Getting the most out of your Postings!!!
Discover how to use your time efficiently during your Postings. Make the best out of those 3 hours. You'll find some tips below!
Also check out what all I learnt during my Postings, understand it and use it too...
What are Clinical Postings?
Under the Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) curriculum, Clinical Posting is the period of time where you get out of your daily theory classes and labs to interact with the patients in the hospital.
Generally, you take patient history, perform physical examinations, attend ward rounds, observe surgeries, present cases to seniors and learn communication and ethics with patients.
It’s basically where you become a doctor in training, not just a student. Or as they sometimes call us here "Chinna Doctor" [Little Doctor]
ECE or Early Clinical Exposure starts in the First Year itself,
but you go to the proper postings from your Second Year.
So, How Do I Prepare Myself For It?
Step 1.
The Day Before
Get ready for whichever posting you have tomorrow. Keep the essentials in your bag, throw in your apron, and slide in your clinical book and notebook. Revise what was taught in the last posting.
Flip through your theory book and understand the topic. Don't forget to read beforehand, and complete the homework [if given]!
Step 2.
During Posting
Focus on the patient. Take history meticulously, examine carefully, look what investigations were ordered, and what were the results. Try to list the differential diagnosis and work your way through it to the probable diagnosis. Check what treatment should be provided.
If you are from AIQ, be proactive and take the case on your own. Learn Telugu phrases, communicate with the patient and take help of your friends!
Step 3.
In Your Room Later
Once the college ends, come back to your room and relax. Look at the case sheet you wrote, and correlate it with the disease and its features. If you don't know much about it, then read the theory book for understanding and the clinical one for signs and examinations.
Give enough time for your posting work, but focus more on your current subjects.
Want a detailed breakdown? Click the button for "Clinical Postings Made Productive"!!!
Main Benefits
What does it mean to spend those 3 hours productively? Will they be of any help?
If I could, I will shout from the terrace how important postings are for everyone. They are essential for your development as a doctor...
Patient Interaction
This is the time where you can interact with the patient, improve your history taking skills and try building a rapport.
Hospital Know-How
You'll get used to how things are being done in your hospital. You won't be a clueless chick later in your internship.
Knowledge
Rather than learning from books, you'll learn from humans. Which is a million times better!
Interesting
Isn't the thought itself exciting? Talking to people, coming to a diagnosis, and treating them!!!
Subject-Wise Postings
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Postings are not just about learning,
it's about having fun while doing it. Check out some of the memories I made during my postings.
FAQ
They start in your Phase 2. According to CBME curriculum, you go for 3 hours from Mon to Fri [Phase 2] and from Mon to Sat [Phase 3 Part 1,2]. You will get a specific schedule according to your roll number later...
Common things for all postings : Sthethoscope, Apron, Notebook, Clinical Book, Hand sanitiser
Some postings require specific stuff, like Tuning forks for ENT, Torch light for Ophthalmology and so on. Check out the course above for more details.
No, don't even think about it!!! Unless you are sick, obvio!
Will you actually read for 3 hours?
The basis of doctor-patient relationship is communication. Until you are interacting with patients, the theoretical knowledge is of no use.
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