Day 1 at Medical School

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.