These four friends from the student community have kept in touch with Anna and myself for over three years now. After they finished their final year examination, I invited them for a pre-internship experience to prepare for a life-centred learning pursuit during the year of internship.
During the month of June, they have been involved in doing many creative things in the department to make it more child friendly and homely, apart from being with children and families during the clinical work.
One of the things I offered to do during this period is to reflect on life, living and learning so that the one year of internship becomes a meaningful transition period from student life to working life. Our conversations covered an array of themes of life and the focus was on learning from life experiences and taking time to learn from them.
An intern's life is often hurried and its rhythm and routines are determined by hosts of others who supervise their work. And yet, there is a personal responsibility to allow the year of internship to become instructional and inspirational.
At the end of one month, all of them wanted to extend their time for a few more weeks till their results are announced!
It was a learning experience for me because it gave me an opportunity to enter into the world of younger people who are about to begin their medical career!
Learning from Life is to affirm life and the mystery of it!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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