the relief term was great. had heaps of time on my hands, even picked up extra shifts at some other hospitals. sleep+++, DVDs ++++, weight gain ++.
when back and did orthopaedics for 2 weeks as a reliever, cos they had to "sack" the intern cos she just couldn't cope. they've now allocated 2 interns for this job, starting next term. For me, doing this job this time around was much better than when i did it as an intern in the first term. I still found it tough at times, but i couldn't stop being amazed how I managed to survive it as an intern and didn't have a nervous breakdown.
started a new term today and had only 3 patients!!!!!!!! what can i say?? i even had time to buy some theatre tickets over the phone plus some emailing. considering i've so far had such tough terms, this sudden change of rhythm felt extremely odd. I already crave the excitment of getting things done admist chaos and pressure from registars, patient-flow, patients and myself. the emptyness of not having anything to do at times, makes me feel incompetent, as if there're actually things to be done but i've overlooked them... ah well, guess i'll just have to get used to it.
posted by zhinger @ 8:14 pm
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