I am doctor Mohammed Sanwar Hussain.,I am student of 2011 autumn ,I graduated from Taishan Medical University in 2017 ,now name changed to Shandong First Medical University .
As a young University freshman, I had grand delusions of what life would be, life after graduation.I imagined a beautiful life for myself, a life with a Wife, living in my own apartment or starter home with the white picket fence, driving my new car to my new fabulous job. I imagined a world of freedom. A world without assignment,viva and tests and papers and professors telling me where to be and when to be there.
As I settled into my class routine and the assignments began to pile up that first semester, I found myself pining for the freedom I believed that would await me the day I threw that black cap in the air(graduation).So we began to prepare for that fated day. We took all the right classes and joined different activities and completed internships and beefed up our resumes. We devoted our time and energy to perfecting our scores and our professors stood in front of the whiteboard and begged us to slow down.They smiled sadly when we said we longed to graduate. “You’re going to miss it,” they said, and we didn’t believe them.
As I settled into my class routine and the assignments began to pile up that first semester, I found myself pining for the freedom I believed that would await me the day I threw that black cap in the air(graduation).So we began to prepare for that fated day. We took all the right classes and joined different activities and completed internships and beefed up our resumes. We devoted our time and energy to perfecting our scores and our professors stood in front of the whiteboard and begged us to slow down.They smiled sadly when we said we longed to graduate. “You’re going to miss it,” they said, and we didn’t believe them.
And so we walked down the lake next to the school street one final time on 7th november 2017.A very cold day morning while the sun was peeping at us and smiling at us for one last time at Taian.when We left our quiet, idyllic campuses , we were shoved, rather abruptly and unceremoniously into a world.
After the immediate joy of graduation wears off the reality that you have in mind is BMDC,PMDC,PLAB,GMC, postgraduation( FCPS,MS,MRCS,MRCP) and loans to pay and that it was now time to find a job hits hard.Because the truth is, there are some things that no one bothers to tell you about life after graduation.It’s really hard.I spent most of the first few months , and If I’m being completely honest, the first year after graduation as a tearful, anxious mess.when you’re starting out, it’s really hard to find a job. And not just a job in your field, but any job. You lack skills and experience. You don’t really know how to write a cover letter or interview. These are skills you can only learn by practicing them in the real world.I had to wait till April 2018 to sit for my license exam and further 4 months to get permission from government to work. Trust me soon your heart will sooth as you join a good job.And it’s perfectly okay to struggle for a while.
You get used to your new life outside of school. You stop hating someone or stop being so angry. You revalue your education and the experiences you had as a student.I miss my days in Taishan Medical University, starting from the very first semester as class monitor and ending as being the students union Leader till I left the campus. Those days were golden days for me. Those things taught me how to be strong in difficult situation,how to lead from front as leader and how to be compassionate in someone need.
Currently I am working in a very complex situation at the worlds largest refugee camp(Rohingya) as COVID rapid response and investigation team coordinator assigned by WHO & Ministry of Health.At the same time I am also working as Medical officer and treating the refugees.while Fighting the dual of COVID and refugee crisis face to face.I miss my family a lot as I have stayed away from them after I started working in COVID team from june 2020.But I also feel proud that being doctor I could help others in their need while the whole country is in lockdown.
At last,I must thank my family,classmates,teachers and friends who helped me always .My simple advise to those now in university please study and study there is no alternative to it.Others can betray you but not your knowledge.
