CLINICAL ROTATIONS
LESSONS FROM DR KIBE: MAKING THE BEST OF YOUR CLINICAL ROTATIONS
By Suleiman Ndoro Jnr (Dr Audi)
The Reproductive Health Department was where I was doing my first clinical rotations when we were relocated to Murang’a Tier 3 Hospital for our fourth and final year. I had not loved my previous rotation at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital when I was in third year but all changed when I met Dr Kibe, who was a resident at the RH department in Murang’a Tier 3 Hospital.
He is a slim short guy and fair in complexion with a killer brain and lethal intelligence. He is always a smart guy from dressing to his talking who is loved and is free with everyone. Despite being Dr Mburu’s favorite student who was his fellow resident, I really envied and loved Dr Kibe.
I really enjoyed when he was present in the ward rounds. He really inspired me and made me love obstetrics and gynecology even more. I was even in a dilemma on whether to specialize in Reproductive Health or Family health that I wanted before I knew him.
Here are the lessons I learnt from him:
1. Know your patients: Dr Kibe always knew his patients. He would call the patients he had done operation on even many days later with their names and the conditions they presented with. This left me bewildered as I could not even remember the name of the patient I had clerked after the rounds were over.
2. Be proactive: He always wanted us to participate in his classes and ward rounds. He yearned to see us questions about everything that was going on in the department from vaginal examinations to emergency laparotomies in the theatre.
3. Be willing to learn: Dr Kibe would really be disappointed when he came to your bed and found that you had not clerked that patient. At one time, he threatened to chase those who had no histories but his kindness betrayed him.
4. Be smart: Dr Kibe was always smartly dressed from the vertex to his plantar surfaces. You are addressed by how you dress and that is why he was always free and taking to everyone. He was not only smart in his dressing but also in his work. His medical notes were well written in the patients’ files and his wounds were neatly stitched and dressed.
5. Be kind with your knowledge: The CEO of MeTL Mohammed Dewji once said, “No billionaire has ever become poor by helping the needy.” You can never become a fool by sharing knowledge and skills. Dr Kibe was always very kind and ready to help with anything he knew no matter how little it was. At one moment, I had finished presenting my history to him and other medical officers and students in gynecology ward which everyone said it was perfect and I had already gone to the next ward which was the antenatal ward. He had noticed some small mistake in my history and he sent a student to call me from the antenatal ward. When I thought I was going to be given a present for presenting a good history, he called me, corrected my mistake and showed me the correct thing.
LESSONS FROM DR KIBE: MAKING THE BEST OF YOUR CLINICAL ROTATIONS
By Suleiman Ndoro Jnr (Dr Audi)
He is a slim short guy and fair in complexion with a killer brain and lethal intelligence. He is always a smart guy from dressing to his talking who is loved and is free with everyone. Despite being Dr Mburu’s favorite student who was his fellow resident, I really envied and loved Dr Kibe.
I really enjoyed when he was present in the ward rounds. He really inspired me and made me love obstetrics and gynecology even more. I was even in a dilemma on whether to specialize in Reproductive Health or Family health that I wanted before I knew him.
Here are the lessons I learnt from him:
1. Know your patients: Dr Kibe always knew his patients. He would call the patients he had done operation on even many days later with their names and the conditions they presented with. This left me bewildered as I could not even remember the name of the patient I had clerked after the rounds were over.
2. Be proactive: He always wanted us to participate in his classes and ward rounds. He yearned to see us questions about everything that was going on in the department from vaginal examinations to emergency laparotomies in the theatre.
3. Be willing to learn: Dr Kibe would really be disappointed when he came to your bed and found that you had not clerked that patient. At one time, he threatened to chase those who had no histories but his kindness betrayed him.
4. Be smart: Dr Kibe was always smartly dressed from the vertex to his plantar surfaces. You are addressed by how you dress and that is why he was always free and taking to everyone. He was not only smart in his dressing but also in his work. His medical notes were well written in the patients’ files and his wounds were neatly stitched and dressed.
5. Be kind with your knowledge: The CEO of MeTL Mohammed Dewji once said, “No billionaire has ever become poor by helping the needy.” You can never become a fool by sharing knowledge and skills. Dr Kibe was always very kind and ready to help with anything he knew no matter how little it was. At one moment, I had finished presenting my history to him and other medical officers and students in gynecology ward which everyone said it was perfect and I had already gone to the next ward which was the antenatal ward. He had noticed some small mistake in my history and he sent a student to call me from the antenatal ward. When I thought I was going to be given a present for presenting a good history, he called me, corrected my mistake and showed me the correct thing.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Suleiman Ndoro Jnr aka Dr Audi is a medical and motivational author. He is a graduate of BSC Clinical Medicine from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology (JKUAT). He is also the Founder & CEO of Medwax Corporation Africa Ltd-a medical and healthcare related corporation. Click the link below to read more about his story and Medwax Publishers at large.
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