Obstetrics and Gynaecology is over!!!

Yay!! My exams are over and I am finally on holiday for a week!! It feels like forever since I last had a break...maybe because during my break between Specialties 2 (the rotation before this one) and O&G I was too busy preparing to come to Malaysia to have much of a holiday. I'm so exhausted and looking forward to being able to relax and read some books for awhile!

My OSCEs (viva exams) were the source of much stress for me, as I was quite nervous about doing them here. In addition, the lecturer who was to take me for those exams was the same lecturer who blasted us all last Friday! And on tuesday, he asked me if I'd be prepared to do them at 8am on wednesday morning!! I basically said that if I had to do them then, I would, but that I had been assuming they would be when UQ had specified that they should be (on thursday and friday), and so I had been looking forward to having wednesday to study. Anyway, it all worked out in the end, as it always does! He agreed to push them to thursday (although they still weren't done when UQ wanted them, hehe), and He was like a different person in the exam! It actually went really well (I think), and I was so relieved to have them over and done with! I did my MCQ exam yesterday, and that went ok as well I think, so now I have finished Obstetrics and Gynaecology!! Providing everything goes well with my exam results and my paediatrics rotation, I'm due to graduate on December 10, which is pretty exciting!! First round offers for internship come out on Monday too, so it really feels as though graduation is almost within my grasp now, hehe!! Mind you, paediatrics is the hardest rotation of the year, and we have a final multi-station viva exam at the very end of the year that I still need to pass; but it's all very exciting. Quite terrifying at the same time...I'm not quite sure I'm actually ready to have the title of 'Doctor' yet...the responsibility that comes with that is very scary!

Anyway, I can't quite believe that my rotation here is over!! There have been so many ups and downs, and I have to be honest and admit that there were times that I wished it would go faster. However, as always, the time does pass quickly and before you know it it's over. I've really tried to make the most of the second 1/2 of my time here so that I wouldn't regret a second of it. There are so many things that I have learned from my time here, and even my study has been better. I have made some amazing friends, spent time in a wonderful culture, have had the privilege of helping to bring some beautiful Malaysian babies into the world and have enjoyed working in a hospital very different from those back home. Being alone and having some financial stresses has allowed me to draw closer to God and trust Him even more. It's been an amazing experience and I'm so grateful for the privilege of being here.

I'm now enjoying a weekend with friends, before heading up to Penang on Monday. Looking forward to being a tourist for a few days and hoping I can see some of the sights and eat some of the food Penang is famous for!! I know this week will go fast; I fly home on thursday night. Just enjoying the opportunity to have a holiday before I have to get straight back into it. I start Paediatrics Monday week.

Thanks everyone for commenting and letting me know people are reading!! May God bless you all immensely in the coming week!!

Love Aims