Paeds

" So, you've come to the final rotation. I want you guys to make every endeavour to pass. For your information, it's the posting with the highest failure rate. In case you fail, you might not have the opportunity to resit the exam and this means you'll be be retained for a year."

That's what the posting coordinator said when we met her on the first day of Paediatrics Posting. And since then, I've been under tremendous stress.

The consultants really do expect a lot from us. Besides, the medical officers in the ward are ferocious. They may look very kind when playing peekaboo with the kids. But, you don't know when they're going to snarl and bark at you and ask you questions that make you feel as if you've not learnt anything in the past 4 years. I guess I have to thank them for showing us the discrepancy between the level we're at and the level which we should achieve.

Now, I realize I shouldn't have sniggered at my roommate when he was studying day and night like a bookworm when he's in Paeds.

I'm tense. And I still miss Caleb once in a while.