To train at a public or private hospital?
Jan 22, 2008 Education, Life, Medicine
One of our juniors asked which is better for training or internship, private or public hospital? And this question has been in my head also since the start of our post-graduate internship application.
I have been exposed to both private and public hospitals during our clerkship. I am now at the ancillary department so I am already out of hospital duties (yehey!).
To answer the question, I had to ask these things to myself:
1. Do I prefer toxic or benign duties? Read the rest of this entry »
Public hospitals cater for the common people so it is expected that you’ll have toxic duties. But in return, you are exposed to more learning: you get to encounter several cases, including the rare ones. On the other hand, private hospitals are expectedly benign, well except maybe for some selected large hospitals.
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