At The Top Yet The Bottom Of My World

As some of you may have noticed, this blog no longer runs on the Wordpress engine. It now runs on Movable Type, which is the blog engine/system that I used when I first started blogging in 2003, after Xanga (which is horrible, or rather, was horrible back then, I’ve never tried it since). While Wordpress is good I just thought I’d try MT again, and so far, I’m liking it.

However, there are some changes to the commenting system, which is part of Movable Type’s effort to combat spam. Some of you may have noticed that when this blog was powered by Wordpress, it had an extraordinary amount of spam, which persisted even though I updated Wordpress and its plugins.

MT’s effort to combat spam basically requires users to sign in before they can comment. Now, I know, Wordpress also offered the ability to make users sign in, but the users had to be a member of the site itself, which made things troublesome for me. MT on the other hand, has a more novel approach. It allows users to sign in using their pre-existing accounts at the following sites:
OpenID
LiveJournal
Vox
TypePad
Yahoo!
AIM
Wordpress.com
Google

So, instead of having to register at yet another site to comment, just sign in with one of the above services, and you’re ready to go.

And don’t worry, I have no way of keeping a record of your password or anything of the sort. Everything is handled on the systems of the above services. This site is just a pretty face.

2 days left. Less than 2 days to be more specific, before I begin my internship. On Monday, the 30th of March 2009, I’ll no longer be the medical student standing in the corner trying to remain inconspicuous, instead, I will the intern/resident next to the registrars and consultants.

And this time around, whatever I do will matter. Not only to me, but to the patient, and the other more senior doctors.

Strange thing is, I feel no different. I still feel like a medical student at this point. I suppose it will change this Monday. I will be the one ordering the tests (based on the consultants/registrars suggestions/orders), and following up the test results, among other things. Not only because I am interested in the results, but because its now my Job. Yes, this time, I’m getting paid for it!

Problem with that is, of course, I hold significant responsibility now. Medical students are responsible to no one but the school and themselves, as long as they do not do something that a proper doctor has yet to authorize them to do. As an intern, I hold the normal responsibility as that of, well, a doctor, mainly because now I AM a doctor. Luckily, I have the safety nets of the registrars and consultants if I do not know something.

Still, I find it a bit scary. I just hope I don’t screw it up. Oh, I know its unlikely I’ll kill a patient with the safety nets mentioned above (as long as I use them!), but at this point I’m more scared about forgetting or screwing up the basic things like fluids, drug charts, and ward notes. And of course the more serious stuff like a patient with sepsis, shock, etc.

This may change as the 30th rolls around. I hope it does, for the better.

With all that said, I’m still optimistic. I’ll be having a great time, I’m sure.

Just changed my blog from running on Wordpress to Movable Type.

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Welcome to my new blog powered by Movable Type. This is the first post on my blog and was created for me automatically when I finished the installation process. But that is ok, because I will soon be creating posts of my own!

@JulzM It’s too nice a day to go ripping out kitchens lol.

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@JulzM Why are you ripping out your kitchen? O.o

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Last weekend before work starts. :O

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Listening to @noagenda and realising @therealdvorak and @adamcurry have no idea what preventive care in medicine is.

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Good morning twitterverse.
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@andrewsayer A little late, but Happy Birthday!!!

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