I had a short discussion with Lem over the case of our junior who committed suicide. The conclusion was the whole story is very irrational, as failing as an intern is a very difficult event.
According to the news, our junior LW, had failed 1/2 of the subject during his internship. The fact had indicate that at least 2 head of the departments and chief residents need to summit their report stating that why the intern had failed in the relevant department.
In the past, no matter how bad was the performance, the only failing reason is attitude problem…..LW must had lost in action many times and pissed not only one Chief resident (there are at least 8 chief resident each in Surgery and Medicine) during his work as intern. Intern are responsible for 2-3 charting per day and covering some of the EKG, NG tube, Foley cath insertion....was that so difficult ? intern rotate in group and tends to cover each other in the day time and his attitude problem had reflected to be true as some of the news had reported that he had shown his blade to the night shift nurse when being called to attend patient....
Even though he passed the internship and receive his degree, he could not practice here as a PGY1 as he had not passed his step 1 license examination. The only path for him is to go back to Malaysia and serve as a house officer but would be extended and extended by his Head of department….
Attitude problem is one of the major obstacles during the training of a medical doctor. Think positively, tolerate the pressure and work hard is the key to roll from one posting to another…In the end of the day, some had become worst that than the worst he had met during his training but some would set a standard as a good mentor….
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