Life after graduation
has been great. So much so that I loathe the fact that housemanship will start
in about a month’s time. It’s been almost 6 months since I last touched a
medical book.
My last ditch efforts
to study the night before interview wasn’t successful. It took me almost an
hour to finish ‘reading’ through managing dengue fever. I then focused my
‘research’ on government policies and transformation programmes in the medical
field instead. I now know that there are approximately 175 1malaysia clinics
all over the country. I also memorized (right before the interview) the names
of important people ie the king, and the minister of medicine.
About 1 in 50
candidates were asked medical questions, and I was extremely worried that I ended
up being one of them. I knew nothing!!! (except dengue)
Amidst almost 200
candidates (including non medical ones), I patiently awaited my turn to be
called into the interview room.
Despite the anxiety,
the interview went well, ie the most challenging question was to recall my IC
number and say it out in Malay.
The main concern now
that I have been officially employed by the Ministry of Health(yeay); would be
work placement. With Klang Valley
and Kuala Lumpur being notoriously popular amongst fresh graduates, I will be
competing for a very limited amount of spaces available.
I can only hope and
pray that my ‘recently married’ status can be used as added leverage to keep me
in KL. If not, Kuantan awaits….or Sabah maybe.
