004. Videos

I'm thinking I should be more diligent with blogging. Yes? :D

On the second day of the programme, we had the virtual European tour and European market. These two activities aim to give participants an idea and a taste (literally, too) of other participants' culture and background. It's very interesting for me to learn about the different systems in other countries, have a little tour of their hospital and university, and also have a glimpse to some well-known places in their cities. Each video just gets better and better. Some were funny and even impressive. (Kudos to Laura from the Finnish group who had to run in her jogging costume on a snowy beach whilst it was minus something outside!)

After watching the first video, I realised how different we did ours. We had a completely different idea of what we should include in the video and only when we were watching the other videos that I realise just how different. I cannot help but feel dread that we've done it wrong but in the end, what can I do? It's already there. We had recorded the videos in December and only had vague notions of what we should do. By the time clear instructions were given, the video was already in post-production.


I learned that communication is very important. We tried to be on top of our game by doing things earlier but I think it would have helped to asked exactly what was expected of us. My groupmates might've done this but I didn't know. In any case, a little proactivity from my part can only help. Having said that, I could apply this to my clinical practice as well. In the ward, I think that learning comes by being proactive and trying to communicate with the staff and the patients. It wouldn't do well to just stand in a corner and wait for instructions to be given to you as to what you should do.

To end on a much better note, I think our group did quite well in the European Market. I really enjoyed it and every country's food were delicious!