in clinic earlier today. Idlan's fever was back since last night and Anita took him to see our GP friend again earlier. His antibiotics were changed and a sample of blood was taken. Since coming back from clinic, Anita started having a temperature as well. The only one who was well was Irfan, and he has been jumping up and down all day.

We decided to huddle together at home tonight. I will have to get better by tomorrow as I will be teaching the MRCP candidates at Hospital Sg Buloh tomorrow and Sunday. Going to be a long hog that. Idlan was now back to sleep. He looked toxic earlier. If the fever continues, it may be time to take him to Pantai to see his Paediatrician. Apparently the Paediatrician himself was having a fever and had to close his clinic for the day. Hopefully things would settle down by tomorrow.

Last Day! Hurray!

It would come to an end. In fact, I wrote this during lunch, and we would have another couple of sessions before the workshop done. All in all, it has been a success. This was the third time that I was tutoring a similar workshop, and I must say, this has been the best lot. We would be discussing how we could integrate what we learned in the last couple of days in our daily practice, and looking forward to hear what the participants had to say.

Day Two

Day two passed by in double quick time. I was not really that fully awake forget thing after waking up early to catch the United match. After a couple of coffee breaks, I was good to go.

A blurry view from my chairThe first session was notable, much down to the effort of Su May making medical statistics both simple and fun. It was very clear that the participants enjoyed it. This was followed by small group discussion on appraising clinical papers. Before long, it was pretty clear that the participants started to recognise the pattern emerging in spotting a sound paper, compared to the dodgy ones. Objective achieved. Everyone can go home happy, to come back for the wrap up sessions tomorrow.