The GRAND Case Presentation

After a long hard work, at last, our grand case presentation is over. I was a bit worried about it the night before that I sleep about three in the morning (and must wake up at 5 am) because I remembered the last time that we had a case presentation. I cried in front of everybody. Haha, it was so embarrassing actually.

My part was PATHOPHYSIOLOGY. I was the one who explained the process of an illness. To my confusion back then, I don’t know what I will explain. The choices are Preeclampsia, Cephalopelvic Disproportion and to add up, Cesarean Section. I knew back then that CS was out of the question because it was a surgical procedure. I did diagrams for the three cases. Because a grand case presentation is a group requirement, I didn’t object that they choose to present CS even though it was wrong.

And now the drama. There are four critics assigned to us. In the room, there were three groups to present. And to our bad luck, we’re the first one to present. I called it FIRST BLOOD. Because of lack of time and guidance, our presentation was a mess. In my part, because CS is not a pathophysiology, I took numerous critiques. I also took some harshness from Professor M, one of the critics. When he was the one who’s talking, I got scared because little by little, his voice was getting louder and louder. Little by little, his eyes were really opening wide and I think that his eyeballs may pop out into its sockets anytime. It was then that tears started to fall down. I’m really such a CRYBABY! Then, when he saw me crying, he asked with his eyebrow arched, “Why are you crying? Is it because you really worked hard on this?”. The funny thing was I answered “No sir, I was just shocked”. I thought to myself that “you need not to shout on me to get your point”. Even though there is someone as harsh as Prof M, at least the rest of them were kind enough to correct us calmly. One of them is Professor C.

I think we are lucky that we have Prof C again as our panel. We’re also lucky we aren’t “first blood”. Revision and a comprehensive exam, that is what we must finish and we’re ready to advance to the next year level, OUR LAST YEAR.