Many medical students suffer from depression
KUALA LUMPUR: Many Malaysian medical students overseas who take examinations in a foreign language suffer from depression when they return.
Physicians for Peace and Social Responsibility (PPSR) vice-president Datuk Dr Abdul Hamid Abdul Kadir said that large numbers of young Malaysians were being trained in foreign medical schools in Indonesia, Russia, India, Poland, Britain and the Republic of Ireland.
At a forum on Saturday organised by the PPSR, it was highlighted that at least five such houseman are found to suffer from mental illnesses every month.
“These countries have varied systems of medical training and different types of patient care, based on the emphasis of the country. As a result, many of the students who go there undergo a culture shock,” said Dr Abdul Hamid.
“Coming from different universities, backgrounds and experiences, they have difficulty relating and working, especially the weaker students,” he said, adding that there had been a sudden sprouting of many public and private medical schools.
While the schools have increased, however, the number of teaching hospitals have not.
Dr Abdul Hamid said that although there was an increasing demand for doctors, the standards and quality of patient care should not be compromised.
“These are the major concerns which the country’s healthcare and medical educational planners have to constantly bear in mind so that the value systems governing the training of our doctors are never lost sight of in the short term and the long term.”
Bagi mengelakkan hal di atas daripada berlaku kepada bakal-bakal doktor lulusan Jakarta, KUJ menyeru kepada semua pelajar perubatan di Jakarta supaya lebih banyak membaca bahan bacaan tambahan dalam bahasa Inggeris pada waktu lapang.
Kita juga pernah diingatkan oleh MMC dalam perjumpaan bersama wakil dari MMC beberapa bulan yang lalu untuk rajin menyemak semula istilah-istilah perubatan penting dalam bahasa Inggeris kerana ia pasti akan banyak membantu apabila kita pulang berkhidmat di Malaysia.
Teknik mengisi waktu lapang dengan membaca jurnal-jurnal peruabtan terbaru atau menonton drama bersiri perubatan seperti House dan Grey's Anatomy juga terbukti membantu kita membiasakan diri dengan istilah-istilah perubatan bahasa Inggeris yang nanti akan banyak diguna pakai di hospital-hospital di Malaysia (kerana pengajaran ilmu kedokteran di Indonesia menggunakan istilah latin dan bahasa Indonesia).
Hal-hal sebegini walaupun tampak remeh, ia amat penting untuk menambah kepercayaan diri kita masing-masing pelajar apabila pulang berkhidmat di tanah air kelak.
Sebagai tambahan, ia juga berupaya mengelak komplikasi buruk jangka panjang seperti diperlecehkan rakan sekerja, kurang keyakinan diri dan kesan negatif lain apabila kita tidak menguasai istilah perubatan Inggeris yang lazimnya digunakan di hospital-hospital Malaysia.
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