so not professional!

I realised that I'm so not professional when it comes to examination!

sigh!

First, it's percussion!

medics usually just percuss twice on their finger. So it goes like this: knock knock. But I unconsciously do 'knock knock knock'. I din realise it until my friend told me, 'eh janice, tak professional la, fy1 kata percuss 2 kali baru professional! (translate: eh Janice, it's not professional! the fy1 doctors said that only percuss twice to look professional!).

not only percussion, there's also another peripheral nervous system examination which I unconsciously revealed my 'unprofessional' side. There is this part where we touch the patient with a cotton wool and a blunt pin and we tell the patient, 'this is sharp and this is soft. now i'm going to do it on your legs and with your eyes closed, can you tell me if it's sharp or soft?'

so when i poked the patient, I poked her twice.

'is this sharp or soft?' (poke poke)

'how about this, is this sharp or soft?' (poke poke)

then my friend commented again. 'Eh, Janice, be professional! Poke once only!'

I dunno since when i started this bad habit of poking people twice or percussing more than twice! not good! Must must must change before OSCE!

I guess it's the same for when some people talk, they put in lots of erm... or so... or *insert repeated words u know of*and some people write blogs with 'haha' or 'hehe' behind almost every sentence even though there's nothing funny about that sentence! Some ppl laugh very loud in a conversation. in my opinion it ultimately reveals that the person is insecure and has low self esteem! damn! I must remind myself of some positive things about myself everyday to boost my confidence!