Yesterday I worked for White Coat Ceremony in NUS. It was a ceremony in which the going-to-year-2 Faculty of Medicine students got their white coat. At that moment, I realized how parents are so proud when their children become doctors. Well, we can make our parents proud in many ways, but to look at the moment when all the parents took picture of their children making pledge as faculty of medicine students, when the children got their white coat,was really a touching moment for me.
A lot of random thought was running around my head when I was standing there at the VIP door (fyi,I work as an usher in University Cultural Centre).Since I was standing at VIP door, all the professors and guest of honour were walking through my door. Of course they were wearing their white coat. At that moment,they all looked very smart and COOL! :P Then the rows of M1 students (going-to-year-2-students) were holding their white coat. They all went up to the stage and the professor put on the white coat on them. When the students walking down from stage, even though they are not-yet-doctors, I saw them as COOL-candidate-of-doctors. They really looked like REAL doctors!! When I am sick and visit a doctor, I've never seen a doctor as COOL and SMART person. Hahahaha. That's why I always don't understand how many parents force their children to be doctors and why so many people want to be doctors!! But yesterday,somehow I understood how the parents were so proud of their kids (who might still have another 3years of upside down to study in faculty of medicine in NUS) receiving the white coat. Oh..and I start to imagine my friends graduate and become doctors: Feli,Yenny,Bayushi,Leo,Martin,Siska,etc. Am I going to visit them (will they give discount for me? :P ). Cool rite?One day I called dr. Fgg (supposedly dr. Feli), dr. Ny Chan (sorry,Yenny :P),dr. Bayushi, dr. Leo, dr. Martin, dr. Siska..wahhhhhhhhh..ppl will not call me "psychologist Ferninda" (too long lah..too heavy hahaha)
I pray that they will be a dedicated doctor who will strive for saving a life.
I pray that they will work for the needy.
I pray that they will have courage to face the challenge that the world has today in medical ethics,that they will defend the lives of the embryo, for the dying people, and many more.
I wonder whether they have white coat ceremony in Indonesia. Maybe when they graduate? Ah...I almost cry.. To be honest,now I imagine Feli is standing with her white coat and diagnosing people,with her nametag,dr.Felicia (but I'll keep calling her dr. Fgg :P).
one last wish,I hope I can also be a dedicated psychologist.I might not wear a white coat,but I'll do my best in this field. :)
jia you!
Why is this blog a bottled sunshine? It started from Student Leaders Retreat in Eusoff Hall in September 2009. A prof mentioned that I'm like a bottled sunshine. Well,bottled sunshine also needs supply from the sun:) There will be moments when the sun is covered by the cloud. Nevertheless, I hope this blog can still radiate a little bit of the sunshine for other people.
It's touching fer... :p. Thanks untuk segala doa dari kamu untuk kami Fer, semoga dikembalikan padamu 2 kali lipat dari yang kamu berikan kei orang lain...
ReplyDeleteKadang2, aku suka merasa gak PD, ada kekhawatiran apakah aku bisa mengobati seluruh pasienku dengan sukses...apakah aku mungkin mengecewakan pasienku...apakah aku mungkin kurang punya waktu untuk pasien...bahkan mungkin semua kepedulian terhadap sesama dan hipocrates oat yang akan aku ucapkan nanti hanya sekedar wacana.....
Banyak ketakutan yang sering aku alami....tapi setelah baca postingan ini, aku berasa lebih terdorong untuk menghadapi ketakutan itu. Jadi dokter sebenernya beresiko, karena taruhannya nyawa. Tapi, ada nilai tambah yang didapatkan dokter selain honorarium, rasa terimakasih dari pasien yang aku dan teman2 dokter tolong kelak......kadang ekspresi pasien dan rasa terimakasih pasien sama berharganya dengan honor yang diterima sebagai dokter.
Good luck to you to as a psychologist fer. For me, doctor may cure patients in the outside, but psychologist has the cure for the inside. Together, we can asses the patient to achieve "healthy" condition as a complete definition (sehat secara jiwa dan raga). :)
Beautiful little reflection!
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