Friday 18 April 2008

'exciting' friday

cant remember when the last time i had friday off was..being in grp 3.6 friday is definitely the busiest day for us as we have 3 hr paeds in the morning and another 3 hr cons in the afternoon. However, it has been so far so good until today dat i finally felt the frustration. I shud hav expected a hard paeds session with Dr. Rogers being the tutor and if i did i wud hav been more alert. Well, bad luck overstayed.
As usual i went in 10 min early, grabbed the exam kit n the pink notes, flipped to day sheet n saw 'OHI' under treatment plan...''Ha..easy!'' i thought to myself. So, i brought my pt in straightaway n handed him a disclosing tablet in the intention to show him brushing technique. It only took a few minutes to get through OHI..tot i cud jz chill for the rest of the 2 hrs or perhaps, go off early if lucky. Sadly, my excitement only lasted a few seconds b4 fear struck me...almost speechless when Dr. Rogers asked for plaque distribution chart..
err,i forgot abt dat!!!
She stared at me with the how-cud-u-forget-it look...to make things worse, i blurted out the stupidest question,' shud i disclose the teeth again to do the charting?'..i regretted asking dat straightaway but it was already too late...
Rogers's eyes went bigger n said,' what's the point of doing dat when u hav already given OHI??'For a moment i wished i cud disappear in the air. But, there i was, standing there like an idiot as she walked away. I knew i was going to get it again when i let her sign my notes off so i went to helen, let out my frustration while waiting to face the music. To my surprise, helen din perform up to scratch either so we both tried to brace ourselves for the worst. I must say Rogers is a mistress of putting ppl down...had to swallow my tears as getting grilled by her..a few min felt like eternity. After me, she turned to helen n told her off... i cudnt bear to see her getting grilled so i turned ard n settled myself down...i know how it feels to be scolded in front of ur frens..Brutal is pretty much the word to describe rogers...
Actually this is not the first time i hav been told off by her but it still stings when i think abt it. haih...blue friday :(:(