how to best learn

Bismillah.

I may not be the best to talk about this, am no top scorer in Uni. Ha! I did get a few offers of recruitment though and if it were something taught to me earlier in my HOship, I thought, that would be kinda cool. :)

And the secret is, quite simple really. Give your all. As if you plan to specialise in that field. And take active part in making decisions. Question a finding. Question a diagnosis. If it is something alien to you, then volunteer to do and learn. Make mistakes, and have enough regrets; for every lesson learnt, is a life saved.

Study. You definitely have the time. Get materials from your seniors. Ask what books and journals are worth knowing. How do you best improve yourself, and give better care? Practice by educating your patients, their family, your colleagues. Learn from them.

Sign up for an external exam (the aging process slows studying, so I definitely need this one to push myself), at least as a means to gain more knowledge. If you've decided on a specialty, then all the better. Sit for an external exam prior to MOship, and find more doors open up for you.

Above all, learn to love, to forgive and be an agent of Mercy to others. Many the times, I regretted the rash judgement I put on my fellow colleagues, as more often than not, my judgement fails me. Once we think we are good, and fail to see the good in others, then that is the end of improvement. Sobs sobs.

My HOship has ended, but it is a whole month before MOship, like the real deal. Ha!

Was, and is a doctor, nevertheless.
Cau!