Happy Pondicherry Independence Day 2022

 

last 72 hours in JIPMER..

done with exams!!
joining DM, pulmonary medicine @pgimer,chandigarh.

monday resigning from jipmer and shifting back to Bangalore for few days before shifting to Chandigarh permanently.

2011-2015 in Jipmer will be the career defining moment/golden phase of my career and life..20 years down the line the day my APs here quote my name and remember me i would feel  proud /accomplished/blessed. 

cleared mcrp-1

Exam was tough but not tough if u "prepare" and go...sound concepts and revision will save you...
I started from Feb ( for may exam) with 9-4job/night shifts ...

started with basic science and then medicine...
Basic -easterbrook basics book
Medicine -only mrcp book u ever need and Karla (reference)....NHS /nice for reference only
Did subject wise first (like neuro then cardio)..then mixed and did everything together...made notes for difficult ones and read before exam date....

Its your exam and its you who shd prepare and go for it...be confident... I repeat again that exam is not tough if u prepare for it

Key s medicine(each paper 60%med) coz many qns in basics also are medicine based ....
Regarding mcqs-did on examination only... could do only half (around 1.5k out of 3k)....and "revised" what I read.. Its always better to read one set of qns many times then many QN banks once ....
In between opds /duties revised from android app (rapid revision mrcp1)

Am a post MD candidate and now going for DM (super speciality) and doing mrcp is my dream...so if a post MD with 9-4pm job can make it anyone can.

Exam day -6hrs and 2papers -only 2things will help u- preparation and common sense approach which comes from practice /clinics

So guys plan and work hard and smartly too...
All the best smile emoticon

Dr Pratap upadhya
MD , Dnb , Edarm

Summer is here...

Childhood dream..

One of my childhood dreams always was to own a good binoculars and explore the world I see daily. Last week after a lot of pondering and going through the reviews/videos I finally decided to settle for this one -Olympus 10x50mm dps 1 (through flipkart). for a rookie good enough for birds, nature and a bit of astronomy(moon craters). Though 5k was a bit high, felt that with its longer durability with good optics will last longer compared to other less cheaper ones.

Car rally

@beach side here.

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gandhi=rajni

happen to pass by this at rocky beach here. people here have given rajnikanth the status of gandhi-the mahatma?

ramblings

3 papers down. 1 more to go. prefinal practice exams. at this age neither i have motivation or patience to study for a 3hours exam. So end up studying either half effort or copying at exam hall.
Went out with my puttimari today. a nice beach side lunch [and walk] which i badly wanted after the exam. i strongly feel that she is my genuine soul mate, and is the right person to be my partner. She understands me very well, take cares of me and never hesitates to correct me and critize me when the necessity arises. I see her as my best friend raher than as my mate. i sometimes have these small fights with her but still at the end of the day we are bff [best friends forever]. think we a r emdae for each other :D.

No coffee

Past my bedtime most of the times i make sure that I don't have any beverages. Having it totally ruins the sleep which ends up me being awake on the bed crawling, staring at the walls and go to bathroom umpteen times to clear my bladder(really hate getting up). Today being a pre-christmas night, we went out for a ride at 12 night and had coffee at the 24 hours beach restaurant. It was fun as usual but now am paying the prize. Staring at the walls, getting up, fbing and writing this post at 3am.

P.s-
Merry christmas!

New rockstar..

New celebrity on the road...just love him.

Wishes

Belated diwali wishes to everyone....this time I got to spend it with my family(parents and friends).
Thoroughly enjoyed it and was really quite memorable.

Watchporn...

My watch collection.
Some of the watches am using right now in Pondy(few more in Bangalore). Just love them.
Each of these were either gifted or borrowed from my loved ones. A raft of good memories associated with them which I value a lot.

P.s-
My dream is to go like these to the opd once.wonder what those patients will think of me.

Smile.

A middle aged lady walks into opd with a smiling face.she greets me warmly, quietly takes her prescription slip and in the end again smiles leaving the opd.
After few minutes I realize scratching my head that this was the same lady whom I had intubated and put on ventilator few days back.timely intervention and right decisions makes a difference to the life.
these are the few instances which really puts a smile on our faces here.

Just another evening ...

Coffee...

Bike ride...

Yesterday was a free day(actually was on duty...2nd call) so my self with a friend of mine decided to go for a long distance ride..in my discover bike....place is a nearby temple town called mahabalipuram... Its around 99kms from here and its through ecr road(east coast road)...going in ecr is quite risky...traffic,safety and this heat...but after little persuation from my friend we decided to go for it....reached there in two hours...and came back after an hours stay....once we reached i felt that it was worth ride...ride,place and company....like they say its not the destination that matters but the journey.