Ripetere!

-Ketika menulis post ini, penulis tersenyum lebar mengenangkan pengalaman yang diperolehi siang tadi-

Setelah tamat kelas revision Histology, Sue ajak aku dan Sakinah jumpa Dr. Hany Shawky bagi membuat presentation untuk assignment Anatomy. Masuk je ke dalam bilik doktor, hadir rasa cuak dalam diri, memandangkan tak bersedia apa-apa. Entah ingat atau tak slide yang dah dibuat. Time kami masuk, doktor tengah check slide kumpulan Ayu. Next, kumpulan Yat. Lepas tu baru kami. Ahli kumpulan kami tak cukup, lagi menambahkan kecuakan.

Pujian demi pujian diberikan oleh Dr. Hany kepada kumpulan Ayu. Aku, Sue dan Sakinah saling berpandangan sambil tersenyum cemas. Sebelum beredar, Ayu sempat bertanya kepada doktor "Doctor, how do you memorize all these?". God, I love you Ayu for asking such question. Sebabnya, jawapan yang doktor bagi sangat membantu kami semua.

Dr. Hany yang sedang menghadap notebooknya berhenti menaip dan menanggalkan cermin matanya dengan perlahan. "If you have to teach Anatomy for 30 years, I guess it won't be a problem for you," katanya sebagai mukaddimah sambil tersenyum melihat kami yang tercengang. Kemudian beliau menyambung "Anatomy needs repetition". "Forgetting is normal, you know. If you read it today, it's normal that you'll forget it tomorrow. You are normal human beings," kata beliau sambil tersenyum.

"Nobody who graduated from a medical school remember everything. When you become a doctor, those experiences diagnosing, dealing with patients, are going to help you memorize everything. Not even someone from Harvard is going to remember exactly everything when he graduated," beliau menyambung dengan nada memberi harapan kepada kami. 

"Anatomy is like driving a car. On your first day driving, you are busy looking at the gear that you forget to press the break. But after several time driving, you can chat with your friend beside you while driving. The same goes to me. I teach Anatomy like driving a car like an expert now," tambahnya dengan nada sedikit bangga. Kami ketawa. Doktor memang pandai buat lawak.

"To me, it's like pressing a button labelled 'Upper Limb', then every details come out easily. Don't compare yourself with me," kata beliau sebagai penutup. Kami pun tersenyum lega, mendapat kata-kata semangat daripada doktor.

Tak perlu risau risau kalau lupa. The key is -----> REPETITION.

Teringat ungkapan yang tertulis kat buku teks sejarah "Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it". Ungkapan ni boleh bagi 2 maksud yang berbeza. So, choose the other one :).

Experiences are going to help us soon!

Lets aim to be great doctors you guys! Happy revising & memorizing! :)



p/s: how could spring be so hot??