My quick background: I’m a medical student, and an aspiring M.D. (ha!), and did my Clinical Elective at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi in Nov, 2016 in ER, and here’s a quick rundown on my own reflections of the experience:

1. Expect to be super-tired, every day!

Of course, with the high influx of patients EVERY SECOND, you never know what’s coming next. “You have to be on your toes” is just an understatement, but I’m not over-rating it. It’s true guys, ER is the most hectic department of ANY hospital.

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2. Every case is a new chance at learning something new!

Like everywhere in a hospital setting, your every patient teaches you something: about the disease, the knowledge you have, the life itself, and so does ER. But since it’s all in a rush, you learn so much within micro-secs, and I mean it. Things rush FAST, and you need to be quite a quick observer and just equally responsive to whatever’s coming at you.

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3. Experience ‘being a doctor’ in the BEST WAY!

I have to say it: Working in ER has actually been one of my best hospital experiences, and that’s because ER is the best place to ENJOY being a life-saver. The resus rounds, the joy of stabilizing a near-departing soul, the sense of achievement when you successfully do a difficult intubation, and the pride when you break bad news in the most professional, empathetic way and make someone feel just a tad better – it all just reminds you WHY you initially wanted to become a doctor. :)

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4. Communication, interactions and real-life connections

Honestly, with so much digitalization, we have actually lost the sense of talking one-on-one with strangers. In ER, I literally re-learned my communication skills. There are mean, bad people and there are absolutely amazing ones, and I got the chance to meet and greet new people every day, including my attending on rounds, patients, hospital staff, etc. It just makes you feel great and you start enjoying the ‘hospital space’.

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5. Literally, SAVE A LIFE!

Well, all docs save lives. BUT the real essence of it can ONLY be experienced in ER. :) I know it re-iterates my statement in Bullet#3, but doesn’t it need to be re-stated? :)

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What I think after all this?

Well, I LOVE Emergency Medicine. Yes, it’s…

But it’s worth it. I’m gonna keep it in my career-list, and let’s see where I land after I match in 2018.

Thanks for reading, guys. 
Stay tuned for more on my life, both in medicine and outside. 
Cheers. :)

This is me when I see my next week’s schedule for 12-hour night calls in Emergency Medicine at AKU, as part of my Clinical Electives. Whew.

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Hi blog world!

I’ve been tumbling all day through my 12-hour electives in Emergency Medicine this month, and a holiday today feels like a vacation. :D

Today on this crispy morning, I’m starting my USMLE Step 01 Microbiology (I just finished my Immunology last week)…and here’s the news! 

I’m not doing traditional Kaplan for Microbiology, but am working through Sketchy Mirco videos for concept (and for killing boredom, lol). They’re awesome, I tell you. ^_^

Want to do ‘em?

Okay, here’s the precious link. 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B3Jg1DpOXRE4b25ZTUtneUZZRHc

Study hard! xoxo

- www.anaspiringmd.co.vu

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