this week was quite free as there is not many patients turned up. we've learnt how to handle patients on the phone. like reminding them their appointment is the day after, if they are able to make it. and also calling them to ask them information of the child provided in the health booklet.
learnt to speak more confidently.
learnt how to take blood pressure and skinfold thickness.
awaiting for more exciting experience in the next coming weeks! (:
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Tuesday Of Week 3
First day of work today. a few patients today and we took interview for most of the patients' parents. handled kids that cannot put eyedrops. cry cry cry. have to hold her hands and put it if not the kid will just dodge the eyedrops from mr. prabakaran.
some were REALLY REALLY cooperative and some are just too small (in terms of age) for these tests. but we'll just try our best to let them take the test if possible. if not, just skip the test.
realized that handling and dealing with kids need tonnes of patience. and we are training to be. haha. (: chao!
some were REALLY REALLY cooperative and some are just too small (in terms of age) for these tests. but we'll just try our best to let them take the test if possible. if not, just skip the test.
realized that handling and dealing with kids need tonnes of patience. and we are training to be. haha. (: chao!
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Saturday, 10 March
Hmm... this is LEONARD here... haha... here to blog about the things we do in SERI(Singapore Eye Research Institute)... Well... First time blogging so write write a bit la.. lol...
SO!... Today was a SATURDAY that we are expected to be very very verrrrry busy.. From 20 patient, to only 9 confirmed coming AND end up only 4 children turn up! Kind of dissappointed because we can't hardly experience anything about something call BUSY!!!
The morning patient was very early... reached around 8am i guess... is a 2 children mother so all three of us interview them and things went smoothly though... Thought the mother was a bit hard to deal with but in the end was a happy and easy going mother.. haha.. Cool man... The elder daughter is called Christine and the younger one is called Esther IF i'm not mistaken... Easy to deal with though... Finishes around 9.30 for the two children which was just right for the timing we told them...
The afternoon patient didn't turn up for some and make us do nothing practically the whole afternoon from 10 to 2pm... Well as what the people from the SERI says, the workers are more den the patient today... haha..
So around 2pm or later... 3 parents of different family came at the same time... one parent was a father was a son and two parents with a daughter... The daughter was handle and taken interview by ME, WAYNE and a girl that we just know which she is taking the weekend shift for part time job.. The girl from Optometry of Singapore Polytechnic... cool... Was a bit difficult to handle the daughter of the parents because the eye drop part was quite hard for the girl of this age to take.. So we skip this process like 20mins later or so... Interview was handle by wayne and me as for the Eye drop thing, was the girl, whose name was Janice... Am i right? lol...
Ivan took the boy patient and was quite easy and fast due to the boy refuses to be tested with the eye drop... when at least the parent(father) give the son the will to do so...
So we went home around 4.30pm and before that, Qiu xia and Wei xin came and join us... haha.. They came just to take their height and weight sia... haha...
Nothing much happen this 'Suppose to be busy saturday', and hope next saturday we can be more experience to do our things more independently... 3 MONTHS TO GO!!!
SO!... Today was a SATURDAY that we are expected to be very very verrrrry busy.. From 20 patient, to only 9 confirmed coming AND end up only 4 children turn up! Kind of dissappointed because we can't hardly experience anything about something call BUSY!!!
The morning patient was very early... reached around 8am i guess... is a 2 children mother so all three of us interview them and things went smoothly though... Thought the mother was a bit hard to deal with but in the end was a happy and easy going mother.. haha.. Cool man... The elder daughter is called Christine and the younger one is called Esther IF i'm not mistaken... Easy to deal with though... Finishes around 9.30 for the two children which was just right for the timing we told them...
The afternoon patient didn't turn up for some and make us do nothing practically the whole afternoon from 10 to 2pm... Well as what the people from the SERI says, the workers are more den the patient today... haha..
So around 2pm or later... 3 parents of different family came at the same time... one parent was a father was a son and two parents with a daughter... The daughter was handle and taken interview by ME, WAYNE and a girl that we just know which she is taking the weekend shift for part time job.. The girl from Optometry of Singapore Polytechnic... cool... Was a bit difficult to handle the daughter of the parents because the eye drop part was quite hard for the girl of this age to take.. So we skip this process like 20mins later or so... Interview was handle by wayne and me as for the Eye drop thing, was the girl, whose name was Janice... Am i right? lol...
Ivan took the boy patient and was quite easy and fast due to the boy refuses to be tested with the eye drop... when at least the parent(father) give the son the will to do so...
So we went home around 4.30pm and before that, Qiu xia and Wei xin came and join us... haha.. They came just to take their height and weight sia... haha...
Nothing much happen this 'Suppose to be busy saturday', and hope next saturday we can be more experience to do our things more independently... 3 MONTHS TO GO!!!
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Thursday.
we all went to NUS today to help with the stamping of dates and id, striking out some eye degree data and photocopying them too. went back to seri at ard 2 plus and that is when the patient came.
the kid's father, who doesnt understand english, need us to translate for him. then we helped along with the testings, eye drops and most importantly, INTERVIEW. the interview with the father is kind of long reason being the questions we understand were in english and we kind of need time to think to translate. that's y it took us quite awhile. ALSO, IT'S OUR 1ST INTERVIEW WITH A PARENT! accomplished!
lastly, the kid have to take photos of the eye to check if the blood vessels of the eye is fine and normal.
the day ended and we gained alot today. experience to interview a parent, esp. (:
the kid's father, who doesnt understand english, need us to translate for him. then we helped along with the testings, eye drops and most importantly, INTERVIEW. the interview with the father is kind of long reason being the questions we understand were in english and we kind of need time to think to translate. that's y it took us quite awhile. ALSO, IT'S OUR 1ST INTERVIEW WITH A PARENT! accomplished!
lastly, the kid have to take photos of the eye to check if the blood vessels of the eye is fine and normal.
the day ended and we gained alot today. experience to interview a parent, esp. (:
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Tuesday
learnt some of the equipment used there. to check the pupil of kids and seen how mr. prabakaran handled 3 kids today, which are all very small in terms of age.
also, we were trained to tok to the parents if necessary , like how to convince them to let them have their child to stay with us. all kids below 6 yrs old need to do an eye checkup also. and so on. hence, we were kind of told how to handle cases when parents may not be cooperative, to convince them.
also, we were trained to tok to the parents if necessary , like how to convince them to let them have their child to stay with us. all kids below 6 yrs old need to do an eye checkup also. and so on. hence, we were kind of told how to handle cases when parents may not be cooperative, to convince them.
Monday Asia Arvo meeting.
ivan here.
we went to suntec for a meeting about the study they're currently doing and alot of problems rose that we did not think of it.
research on children from 6months to 72months and the sample population is 3000.
they knock door to door by a recruitment company and they are currently facing a problem about the company as they are not sure if the company had knock on every single door from the neighbourhood they are researching about. hence the solution is to employ ANOTHER recruitment company and ask the same neighbourhood. then compare and see how efficient the recruitment company they currently employed are.
if not efficient, change the recruitment company. if efficient, CONTINUE.
need such a big hassle becos they want the exact number of people to analyze statistically.
ALSO. another problem is the amount of money given to the parents may be kind of low. more funding may be needed.
we went to suntec for a meeting about the study they're currently doing and alot of problems rose that we did not think of it.
research on children from 6months to 72months and the sample population is 3000.
they knock door to door by a recruitment company and they are currently facing a problem about the company as they are not sure if the company had knock on every single door from the neighbourhood they are researching about. hence the solution is to employ ANOTHER recruitment company and ask the same neighbourhood. then compare and see how efficient the recruitment company they currently employed are.
if not efficient, change the recruitment company. if efficient, CONTINUE.
need such a big hassle becos they want the exact number of people to analyze statistically.
ALSO. another problem is the amount of money given to the parents may be kind of low. more funding may be needed.
Friday, March 2, 2007
1st week of attachment!
ivan here.
First week of attachment just ended.
Learnt a number of stuff like some of the more basic machines, experiencing and helping with handling a patient and so on. Some administrative stuff too.
People in SERI, Singapore Eye Research Institute were all very friendly, and they are having a 2 years-once meeting at suntec so they were very busy. it's called ARVO.
In SERI, there's not only one project going on, but 43 projects! and we were in charge in helping out and learning in 1 of the projects.
also, learnt about how they actually bring the patients from their home to SERI to volunteer to help with their study, which is
A STUDY ON REFRACTIVE ERROR, AMBLYOPIA, STRABISMUS IN SINGAPOREAN CHINESE PRESCHOOLERS.
we also get to know the procedures and stuff. fun!
that's all with the week!
First week of attachment just ended.
Learnt a number of stuff like some of the more basic machines, experiencing and helping with handling a patient and so on. Some administrative stuff too.
People in SERI, Singapore Eye Research Institute were all very friendly, and they are having a 2 years-once meeting at suntec so they were very busy. it's called ARVO.
In SERI, there's not only one project going on, but 43 projects! and we were in charge in helping out and learning in 1 of the projects.
also, learnt about how they actually bring the patients from their home to SERI to volunteer to help with their study, which is
A STUDY ON REFRACTIVE ERROR, AMBLYOPIA, STRABISMUS IN SINGAPOREAN CHINESE PRESCHOOLERS.
we also get to know the procedures and stuff. fun!
that's all with the week!
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