Tuesday 19 February 2013

Take a break....learn something new!

There are times when we feel things have slowed down & we are in need of motivation.
There are times when you reach a goal you set for yourself & then suddenly realize what next...

The next step could be improve on what we did or learn something new.....

Improving is an or should be an ongoing process as medicine is ever evolving ....

Learning something new is daunting or as some will put it challenging.......It's like this infant who is in a swimming pool with others around her swimming.She is seriously observing & thinking when will I swim?
Only when she is trained & finally thrown in the pool-she will swim!

I have recently taken some new lessons which I would like to share..

I become a life member of Society for regenerative medicine & tissue engineering.I went & sat in their 9th Annual conference at Bangalore recently.And  among all those research scientists ..I felt I am doing nothing worthwhile.I am only the end user..of somebodies hard work.There were talks mainly on Stem cell research as well as advances in regenerative medicine.

So inspiring ...though i have to start right from the beginning...i felt like that child in picture sitting comfortably on a floater BUT eagerly wanting to learn more & swim.
Its a long process ..involves lots of reading.Its like going back to school.But that's the future, so we have to get involved.Lots of work is done in stem cell on skin tissue,etc.However for sensory organs like of hearing still scientists are understanding the mechanics & finding way to go ahead.
I would specially like to thank one of the scientists -Dr Joshua Peter ,who recently joined our hospital & inspired me to learn more.

As regarding improving on we already know & expand our horizons by further training.The conference organised by Dr Meghanath at Hyderabad on Mastering the techniques of sinus surgery did exactly that!.The masters gathered at the meet were Prof PJ Wormald (Australia),Prof Graham Scott (USA),Prof Sethi (Singapore) & our own Indian Masters.Watching these masters operate was a treat..Prof Wormald showed great interest in teaching us.His idea of "building blocks" for understanding sinus anatomy & drainage pathways made things so simple.
There you see "building blocks"...again.

Its the child in us who should be eager to learn....there is so much to learn & motivate yourself.
Then you will be bubbly again!

Trust real doctors sitting in front of you, not internet....

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