Ahhh....Interesting.....

This is for all the students...who are now the teachers.....

An exciting thing to happen recently at Tenwek is that we have had a new class of interns start their internships.  In Kenya, interns are just out of medical school, but are not in specialized training.  Instead, they spend one year learning all the different core specialties - 3 months in each - before starting a two-year committment to an assigned hospital where they may have to do medicine, surgery, peds or OB.  After those two years, they may decide to pursue a residency training program.

Teaching interns in Kenya, is very similiar in some ways to teaching interns in the US.  Today, I decide to make a list of all the things I said to my current interns to see just how similiar.  See what you think.....

Pregnancy is painful.

What is that?!"

Take your fingers out of there.

Preeclampsia is your enemy.

That's fine.

Do you want to take chai or do you want to do a tubal?

How will a CBC help us?

Don't touch the needle with your finger!

Use your pick-ups!

The person who saw the patient should be the one who calls me.

Is the patient still bleeding? 

Perhaps I will do this one since the patient's BP is dropping quite low.

Excellent.

We will practice more tomorrow.


Learning Quote of the Day:

Never say, "oops."  Always say, "Ah, interesting."  ~Author Unknown