The first day of Medical School. I have started my MBBS
programme at Royal College of Medicine Perak (RCMP). In general, it was good
but I was still missing certain aspects of Newcastle University Medicine
Malaysia.
Let’s hop on.
I basically arrived at the campus around 7.30 am and sat
near the hallway since I did not know where to go for my first class. When
students finally started flocking the hallway and made their way to the Purple
Lecture Theatre, that is when I realised PLT stands for Purple Lecture Theatre.
The day started by the Dean delivering an impromptu speech
to all of us. He was kind of amusing and serious at the same time. Then, Dr
Malhi came forward and started the day with PPD lecture (Personal &
Professional Development). It was basically about how to develop yourself when
you are in a medical school.
Not long after that, another lecture on Etiquette was given
by Dr Tham ( I can’t seem to remember his full name). That is about it for the
morning session.
I quickly headed to the cafeteria and ordered my lunch which
consisted of Fried Rice and Fried Chicken as I had to print and collect certain
documents from home.
The afternoon sessions kickstarted by a brief on eLMS
(Learning Management System) by Dr Gopal and as a Group 1 member, we headed to
the IT lab for our hands-on session. I was surprised to see the computers as
they were huge and better I guess than those I used in NUMed.
Since we were not able to access the VLE, we spent the
afternoon answering questions on Kahoot, introducing ourselves and listening to
Dr Gopal on how to use VLE.
Ya, that is pretty much for the first day. Not hectic right,
just wait for the next few weeks. That is when the real fun begins.
