I thought that my four years of stay in medical college and the hospital rotations I am having right now for clerkship were the hardest part of my medical education, until I faced choosing for the best hospital to do my post-graduate internship, which include:
1. Monetary constraints. I come from an average family so I had to consider it.
2. The board exam which comes 2 months after internship. Many have advised that I should choose a hospital which is not too busy, nor benign to prepare for the board exam.
3. The skills I could acquire. I was advised that I should go to a public hospital to acquire more skills. In our clerkship, we were exposed to both private and public hospitals and I could really compare the difference. It is true that when you are at a private hospital, you acquire “lesser” skills, due to the lesser number of cases to handle, but the advantage is you get the appropriate techniques. Further, in private hospitals, you are “hands off” when you are not a license yet because the patient pays for a better service. At a public hospital, you are are exposed to different kinds of cases, the great thing is you can do the procedures yourself. But of course, this differences varies among hospitals.
4. Knowledge acquisition. According to many, it is better to go to a teaching hospital to enhance your learning and as preparation for the board exam. But I could say that learning varies greatly from person to person. If you are a graduate of the problem-based learning curriculum like in our case, where you are trained to read for yourself, you can always manage to study even without that teachings of your consultant. But of course, you are learning a lot.
Until now, I am confused of which hospital to cho choices and the deadline is on September 10, 2007 for God’s sake!
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Sep 8, 2007 at 00:50:19
its better if you have your PGI in a gov hospital. Let’s face it we need to have the skills to become a good MD, you can only do this if you have lots of practice. It different to do things in real time than just reading on your Bates and other PD books. The skills you learn in a case is a one in a lifetime opportunity, it will never be repeated again. I did my PGI in a private and a government hospital, and my only regret was, why did I not do my rematching earlier. i could have learn more in the public hospital.
Sep 9, 2007 at 09:14:42
Thanks for the advice and for dropping by. Yeah, I think it’s better to do your PGI at a public hospital. I think I now have choices.
Sep 23, 2007 at 15:38:49
By this time, I assume, you already started with the hospital of choice.
Just wanna say Good luck and God Bless you.
Sep 26, 2007 at 01:54:16
Yeah, I already have chosen the best hospital for me.