Rehabilitation Medicine (JOINT journal entry)

August 22, 1998 Saturday Dear everyone-on-my-generic-on-line-journal-of-internship mailing list, Hello! This installment of the journal is about my 2-week rotation in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, which happens to be my specialty of choice. Duh? For people who do net know about this young field, Rehabilitation (a.k.a. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, PM&R or Physiatry) is called […]

Obstetrics and Gynecology: Part 2 of 2, The Philippine Centennial Celebration

June 13, 1998 Saturday Belated Happy Centennial* to All! The country is now 100 years and a day old. I’m post-duty right now, which is why I’m free and at home doing my mail. I went on duty yesterday at the Obstetrics Admitting Section (OBAS), June 12, beginning at 7 am. One of my duty-mates, […]

Obstetrics and Gynecology: Part 1 of 2

May 29, 1998 Friday Hello all! My 2-week stay in Laurel, Batangas ended Thursday, May 14, so it’s now back to the hospital. Now I know why the community rotation is called a ‘‘vacation” – you eat regularly, you sleep regularly, and holidays are real holidays. This doesn’t happen in the hospital. l’m now into […]

Community Medicine: Easing into Internship

May 11, 1998 Monday Hello everyone! l’ve just started internship (May 1) and my first rotation is Community Medicine (ComMed) for 2 weeks. Actually, ComMed is a 6-week rotation but my schedule calls for 2 weeks now in May, and 4 weeks in April next year. Along with 3 other classmates, I’m assigned to [barangay] […]

Introducing JOINT: The Journal of INTernship (1998-1999)

After four years of medical school, the last requirement before taking the Philippine Physician Licensure Examination (also known as the medical boards) is a year-long internship^ at a hospital accredited to provide the doctor-to-be adequate clinical training. At that time, internship in all Philippine training hospitals starts on May 1, and ends on April 30. […]