Finally, I am a doctor!
Assalamualaikum and warm greetings to everyone. Alhamdulillah for all the blessings that Allah has given us. This will be my final writing for the Life as a Medical Student segment. Five long years. I began this journey at the age of 19 and now I am already 24. We’ve gone through hundreds of notes, dozens of textbooks and countless clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). From relying on seniors’ notes, we eventually reached a point where we produced our own notes to share with others. Medical school did not just teach me medicine. It shaped the way I think, the way I respond to challenges and the way I see people around me. I still remember I used to take 1-2 weeks just to produce a single case write up when I'm in Year 3 but when I'm already a senior (Year 5) sometimes it only took several hours and most of the time on the submission day too (please don't try this action). I can confidently say that the journey my friends and I went through was far from easy. Many peopl...