- 这一次的新西兰之旅,我有了不同的体验和收获。
- 这一次,是我工作以来首次的长旅行。原来有经济能力之后的旅行,真的不一样。也许这也和年龄的增长有关。
- 虽然不挥霍,但也不穷游。
- 和志同道合的朋友出门,感觉非常的好。
- 我对”那些年”有了更深一层的认识。
- 很久没有悉心照料一个人。
- 有人愿意陪我半夜看星空。
- 我终于看见了美丽的银河。
- 我首次发挥创意,录制了一系列的短片。
- 我讶异她竟然愿意配合我。
- 二次到访这个国家,我的视角也随之不同。
- 由于在澳洲呆了半年,我可以更有自信地和当地人交涉。
- 我的皮肤的抗冷的程度提高了。
- 也因为在澳洲居住了一段时间,在新西兰没有文化冲击。
- 上一次来很渴望在新西兰居住,这一次庆幸自己不在那里长居。
- 新西兰的经济真的比澳洲差。
- 我比较了解新西兰的历史和毛利人的文化。
- 去了北岛,感受了不一样的风情。
- 长大后,对旅行没有那么地执着,能够随遇而安。
- 旅途上和不同的人交流,增广了视野。
- 我可以在旅途中享受当下,在思绪上不瞻前顾后。
Monday, 20 March 2023
旅行杂记
Friday, 3 March 2023
新西兰二次之旅
经过忙碌的一周,总算是可以放假了。
结果,我还是拖延至最后一分钟,并手忙脚乱的把行李收好。
希望接下来的两个星期过得非常好!
Monday, 27 February 2023
周末值班
Sunday, 19 February 2023
Noise
After two and a half months, I finally finished reading this book "Noise: The Flaws In Human Judgement". It took me so long, partly because it was so academic.
It talks about how we overconfident in our estimates and judgements. We always pride ourselves as sentient beings that robots cannot come close in terms of emotion and judgement. But this can be our weakness as well. We always tell ourselves to trust our gut feelings, but there are times these produce a lot of errors.
Overall, there are a lot of insights to glean from. I had the chance to share the book with two of my psychiatrist, since it is mentioned in the book psychiatry is the most "noisy" specialty in medicine.
Personally, I do agree with this statement. There are many times I feel frustrated because I find uncertainties in terms of diagnosis. Unfortunately, there is no blood test or imaging to diagnose a mental health condition. We depend on symptoms. Even though the DSM is there to help us to stratify the diagnosis, but it is still not perfect.
Another big challenge in this field is about risk assessment. I admit I am really bad at this. We always want to estimate how high is the risk of a person to commit suicide. But research shows that this is the most difficult thing to ascertain as suicide is very unpredictable.
The book also talks about ways to reduce those noise. For medical field, clinical practice guidelines are a way to ensure uniformity across the diagnosis. Even so, patients' presentations are variable. One thing mentioned is about decision making hygiene. After finishing the book, I still need some time to digest the content, and hopefully able to improve my clinical judgement in my practice.
Saturday, 11 February 2023
精神科
Sunday, 5 February 2023
乐龄精神科
这三个月以来,我都在乐龄精神科部门工作。现今的医学界,各个部门内越分越细,就连精神科也细分成几个,譬如说法医的,儿童的,成人的,和老年人的。再来,也有根据病理而细分的,譬如说进食失调的,情绪失调的,或者人格分裂的。
来这里当医生半年了,我发现了我经验最匮乏的方面是如何照料老人家。在马来西亚的实习训练,所接触的乐龄人士不多。就如儿童和成人有差别一样,其实老年人也和成人有不同之处。在为老人家看病时,要时刻考虑到由于年龄的关系,他们的器官功能渐渐老化,药剂量和生命征象要紧密关注。
虽然在澳洲很注重工时,但有时加班难免。在这里工作也有精神上的压力。我既然已经下定决心要走这一科,就要学会释放压力。接下来的六个月,我将在小医院上班。这将是新的挑战,我也要为专科面试而准备,希望明年可以正式踏上精神科之路。