inspiring tutors

prof loong (neurology, nni)
attended his legendary weekly tutorial today at nni. what can i say. he has taught so many people, including people who are senior consultants today already. everytime i attend his tutorial, i'm always amazed at the way he simplifies things. and neurology is not simple at all! he's like a walking dictionary of neurology.

prof rajendran (anatomy, nus)
he was my first prof and taught me the anatomy of the upper and lower limb. anatomy to me is a very boring subject because it's all about memory. but he was able to explain it in a way that's easy to remember and it actually made sense! and his tips-lecture right before exams were priceless! without them, i probably wouldn't have gotten by anat so easily.

prof biswas (o&g, nuh)
such a nice tutor. when you ask him one question, he'll give you a whole tutorial. even though he was so busy, he made sure we had enough teaching. even if it meant we had to sit at a corner of the clinic near the pantry while he sees us in between patients. he made studying o&g so easy because everything's so practical. the best part was he was my examiner during the end of posting test! i'll never forget how he so kindly help me with the 7-point glucose monitoring part when i was stuck when the other examiner asked me how to monitor diabetes in a pregnant patient. i think he's my favourite tutor of all. his tutorials were always a joy.

dr umapathi (neurology, nni)
he doesn't allow people to take notes during his tutorials so i can't really recall what he taught me during my time at nni but i remember that although his tutorials can last for hours, it's not tiring at all. he was very engaging and made neurology (yes, the boring neuro) exciting!

dr teoh (medicine, nuh)
he's the tutor who taught my cg how to examine patients in the proper way. even up till today, we're still using his method of examination. without his help, i can't imagine how my clinical skills will be like today. not that i'm very good now but i guess it's passable.

there are still many other nice doctors that i met during my clinical years like dr razmi, dr sanjay, dr sujai, dr rao, the whole geriatrics team like dr wong and dr chong. all very willing to teach and so nice to us. my current tutor now is an excellent tutor. although he's quite scary because his expectations are very high, i've learnt a lot from him even though it has only been a week. everytime after a meeting with him i will have the sudden urge to read the entire harrison's so that i can keep up with him.