Who among us in PEx are in a health related field?

[batang uliran]

Just wanted to take stock of our resources for this thread so all you physicians, med students, therapists, nurses etc. please chime in here. It would help if you stated your specific field so that in the future, certain questions may specifically be directed to you.

For starters, I'm an internist who has subspecialized in Pulmonary(Lung)/Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.

[archangel]

Dr. Batang Uliran,
Okay lang ba kahit estudyante pa lang?

[batang uliran]

Yes.

[NEWYORKER363]

I am, sort of.

In the financial health field, I mean, being a Wall Street investment analyst sumzing.

Deals in stocks, bonds, other kinds of securities, leverage-buyouts/mergers.

Otherwise known as BROKER.

That's my job. You think you are broke.

Let me invest whatever you got left.

And I will make you BROKER! ;)


NY363
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[This message has been edited by NEWYORKER363 (edited 01-02-2000).]

[archangel]

I'm a senior Nursing student.
Any other nursing student out there?

BU: Can you give me the URLs of online journals? Thanks.

[clone]

Hi Pipols!

Ako health-related. Doktor yung kapatid ng kumpare ng tiya ng asawa ng aking pinsang makalawa na anak ng pinsang buo ng aking ina. O, pwede na ba yon?

[clone]

New Yorker 363,

Parang namumukhaan ko ang istilo mo, pare. Ikaw ba yung hinahangaan kong propesor sa NUYOK?...Aba biruin mong dito pa tayo nagkita. Small world nga talaga.

O sige na..tuloy ang ligaya.

[kiosk]

i'm a registered medical technologist and currently a third year med student. part time homepage maker.

[kiosk]

archangel, u can visit my homepage and i have listed there some online journals for research. my classmates and the clerks found it very useful.

[archangel]

kiosk: parang kilala kita? pedro?

[kiosk]

archangel, enjoy ur weekend.

[Flare!]

Flare! is a Registered Nurse in California.

[lestat]

Ako related din sa health field, sweetie pie ko si Flare! heh heh heh

[Tezz]

nurse hea.......

[archangel]

kiosk: post ka sa a/s/l sa people, events. places. how was the gift giving last sat?

[archangel]

kiosk: post ka sa a/s/l sa people, events. places. how was the gift giving last sat?

[Dr. Evil]

I'll be going to med school this June.... :)

[Spanky]

I'm going to med school this June too! I already have a slot reserved in UE, but I'm hoping on getting into DLSU. Any future med students out there? Where are you guys going?

[archangel]

Me. Hoping to be in med school. Are there other schools open for application?
Dr. Evil & Spanky, what are your premeds and iskul?

[Spanky]

I went to UP Diliman. BS Bio. UST is closed na for application. PGH din ata. You can still apply to DLSU though. I know its far, but its a really good school. Maybe you should take a look at it. :)

[marbles]

senior Public Health student (isa lang naman ang may ganitong course eh). Hoping to get into med school this June 2001.

[Misa Hayase]

Dentistry proper student here.

Oy, marbles, we've been doing our thesis work sa college mo ah. Ang babait ng faculty and staff don. (So far). =)

[kahumbu]

I am a UP College of Medicine graduate and worked with 2 HMOs for almost a year as a primary care physician. I will be starting my Surgical Residency Training in a private hospital here in Manila this coming January.

[real]

I am a Physician and Neurosurgery is my specialty. I'll be very glad to be of service to all. I am delighted to know that our moderator,IRA, is in the Neurosurgery Residency Training Program. Goodluck to you! What year are you in training? Thanks.

[Ira]

Originally posted by real
I am a Physician and Neurosurgery is my specialty. I'll be very glad to be of service to all. I am delighted to know that our moderator,IRA, is in the Neurosurgery Residency Training Program. Goodluck to you! What year are you in training? Thanks.

Dude, if you've been attending the AFN's monthly conferences in Bonaventure on a regular basis, chances are we've at the very least been introduced (although I didn't attend the meetings for this year yet). :D And by gad, I really hope you're not this computer wiz NS resident I know... if you are, I'll knock the teeth outta you. ;) Just e-mail me or something. I don't really like giving much info about this in the BB.

[real]

To IRA: Don't worry, I am just average in computer literacy. But are you talking about the computer whiz kid with the initials JQO? If you are, then, he is our junior resident in the institution where I come from. He really is a computer wiz. he even trouble shoots for us in our stereotactic radiosurgery unit whenever we have computer breakdowns. I hope you would just consider me as a Kuya in this thread. I know that you are a very good Resident, but just in case you need some brotherly advice from someone older, I'll be glad to help. Thanks.

PS: Just to give you an idea, I finished Neurosurgery Residency in 1990. Yes, I am that old.

[Ira]

Yup, talking about JQ. And I think I know who you are. :D I'll just say hi to you when I see you next.

[archangel]

i am a registered nurse and currently working at the Cardio Vascular Surgery Intensive Care Unit and Telemetry and somtimes at the Pediatric Intensive Care unit of the Makati Medical Center.

Dr. Ira.: You're from Makati Med right? Resident? Consultant already?

[kerks23]

Hi I am a Physical Therapist...just graduated last year...

Meron pa bang ibang mga PT dyan?????

[GreekGod]

Physiology, that's my field
I'm not saying I'm the best,
but I will try to answer
if I know the answer.:smokin:

I also welcome other physiologists'
or physicians' view.
I may not always be correct.:*)

The human body is really a very interesting field.
Cardiovascular, Muscoskeletal, Neurophysiology,
Renal, Endocrine, Gastroenterology, Whoa!:nerd:

I don't discuss Pharmacology in sessions like these
for fear that other PEXERS may just take the drugs
in question without prescription or consultation
from their physicians. :bleh:

:angel:ARCHANGEL:angel:.....Hi!

[GreekGod]

:smokin:
BATANG_ULIRAN,
That's cool -> SLEEP MEDICINE :shy:

[archangel]

Originally posted by GreekGod
Physiology, that's my field
I'm not saying I'm the best,
but I will try to answer
if I know the answer.:smokin:

I also welcome other physiologists'
or physicians' view.
I may not always be correct.:*)

The human body is really a very interesting field.
Cardiovascular, Muscoskeletal, Neurophysiology,
Renal, Endocrine, Gastroenterology, Whoa!:nerd:

I don't discuss Pharmacology in sessions like these
for fear that other PEXERS may just take the drugs
in question without prescription or consultation
from their physicians. :bleh:

:angel:ARCHANGEL:angel:.....Hi!




Physiology? Interesting! So you study different functions of the human body and its systems. What course did you take? Human Physiology? Are the same with a Physiotherapist?

[GreekGod]

____________________ , M.D.

[GreekGod]

:angel::angel:ARCHANGEL:angel::angel:

HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY studies the FUNCTIONS of the different systems in the human body.

PHYSIOTHERAPY studies these FUNCTIONS AND THEIR RELATIONS TO TREATMENT.

You must know Human Physiology to better understand Physiotherapy.

It can be said therefore that Human Physiology is pure science. While Physiotherapy is applied medical science.

In the same way that MATHEMATICS is pure science and its practical application can be ENGINEERING.:ahh:

[GreekGod]

PHYSIOTHERAPY in modern practice has now been concentrated on two important systems in our human body and they are the Skeletal and Muscular Systems. That means, physiotherapy may be known also as PHYSICAL THERAPY.:angel:

[11# UST_guard'98]

I used to take EMS course but I quit... :(
I was in the state of depression so it's hard for to concentrate.. instead of saving the life of the person I might endanger him pa..I'M PROUD of my decision...

P'ro BLS certified ako.. :D I can still save life's..

[11# UST_guard'98]

By the way...Volunteer EMT sana ako!!! sa town ko..

[bera2]

Originally posted by kiosk
i'm a registered medical technologist and currently a third year med student. part time homepage maker.



petereps...
ayos na ba?

[z_12]

I'm an Occupational Therapy graduate.

[hoteel001]

I guess I'm not the only physician in the house. I've
seen all the replies and I'm amazed to know that there
are many of us in PEX who belong to health-related
fields. I am glad to be among the members of PEX and expect
me to contribute what I know with regards to the field of
Medicine.

[Karasu]

I'm a college freshman taking up Medical Physics (but not for long...I'm planning to shift to Philosophy). I am decided on going to Med School though. :D :D

[GreekGod]

Take COMPARATIVE VERTEBRATE ANATOMY :bop:

[biologist]

i'm a biology student planning on taking up graduate studies in microbiology, and maybe later on, somewhere in genetics

that's a great course you've finished GreekGod! :)

one thing... who can show me how to make all those smiley faces? as in the list of all the smiley faces available here? thanks!

[GreekGod]

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[Les]

I'm a freshman talking up Med in U.P. However, I rarely have the time to post here in Pex. :(

[goethe]

i am a german registered nurse and did my specialty training in intensive/critical care and anesthesiology in germany. i´m currently working in a cardiac intensive/critical care unit.
i posted recently to a thread under this forum to a pexer in need of medical advice concerning his sister´s critical condition. we still get in touch and he reports to me his sisters health condition.
let us all pray for jennifer´s soon recovery.

[JeFF1119]

Originally posted by Spanky
I'm going to med school this June too! I already have a slot reserved in UE, but I'm hoping on getting into DLSU. Any future med students out there? Where are you guys going?

I'm also an incoming freshman at the DLSU-Medicine... See you there Spanky! =]

[Ira]

Spanky's an incoming sophomore now.

[Misa Hayase]

Originally posted by Les
I'm a freshman talking up Med in U.P. However, I rarely have the time to post here in Pex. :(

Les: dami ngang halfdays ng mga freshmen eh. =) Good luck sa finals!

[archangel]

Doc Ira: you're from makati med right? are u a consultant already?

[GreekGod]

Archangel, you're from Makati Med I know, how's Nurse Tena?
:)

[archangel]

Originally posted by GreekGod
Archangel, you're from Makati Med I know, how's Nurse Tena?
:)

who is nurse tena?

[GreekGod]

Nurse in the Cardiovascular Section of Makati Med...he is called "Joey" - small fat guy with no front teeth, very short hair almost bald (skinhead). He is assigned in giving stress tests, ECG, etc. HE KNOWS ME, SAY, THE DOCTOR WHO ATTENDED WITH YOU IN A CARDIO SYMPOSIUM :)

[nak8deyes]

count me in :D i'm currently a takin up BS bio. i have a year left till med school, hopefully to UST. i've heard they offer the best med edu. :) so what do you guys think? any recommendation on a better school?

[archangel]

Originally posted by GreekGod
Nurse in the Cardiovascular Section of Makati Med...he is called "Joey" - small fat guy with no front teeth, very short hair almost bald (skinhead). He is assigned in giving stress tests, ECG, etc. HE KNOWS ME, SAY, THE DOCTOR WHO ATTENDED WITH YOU IN A CARDIO SYMPOSIUM :)

i don't know any JOEY nor have I attended in a cardio symposium. you might have mistaken me for somebody else. sorry!

[GreekGod]

...nor have I attended in a cardio symposium.
Hahaha...:lol:you got it wrong there! It was HIM not YOU who was with me in that sympo some time ago. Anyway, if you don't know him, fine! Thanks!:D

[uey296]

Doc Ira: I am hoping i could get into a NS program too. I hope i could get into UP-PGH; do you have any tips before I got ahead with my decision?

[uey296]

I meant go ahead.

[ina]

Originally posted by z_12
I'm an Occupational Therapy graduate.
uy! meron akong kapwa-OT dito! san skul mo dati z_12?

OT gradweyt din ako.. licensed since Feb last year.. working since October last year din..
yun lang. :D


:angel:

[DocGravis]

I'm an incoming 3rd year medical student at UST this coming June. Any more UST med students out here?

[enchantress]

ey, i did not come from a medicine or health course but I do work as a photo editor for the leading health magazine in the country. Does that count??? :silly: :ahh: :lol:

[Kath_]

Im an incoming sophomore at UST's Facutlty of Medicine and Surgery. :)

[neptune]

wow! karamihan dito ang dami nang napagdaanan! Well, I'll be an incoming sophomore sa DLSU-Mla. I was enrolled in BS Medical Physics before (classmate ko si Karasu) but I shifted to BS Biology. Nakaka-inspire naman kayo:bop: I know i've still got a long way, pero gusto ko talagang mag med :) Wish me luck?!!!

[neptune]

Originally posted by GreekGod
Take COMPARATIVE VERTEBRATE ANATOMY :bop:

buti na lang Karasu, pasado tayo sa COMPANA and COMPLAB:)
So, will you be taking up EMBRYON/BOTAONE next term? Buti na lang naka-shift ako sa Bio. Pinayagan ako ni vice-dean. Pero this does not mean na madadalian na ako...

[GreekGod]

Hahahaha :lol: Did you also baptize your frogs, turtles, pigeons, and of course, FELIX the cat? We did name these poor animals when we were i our pre-med :D

[neptune]

Originally posted by GreekGod
Hahahaha :lol: Did you also baptize your frogs, turtles, pigeons, and of course, FELIX the cat? We did name these poor animals when we were i our pre-med :D

nakalimutan ko na yung name ng frog ko pero dun sa 2 cats, Ruca(female) and Lawrence (male):lol: :lol:

[Ira]

Originally posted by uey296
Doc Ira: I am hoping i could get into a NS program too. I hope i could get into UP-PGH; do you have any tips before I got ahead with my decision?

Be very sure you know what you're getting into and you are willing to sacrifice a lot of your time and personal life. Extreme patience, humility, not needing to sleep much, and the ability to shake off being called "p.i., bobo", "t*nga", and the oft-used "stupid" like water off a duck's back are virtues in NS. Oh, and they put a premium on people who will practice in the provinces.

[Clefairy]

hi! i haven't posted in PEX in over a year(?). i'm an incoming 4th yr. medical student at UP-PGH (heaven help us!!!). :boom:

hi doc ira! my classmate's kuya took up NSS (in up, neurosurgery is referred to as nss, but you guys use ns. why is that? come to think of it, i don't know what nss stands for) at makati med. i think he finished one or two years before transferring to st. luke's because-- i'm not too sure-- something like if you take nss at makati med, you can't practice nss outside the hospital. something like that. wala lang. :)

[Ira]

Hi Clefairy! Nice to have you back even if it's only temporary, I'm sure. I haven't heard from you in a while. Enjoy your vacation, it's going to be one of your very last ones in a long, long time. ;)

The term "NSS" means "neurosurgery service", and "NS" means neurosurgery. So a chart order of "Admit to NSS" means that a patient gets admitted at the neurosurgery service ward, while the sentence "I'm in the NS field" means "I'm in the neurosurgery field". As for the guy who transferred to St. Luke's, I think I know who he is. :) He's a very, very good friend of mine, and the reason he transferred to SLMC was because he was one of two adjuncts for 1 NS position in MMC and the other guy was performing better. The MMC NS training program had a bit of difficulty way back when there were 2 rival society groups in NS, the AFN and the PSNS, and MMC was under PSNS. The PCS only recognized the AFN, and because of politics, the MMC residents had problems taking the certifying exams. But since last year, the 2 groups have reconciled, and MMC's training program is already in the process of reaccreditation. Their recent graduates have also been allowed to take the certification exams and are free to practice anywhere.

[Clefairy]

ohhhh. i see. my friend didn't mention that. oh well. it's of no consequence to me since NS joins OB-GYNE at the top of my "Ruled-out specializaitons List". :p

funny, this classmate of mine, he's always called on by the residents because he really looks like his kuya. i saw their family pic recently and now i know why... he's a good friend because we're forever magkasama sa groupwork. you know up, you're always stuck with the same people based on your last name! so i guess you know who i'm talking about na. ;)

well, i'll see ya around as long as my kuya lets me log on once in a while -- especially at the food forum! :yum:

[Ira]

Originally posted by Clefairy
ohhhh. i see. my friend didn't mention that. oh well. it's of no consequence to me since NS joins OB-GYNE at the top of my "Ruled-out specializaitons List". :p


Don't even say NS and ob-gyne together in one sentence! NS is very interesting and is lots of fun! OB is...oh, gad. Never mind. ;) OB was way up there in my "I'd-rather-be-a-housewife-than-end-up-with-this-specialization" list too, together with pediatrics, rehab med, and IM. :D

Good luck sa pasukan--hope your blockmates don't turn out to be scummy. See you around! :)

[Bukoy]

It's going to be my first year in UST-Med, I came from UST-Bio. :D

[may@med]

hi guys! i'm an incoming third year student at St. Luke's College of Medicine. My premed course was AB Psychology. Since i'm not a BS graduate, i had to take up some subjects to complete my requirements for med school. anyway, may student council officer and editor/staff ng school newsletter (med school) ba sa inyo?

[deng2001]

hi!!! i'm glad to be of service if needed... i'm a registered nurse in houston, texas and i work at the bone marrow transplant unit. i care for patients with leukemias, anemias, solid tumors like medulloblastoma and
osteosarcoma.

[uey296]

Doc Ira: I hope you don't mind me asking this personal question: What made you go into NS at MMC? How's it going and how is it different from the one at UP-PGH?

Would you happen to know Dr. Tuazon? I think he's the former GS Chief Resident of MMC but now he's into PediaSx at PGH. I was under him for some time; he works really clean and well- he even told me to try going into a GS program at MMC because he says it's good. what are your thoughts on this?

[Ira]

If you have the opportunity to get into PGH (whether GS or NS), don't throw it away. PGH's training, case variety and patient exposure is still much better than any other surgical training programs, MMC included. MMC's training program is okay, but PGH's is superior. The hassle of running around looking for supplies for cash-strapped charity patients in PGH may be annoying, but if you go to private hospitals where money is less tight, you trade that in with having to deal with much more administrative red tape and with non-surgical patients who get admitted under a consultant's service, which eat up a lot of your time. Teaching hospitals are always better.

[calyx]

im an incoming sophomore med student at UST as well. :)

[dizzyr]

Originally posted by batang uliran
Just wanted to take stock of our resources for this thread so all you physicians, med students, therapists, nurses etc. please chime in here. It would help if you stated your specific field so that in the future, certain questions may specifically be directed to you.

For starters, I'm an internist who has subspecialized in Pulmonary(Lung)/Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.

pwede ba ang herbolario dito doc?

[zadkieL]

I'm from UERM - 3rd year! :)

[EverAfter]

I'm a medical student at UERM.

:spinstar:

[marbles]

I think I posted on this thread before. Wala lang. Just would like to update... I'm currently a freshman at UERM. =) I'm a graduate of BS Public Health from UP Manila.

[evenflow]

MD.
graduated from UP Med.

[eyedoc]

uhhh...ophthalmologist (obvious ba?), currently subspecializing in glaucoma :)

[mlouie]

Originally posted by Flare!
Flare! is a Registered Nurse in California.

Me too! RN in California.

[the_poll_master]

problems with your teeth? here, here ... :howdy:

[blueblush]

senior nursing student from UP manila......:cool:

[dizzyr]

Originally posted by zadkieL
I'm from UERM - 3rd year! :)

hi zadkiel,

is UERM still a good school?
does UERM produce doctors with loyalty to the institution?

no offense. just wondering.

(dizzyr the herbolario here)

[dizzyr]

Originally posted by Ira


Don't even say NS and ob-gyne together in one sentence! NS is very interesting and is lots of fun! OB is...oh, gad. Never mind. ;) OB was way up there in my "I'd-rather-be-a-housewife-than-end-up-with-this-specialization" list too, together with pediatrics, rehab med, and IM. :D

Good luck sa pasukan--hope your blockmates don't turn out to be scummy. See you around! :)

just curious, doc.

why the bias against those specialties you mentioned above?
ob-gyn people think ob-gyn can be lots of fun.
pediatricians think that pediatrics can be interesting because of, among other things, the challenge of solving a problem without a good history of illness from an infants point of view. internal medicine - the last i heard the brainy ones with the gumption to meet the challenge of a wide ranging scope of illnesses were swearing by this specialty.

is it because you think those who go into those specialties are not in the same league as those who go into NS intellectually? if not that, i'm curious to know what forms the basis of your bias.
i realize biases are often subjective-based.

[Ira]

Because, in the same way that pediatricians think pediatrics is fun and that a lot of them would rather not practice than get into the OR, it's the same way with me in regard to the fields I mentioned. I don't find those fields interesting, and I believe I posted it somewhere before in this forum that I personally even consider nonsurgical fields intellectually superior to those in surgical fields. So stop making an issue where there is none. It's a personal preference, not a professional bias. That's why there was a wink posted in my comment.

[dizzyr]

thank you, doc, for the clarification.
and thank you for not being defensive.

[piQuAnT]

BIO student from USTE

and...didnt pursue MED...tsk tsk..

:rolleyes: regret(s):rolleyes: jk.

im doin all good :glee:

[K_r_a_m]

I'm a 1st yr med student at UERM. Graduted from UST Bio.

:bookworm2:

[gastrocnemious]

ang cool naman the thought of doctors as pexers!!! :bounce2:
i'm a premed student... hopefully next school year sa med na ko!!! i wanna make friends with the doctors in tha hauz... a.k.a. MY FUTURE CONNECTIONS!!! :lol: Naks!!!

question... ok ba mag occupational therapy?

[eyedoc]

Originally posted by gastrocnemious
question... ok ba mag occupational therapy?

Yup! You actually get to better somebody else's life. *okay*

Financially rewarding rin! ;)

[loise_lane]

hi, i'm a newbie here and am a registered nurse - ICU/CCU.

i'm quite amazed to find out that some physicians could still find time to post here, that's great ! most of my doctor friends kasi seem to always lack time for anything else other than seeing patients
;)

doc IRA, sorry for my ignorance but are you male or female?


hope i could contribute to the discussions, too.
:haloangel:

[wolverine_1014]

FEU- senior student PHYSICAL THERAPY!:WOLV:

[wolverine_1014]

FEU-senior student PHYSICAL THERAPY!:wolv:

[jetlander]

am a PT intern and on monday am going to start my last month as an intern :D . Am planing to take my NMAT on April 4, but i still dont know where to get an application. Please help me :(

[piQuAnT]

Med/Dean's office in ur university. Usually, theyre the ones who process these applications for their science-grad students.

[archangel]

Originally posted by loise_lane
hi, i'm a newbie here and am a registered nurse - ICU/CCU.





hope i could contribute to the discussions, too.
:haloangel:

what hospital are you from?

[medstude]

i'm a registered medical technologist and currently a 2nd year medical student.

"Ars longa vita brevis occasio fugit .... "

[loise_lane]

Originally posted by archangel


what hospital are you from?


Archangel, I graduated from and also worked at Makati Medical Center (ICU/CCU). I wonder if I know some MMC Pexers here ?!? :D However, I have now transferred to industrial nursing - BETTER working hours and PAY ;) I work in an embassy. still I do keep myself abreast with new trends and modalities both in nursing and medicine.

[JeFF1119]

incoming 2nd Yr Med stude... DLSU

[archangel]

Originally posted by loise_lane



Archangel, I graduated from and also worked at Makati Medical Center (ICU/CCU). I wonder if I know some MMC Pexers here ?!? :D However, I have now transferred to industrial nursing - BETTER working hours and PAY ;) I work in an embassy. still I do keep myself abreast with new trends and modalities both in nursing and medicine.


most of my co-nurses are fom RTRMS and were assigned at the ICU-CCU before. i don't know any other MMC Pexer aside from you and Doc IRa. what batch (RTR) are you?

[jms_pogi]

4TH YEAR PHYSICAL THERAPY FROM FEU-NRMF! by the way, wolv's we have a shifting exam in clinical ed! its gona be on fri. ;) :cool: :p

[jms_pogi]

4TH YEAR PHYSICAL THERAPY FROM FEU-NRMF! by the way, wolv's we have a shifting exam in clinical ed! its gona be on fri. ;) :cool: :p

[crybabymaki]

ako!!! :bounce: im a CNA and in college finishing my prerequisites for an RN program :D


:heart:

[anghel]

cry aha, nakita kita here.....;)

join din me....nope, di ako doctor (nagduduktor dati ng exam? :glee: ) anyway, i work in the health-related field din naman kahit papano...call it health reporter, medical journalist? kahit ano pa name...basta ganon...

counted ba ako BU at doc Ira?

[baby_doc]

i'm an ob-gyn

[gastrocnemious]

:wave: doctors in tha houz!!

i just wanna ask how long these specializations take??
occupational therapy?
surgery?
optometry?
dermatology?
cardiology?
neurology?

thanks... :)

:wave: JeFF1119 and archangel!!!

[eyedoc]

Originally posted by gastrocnemious
:wave: doctors in tha houz!!

i just wanna ask how long these specializations take??
occupational therapy?
surgery?
optometry?
dermatology?
cardiology?
neurology?

thanks... :)

:wave: JeFF1119 and archangel!!!

occupational therapy - this is not a medical specialty, if you mean rehabilitation medicine, this usually takes 3 years

surgery - for general surgery, 4-5 years, more for subspecialty training

optometry - not a medical specialty, a five year college course; graduates can prescribe and dispense eyeglasses and contact lenses

ophthalmology - I think you are referring to this -- the eye doctor. 3-4 years for general ophthalmology, more for subspecialties

dermatology - 3 years, if I'm not mistaken

cardiology - this is a subspecialty of internal medicine. So, 3 years of internal medicine, and 2 years of cardio fellowship.

neurology - 4 years yata? Doc Ira, help!

[gastrocnemious]

thanks eyedoc actually i was referring to the people at acebedo or sarabia optical... parang financially rewarding kasi eh pero in a sense nawawala yung pagiging life-saving doctor.. i didn't mean hindi noble yung profession niyo pero yung parang i like the feeling of an ER doctor better than a dermatologist or something like that. anyway, we had a talk in our school and the guest speaker was a doctor and she said it would take about 10 years for cardio, 9 yrs for derma so we were really discouraged! anyway, thanks for the help.... :):) can i ask you where you work? it's nice that you still find time to PEx!! btw, doc ira is a ____??

[eyedoc]

Yup, the people checking your refraction at optical shops are optometrists. They graduate from a 5 year college course with a degree of O.D. (Doctor of Optometry), that's why they are also referred to as Doctors. I mentioned the difference between an optometrist and an ophthalmologist (an eye doctor, with an M.D. title) because of the widespread confusion about the distinction between the 2.

The length of the time I mentioned for the different medical specialties are post medical school. Generally, you would have to undergo 4 years of college, another 4 years of medical school, and 1 year of internship. Then another year spent for taking the board exams. Once you get licensed that's the only time that you can get into specialty training, and if you so desire, further subspecialty training with the length of the training time as I have described. You do the math. Yup, it's a long and winding road :) to snagging that MD, so you really need to commit yourself wholeheartedly to this profession.

I think Doc Ira is in Neurosurgery...

Sorry, don't like to give details of my work on the forum itself. Medyo unethical yata. ;) Just PM me nalang if you need your eyes checked. :D

[jetlander]

Occupational therapy (OT) is a 5 year pre-med course

[gastrocnemious]

a okay. i understand eyedoc... :)
jetlander OT is a pre-med course??
can i still take it up after med proper??

okay, so please help me here.. diba, after med, what do i do if i want to get into surgery? or cardiology? OT even? thanks....

[Cunsper]

2nd yr med stude from UPM;) and also a BSPH grad;)

[eyedoc]

Originally posted by gastrocnemious
a okay. i understand eyedoc... :)
jetlander OT is a pre-med course??
can i still take it up after med proper??

okay, so please help me here.. diba, after med, what do i do if i want to get into surgery? or cardiology? OT even? thanks....

jetlander is right, OT is a pre-med (or college) course. If you're thinking of the doctor involved in OT and PT, the specialty is rehabilitation (& sports) medicine. This doctor prescribes the different forms of exercises that must be done in order to help the patient get back to a near normal life after say, suffering a stroke or getting a fracture (and many other conditions). The PTs and OTs are the ones who carry out the orders, helping the patient with the prescribed treatment. Rehab med takes 3 years AFTER MEDICINE PROPER.

For specialty training, you need to be a resident doctor in a hospital which offers training for the particular specialty you are interested in. The length of time varies depending on the specialty, as I have already mentioned. You can only get into residency training after passing your board exams. This means that you are already a full fledged doctor (a general practitioner) by that time.

Now if you want to go into, say, cardiology, which is already a subspecialty, you need to be a fellow doctor after graduating from residency.

BTW, specialty and subspecialty training is completely optional. You can practice as a general practitioner right after getting your professional license (after your boards). As far as I know, though, most doctors prefer to undergo further studies.

Hope I cleared things up.

[jkristee27]

pregrad nursing student

[jetlander]

eyedoc BSPT is a 5 year course how many years am going to take med proper? is there a rehab med school here in RP? thank you :)

[JoshEvans]

UST med tech grad!

- Med rep for six years sa pinas

- went part time DJ'ing for 8 yrs.

now working as a medical technologist here in los angeles, CA for about a year!

[eyedoc]

Originally posted by jetlander
eyedoc BSPT is a 5 year course how many years am going to take med proper? is there a rehab med school here in RP? thank you :)

4 years med proper. :)

No rehab med school. If you want to specialize in rehab med, you have to undergo the 4-year med proper, take the boards, and then take residency training in a hospital that offers rehab med (similar to other specialties like pediatrics, surgery, IM, OB, etc). Residency training in rehab med takes about 3 years.

[jetlander]

thank you for the info. :D

[gastrocnemious]

my friend's relative was able to graduate from rehab med school... i don't know where she graduated from though.. we don't have rehab med here?? :(

[jms_pogi]

TO WOLVERINE_1014:
gudluck sa finals! kanya-kamya muna tayo!!! hehehe.jokes.

[crybabymaki]

Originally posted by anghel
cry aha, nakita kita here.....;)

join din me....nope, di ako doctor (nagduduktor dati ng exam? :glee: ) anyway, i work in the health-related field din naman kahit papano...call it health reporter, medical journalist? kahit ano pa name...basta ganon...

counted ba ako BU at doc Ira?

anghel!!! wuhoo!!! that makes two things about is in common (bsb fans and this :D)

neways, just when i thought i already have my goal prioritized, something comes my way thats pretty appealing.

theres a program in another university promising me to be a "medical assistant" in just 18 months, and since i have already taken some prerequisites for the RN program that is also acceptable in their medical assitant program, they say that i might even finish faster than 18 months.

its very tempting, the thought that ill already have a degree in less than two years (since i still have around three years to go if i stick with the RN program).

i still have up until april to think about it. and im really all whacked up.

any ideas on what should i do???


:heart:

[eyedoc]

Originally posted by gastrocnemious
my friend's relative was able to graduate from rehab med school... i don't know where she graduated from though.. we don't have rehab med here?? :(

There IS rehab med here. However, you don't get a degree in rehab med like you do in school. What I mean't was you don't get it through classroom work. You graduate from rehab med after you undergo 3 years of residency training in an accredited hospital offering such training, much like training in pediatrics, internal medicine, OB or other subspecialties. You can only go through such training after you've graduated from med school, undergone internship training and passed the board exams.

I take it that you're still in high school? ;) Don't worry about all these steps. If you're really determined to go into medicine, just go for it! You'll find out all you need to know as you go along. Good luck! :)

[ItalianElephant]

New here :) pwede ba ko ** bu n doc ira?
chemist n M.S. Biochemistry student
hope i can be of help...
:D

[wolverine_1014]

tol, salamat, kinakabahan ako sa results ng clinical ed., post daw ata ni maam yung ranking natin sa monday! goodluck na lang sa atin lahat, sana lahat tayo makapag-intern! :wolv:

[gastrocnemious]

Originally posted by eyedoc

I take it that you're still in high school? ;) Don't worry about all these steps. If you're really determined to go into medicine, just go for it! You'll find out all you need to know as you go along. Good luck! :)

Sorry, i'm already a sophomore pre-med... :p
I went to St. Luke's yesterday and saw there a something something Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine... is that the same as rehab med?? :)

[eyedoc]

Oops...my bad, na foot in mouth tuloy ako. :bonkself:

Anyway, back to your question...Orthopedic and Sports Medicine in St. Luke's is different from rehab med. It's actually orthopedic surgery, a branch of surgery devoted to everything about the bones...fractures, tumors, and the like. Of course, after they reduce (repair) a fractured bone, they also refer the patient to the rehab med for , er, rehab. :rolleyes:

You interested in rehab? :) It's a nice specialty. If you're the type who hates emergencies, this is for you. :D

[gastrocnemious]

Originally posted by eyedoc
Oops...my bad, na foot in mouth tuloy ako.

Anyway, back to your question...Orthopedic and Sports Medicine in St. Luke's is different from rehab med. It's actually orthopedic surgery, a branch of surgery devoted to everything about the bones...fractures, tumors, and the like. Of course, after they reduce (repair) a fractured bone, they also refer the patient to the rehab med for , er, rehab.

You interested in rehab? It's a nice specialty. If you're the type who hates emergencies, this is for you.

Okay lang... :)

Pero why did they include sports medicine kung ortho lang??
anyway, parang ayaw ko nga ng emergencies na though i liked dati...

[Dog_Lover]

Gastrocnemius asked:
Pero why did they include sports medicine kung ortho lang??

I know the question was directed to eyedoc, but can I cut in?

There are 2 kinds of Sports medicine specialties: 1) Orthopedic Sports medicine and 2) Rehabilitation sports medicine. The former focuses mostly on surgical procedures (arthroscopy, ACL reconstruction,etc) in treating sport-related injuries in the muskulo-skeletal system while the latter specialty concerns the non-surgical management. Specialists in these 2 fields work closely together and it doesn't matter much which kind sees a patient first since once a diagnosis is made, patients can be referred/shuffled between the 2 depending on the chosen and appropriate treatment. Most Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Institutes are staffed by Orthopedic surgeons, Rehabilitation Medicine specialists, physical and occupational therapists which demonstrates a multi-disciplinary approach in treating these sport-related injuries.
For practical reasons, sports medicine is nowadays more commonly associated with the orthopedic specialty simply because most of these problems do concern the muskulo-skeletal system. Rehabilitation medicine on the other hand covers other problem areas that require patient rehabilitation from whatever specialty like post-stroke victims, neurologic/paralytic patients, post-MI (heart-attack) , pulmonary patients,etc

[eyedoc]

I know the question was directed to eyedoc, but can I cut in?

No problem, Dog_Lover. :) You've covered it all anyway and then some. :D May I know what field you're in?

gastrocnemius -- Follow what your heart desires! Anyway, you still have several years to go before finally deciding on your chosen field of specialization. ;)

[gastrocnemious]

ummm... thanks to both for the help! :)
especially to eyedoc... thanks. :p
question again...

i saw this prescription paper and it said there that the doctor is a fellow, biological medicine. is there such field as biological medicine? sorry for the doubts but i had to make sure... :)

[eyedoc]

Never heard of it. Baka may idea ang ibang docs dito. :confused4:

[GreekGod]

Veterinary Medicine, yes, there is! Dental Medicine, yes, there is!
Biological Medicine? Haven't heard of that specialty yet :)

[Dog_Lover]

eyedoc:
I'm in Orthopedic Surgery.

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Ang alam ko lang meron:
1. Biological Hazard
2. Biological Warfare
3. Biological Weapons
4. Biological Medicine? hmmmm... wala yata :D

[gastrocnemious]

how would you know if a doctor is a fake one?
or if a fake medicine was prescribed?
i really appreciate your help!! :)

[anghel]

Originally posted by crybabymaki


anghel!!! wuhoo!!! that makes two things about is in common (bsb fans and this :D)

neways, just when i thought i already have my goal prioritized, something comes my way thats pretty appealing.

theres a program in another university promising me to be a "medical assistant" in just 18 months, and since i have already taken some prerequisites for the RN program that is also acceptable in their medical assitant program, they say that i might even finish faster than 18 months.

its very tempting, the thought that ill already have a degree in less than two years (since i still have around three years to go if i stick with the RN program).

i still have up until april to think about it. and im really all whacked up.

any ideas on what should i do???


:heart:


sorry i just got in here...anyway, since you have lots of time pa naman to think about it...my unsolicited advice would be this:

what do you really want to be? do you REALLY want to be a medical assistant or RN? the thought of getting a degree in a lesser span of time might be too tempting --but you might regret it later once you realized that you are shoo-in to be an RN.

if you really, really like to get the RN degree, it doesn't matter if it does take longer than you wanted it to be...you should carefully re-assess now your plans and focus on whatever decisions you will make before April.

if i were in your shoe, i would follow my heart. getting a job as fast as you want it then regretting it later is not the situation i want it to be. think about it girl. maybe you can be a med assistant shorter than 2 years, pero di mo ba iisipin what if kung nag-RN ako? or the other way around?

besides, why hurry? you are still young, beautiful :D and sexy :glee: geez, the world is in your hands girl....!

[bluemoon80]

am a 1st year med student in ust. finished bs psy also in ust :)

[unchin]

hi. ako naman, 2nd year med proper in a PBL school... regarding Biological med, parang may nabasa nako... yun yata yung oxidation/chelation therapy daw... they bombard you with fresh and pure (daw) vitamins and anti-oxidants yata... grabe, puro yata ... pero they claimed that they are targeting or even preventing the disease at the molecular/cellular level. dami clients and mahal daw bayad. puro certified MD daw sila dun na nag-train sa US. meron din yatang clinic somewhere in malate... nabasa ko lang somewhere out there... matagal na yun... :D

[anghel]

Originally posted by unchin
hi. ako naman, 2nd year med proper in a PBL school... regarding Biological med, parang may nabasa nako... yun yata yung oxidation/chelation therapy daw... they bombard you with fresh and pure (daw) vitamins and anti-oxidants yata... grabe, puro yata ... pero they claimed that they are targeting or even preventing the disease at the molecular/cellular level. dami clients and mahal daw bayad. puro certified MD daw sila dun na nag-train sa US. meron din yatang clinic somewhere in malate... nabasa ko lang somewhere out there... matagal na yun... :D

pero there are no sound scientific evidence to back up their claims. sabi nga ng isang chelation practitioner, MD din na nakausap ko, its an alternative daw for heart surgery...this is scary. chelation supposed to treat other sickness (which is not proven pa rin) tapos they are using it as an alternative for bypass....tskk...tskk...tskk...

[bertaber]

operating room nurse, that's meee!!!

[draeger]

anesthesiologist

[mravel22]

guilty as charged....

[ruger97]

pwede humabol pa? me, I am a physical therapist too! on the infancy stages of planning to specialize in something... sports med perhaps?

looking for a way to work my WORK. :D

[pexxerdoc]

pwede ba ang herbolario dito doc?

Hehehe..if you have an RN, DDS, DVM, MT, PHD, RT, OT, PT, DO, MD, Pharma, Nutritionist, Chiropractic, Optometric degree after your name or a student in any health care school, yes, why not?

Feel free to post!



:)

Me? Am into Critical Care, Emergency and Aerospace Medicine with Fellowship training in Shock Trauma, Open Heart and Neurosurgery. My passion however, is Preventive Medicine!

:myheart:

[markpaul]

MarkPaul, SN
Student Nurse

[~ulan~]

Occupational Therapist :)

[angelise]

Am an Internist with subspecialty of Pulmonary Medicine

[jenni_jay]

orthopedic nurse here

[Altwegg]

I'm a post-grad intern in a government hospital. I took up BS Biology at UST and my MD at UERM.

[Ellheym]

i'm a nurse stud.

[regptrp_md2b]

i'm a registered physical therapist from dlsu-hsc (batch 2001)

incoming medical clerk/4th yr medicine at ust.

[poshgummy]

I am a Master in Clinical Psychology student from DLSU.

I am currently doing my practicum and I am already finished with my academic units.

[sweet_angel79]

Used to be a nursing major... but I put that on hold

I am currently studying to be biospychologist or clinical psychologist(hoping)

then I will later attend nursing school after I get my BA

[calypso116]

registered PT :D

[funlove]

occupational therapy - this is not a medical specialty, if you mean rehabilitation medicine, this usually takes 3 years

hi, i'm an occupational therapist (UP grad), licensed and practicing...

just wanna clear things up a bit: Occupational Therapy (OT) is a profession on its own.

[funlove]

Occupational therapy (OT) is a 5 year pre-med course

To clarify: it usually is a 5yr course (for most colleges) but at UP it's a 4yr course (dunno if they've changed it though) - mejo matagal na rin akong graduate. :)

[funlove]

jetlander is right, OT is a pre-med (or college) course. If you're thinking of the doctor involved in OT and PT, the specialty is rehabilitation (& sports) medicine. This doctor prescribes the different forms of exercises that must be done in order to help the patient get back to a near normal life after say, suffering a stroke or getting a fracture (and many other conditions). The PTs and OTs are the ones who carry out the orders....


As an OT, we can deal with a lot of doctors in different fields or specialty, not just rehab med docs but i find this statement funny (and kindof insulting - in a little way) that the doctors 'prescribe' the treatment and the PTs/OTs carry out the 'orders'. Sorry po, but from the best of my knowledge and experience, referral lang po kailangan namin from the doctors - we can find out the problem and plan for the treatment ourselves. Hindi po kami 'utusan' as i've inferred from the statement made before (if mali po pagkakaintindi ko, sensya na pki-rephrase na lang po *** statement).

Alhough, i know that in the hospital setting PTs might be given a detailed 'prescription' but most often they find the prescription inappropriate (based on their own evaluation and clinical reasoning) -- this statement I made based on stories of my PT friends. sorry po, pero talagang disagree ako sa assumption that the PT-OT profession cannot stand on its own without the doctor's 'prescription'.

[regptrp_md2b]

Alhough, i know that in the hospital setting PTs might be given a detailed 'prescription' but most often they find the prescription inappropriate (based on their own evaluation and clinical reasoning) -- this statement I made based on stories of my PT friends. sorry po, pero talagang disagree ako sa assumption that the PT-OT profession cannot stand on its own without the doctor's 'prescription'.

it's true! especially when you're in private practice and there's no physiatrist around to be a part of your team.

most of the time, the patients come straight to us even without consulting a general practitioner/internist first. there are times that baligtad *** nangyayari -- we refer them to a doctor (or their family physician if they choose to do so) pag acute cases & pag kelangan ng medications (since we are not licensed to prescribe and dispense them).

we spent 1 year on PT assessment (from history taking down to PE, initial plans, having our own treatment plan, progress notes for our own patients). ang pinagkaiba lang nya sa medicine ay walang review of systems (ROS) sa PT database. we also studied/learned different medical-surgical conditions encountered in rehab med for 1-2 years so we could give our own clinical impressions (equivalent sa diagnosis ng 1 doc). when we are treating our own patient/s, we don't need the presence of a doc.

the rule is that patients that come to us (in-patients or as out-patients who are ambulatory or not) are clinically STABLE.

ergo, we could stand on our own. kaya nga may licensure exams din kami.

[wonwon]

As an OT, we can deal with a lot of doctors in different fields or specialty, not just rehab med docs but i find this statement funny (and kindof insulting - in a little way) that the doctors 'prescribe' the treatment and the PTs/OTs carry out the 'orders'. Sorry po, but from the best of my knowledge and experience, referral lang po kailangan namin from the doctors - we can find out the problem and plan for the treatment ourselves. Hindi po kami 'utusan' as i've inferred from the statement made before (if mali po pagkakaintindi ko, sensya na pki-rephrase na lang po *** statement).



I'm an Occupational Therapist too. I agree that in most cases (usually in pedia setting), doctors give referrals (plus some recommendations) while the OTs are the ones who make their own treatment plan and carry out the management based on their judgement and reasoning as to what could best help the patient/s.

[beefnmushroom]

mayroon akong 2 kaibigang PT. very knowledgable sila pagdating sa medical conditions, treatments, and preventive measures. and more importantly, very healthy sila, walang problema sa cholesterol, blood pressure, etc.

unlike yung pinsan kong doctor, medyo mataas ang cholesterol tsaka blood sugar, pero mahilig pa ring kumain ng chocolates tsaka oily food. pakiramdam ko tuloy hindi siya credible kasi hindi niya kayang alagaan ang sarili niyang kalusugan. kaya hindi na rin ako nagpapatingin sa kanya kahit libre. hahaha! ang sama ko ba? pinsan ko pa naman yun :D

sa tingin nyo ba importante ang health condition ng doctor/PT/OT na tumitingin sa atin?

[regptrp_md2b]

^^ of course!! any body in the health related field should be a prime example or a role model to their patient/s.

on the other hand, a patient also has to understand that any one in the health related field encounters lots of stressful situations, day in day out and has to remember na ndi nawawala yan. their are not gods to be immune to everything, even to common colds.

[wonwon]

sa tingin nyo ba importante ang health condition ng doctor/PT/OT na tumitingin sa atin?

it depends... kung ano ba yung health condition tinutukoy mo... kung infectious disease ba yan, syempre u have to take that into consideraton...
pero kug hindi naman nakakaapekto sa pag-treat nya sa isang pasyente, sa tingin ko wala namang masama... *paw*

pero very important din that the practitioner has a healthy lifestlye...ika nga, practice what you preach...baka naman ang galing-galing magbigay ng advice pero sya di naman makasunod...

[ski_JeRZe]

I'm a CNA. Pre-Nursing student but still not sure if I really want to become one.

Used to work for one of the biggest hospital in Jersey (don't want to mention the name). Worked for Behavior Health Unit.

[Altwegg]

Yours truly is a PGI.

[Shariray]

Student nurse here. Incoming second year. =)

[SHEsurgeon]

I am a surgeon.

[pink_mist]

PGH atsay...i mean clerk, po here. :crazytongue:

[zetia]

M.I. and hospital volunteer..

[markpaul]

yehey,, hindi ako na scrub out!!!