Dec. 2001 Observership at Mater Public Hospitals
Adult Emergency Medicine (4 weeks)
Obtained patient histories independently
Performed clinical examinations
Organised relevant investigations
Presented cases to senior medical staff
Performed venepuncture and IV cannulations confidently
Observed minor procedures - took ECG tracings of patients and learnt to do plastering
General Surgery (4 weeks)
Followed the daily ward rounds
Helped the intern in the ward e.g. writing in the chart and
doing discharge summaries
Helped the intern in the preadmission clinic e.g. examining and counselling the patients
Saw patients in outpatients clinic
Observed common operations that were being done in the operation theatre
Learnt pre-operative and post-operative management of
patients
General Medicine (4 weeks)
Learnt management of common medical problems e.g.
myocardial infarction, pneumonia
Obstetrics & Gynaecology (4 weeks)
Antenatal clinics (saw patients independently)
Observed labour suite procedures
Helped the resident in the postnatal ward
Performed pap smears
Observed colposcopies and management of cervical
problems
Obtained patient histories, examined patients and presented them to consultants (Gynaecology clinics).
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