Attitude of doctors

Entering the medical school, we are always reminded about attitude. "Attitude is more important than knowledge. If you don't know you can always learn. But if your attitude is bad, it's hard to change." That is one of the commonest words that has always being preached to us.

But, what is attitude? "Your attitude to something is the way that you think and feel about it" (Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary). So, is it really just that?So, we have different attitudes to different things, i.e. to ourselves, our superiors, our inferiors, other persons and the world generally.

So there must be bad attitude and good attitude. By judging our attitude to them, then the people will judge us. So, what attitude must we have as doctors? Most people respects and looks up to doctors. We, as future doctors should be the ones that people can emulate for the good of the society. What will people thinks we doctors acts thoughtlessly? Will they still believe what advice the doctors give then?

Some of us really acts without thinking about others. We never care how people feel when we do something. Sometimes a small thing can change the people's perception about us. Can you imagine when people say that the IIUM graduates are selfish. "Look at all those cars blocking the road, these are all the IIUM medical students' cars. They park as they feel like it, never thought of other people using the road." These small things can change the whole community's perception about us. What's wrong to walk a little bit if we cannot get a parking space near the campus? If we want nearer parking space, then come early like Masni who has the same parking spot since the 3rd year.

Be considerate towards others, then they will be considerate towards you. I just want to quote Masjid Negeri's Imam when he talked to the students who parked in his lawn, "Saya tak kisah kamu nk parking dlm kawasan saya. Tapi janganla halang laluan kereta saya. Anak saya pun doktor jugak, tapi saya selalu ingatkan dia janganla tau merawat orang jer."

Think about others first before you do something. If you think what you are doing is going to cause difficulty to others, find other alternatives. "Those who do not take concern of the Moslems' business, they are not one of them." So, if we do not take into consideration of the people in our local community, then how are we going to think about the global Islamic community. Think, and think, and think.

P/s: This article does not mean to hurt anyone. If I have done something that was inconsiderate to anyone in the past, I would like to apologize. Those who feel hurt about this article, I am very sorry.

Pictures: IIUM vs Veteran Chenor

Sadly, we lost the friendly match last Sunday by 2-6...

The Masks We Wear

(the image downloaded from ::samyii:: on flickr.com)

"Everyone has a mask. If we don't have mask on, we won't be able to face others."

I think that saying was from the motion picture "V for Vendetta" if I'm not mistaken. That saying keeps me pondering for quite some time.

Do you think that the saying is right? For me, I think that it is true in some sense. All of us may have some ugly side that we don't want other people to know about. Maybe we have some bad habits that we want to change, and maybe there are some things not as bad but need to be concealed to others.

So, another question here is does wearing masks make us hypocrites? The answer may not be simple. Whether or not we become hypocrites by wearing masks actually depends on the reason and intention behind it.

If there's no mask, people will become disinhibited and act on urge. The world will become chaotic if that happens.

That is my lowly opinion and everyone can disagree with me. I welcome any comment on this matter.

New Forum

I've just tried setting up new forum for IIUM 8th batch. Those who have time please visit and register.

If this forum is successful then we can proceed with Ramzi's suggestion to have proper website just for us.

The 5th and final(?) year

The darkness that shrouded the word of "Final Year" is looming myself.... After battling through the ups and downs of the medical school, it is finally here. It is enthusiastically awaited, and yet feared... No one knows what awaits beyond, yet everyone wants to go through it, hopefully unscathed by its visiousness.... What we have with us is hope, determination, hardwork, prayers, blessings.... and not to forget, the "books".

Thanks to Ramzi, the rotation and group members are now known. But, what I clearly noticed is that the male groupmates are shrinking in number from 10 in fourth year to just mere six this final year. It can't be helped since we had to be divided into five groups this year compared to just three last year.

Yet, I feel really small among great names in my group in the likes of Aimir, Anip, Azamani, Shufi and Mokk.... And this year, it is Aimir who'll be my roommate and groupmate (boleh tumpang keta)... hahaha. It's been Arep and Ruzain in the 3rd and 4th yr respectively. The great names among the females also makes me feel just like a little ant. I'm humbled to be listed in the same group as Liya, Timah, Masni and others... I really hope they can help me go through difficult terrains and and pull me up when I fall into the pits.

And, to all of you all my fellow comrades - whether you're in the same group as I or not - let us face this coming year with all we could muster of willpower and patience. And let Allah guide us to be successful in serving Him and His other servants. O Allah, please guide us and give us strength to be good, pious Muslim doctors.

New Dean of Kulliyyah of Medicine

IIUM Kulliyyah of Medicine will be gatting a new dean soon!!!

This is because Prof Tahir is promoted to the post of Deputy Rector (Academic Affairs), if I'm not mistaken. The farewell ceremony for Prof Tahir was held in Auditorium KOM two days ago (Nazhan attended the ceremony as MSC President)...

As for who will replace him, a trusted source said Prof Fauzi is the most probable candidate. Dr Naznin will be taking back the post of Deputy Dean (Academic). Prof Nasa will remain as Deputy Dean of Student Affairs and Prof Naseer Amjad will be replacing Prof Ariff - who wants to be back in the Dept of Anaesthesiology - as Deputy Dean of Research.

However, these names are not finalized yet. Just wait and see...

Malaysian History

While I was just surfing the blogs this week, I found an interesting blog about Malaysian History....
You can read about the important events that leads to the building of our society today. Let's relearn our history from a new perspective which is not taught in school. I have added the blog in my sociopolitics link..