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This post is about my post-graduation\/pre-housejob experience and how I was able to keep myself busy all those long months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I sat for (and passed!) my final professional examinations in medical school in April 2018. As with many other students, both medical and otherwise, it was such a relief to FINALLY be done with school – all the late night reading, exams and waiting anxiously for results to come out. Even though a lot of older colleagues will always say things like \u201cjust the beginning\u201d, \u201creading never ends\u201d and all the other similar stuff, at that moment, it was just enough to know that I was done with that phase and could move on to other things in life. I was finally free to do whatever, whenever. It was bliss.
This bliss lasted all of a couple of weeks before it turned to boredom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d like to state here how fleeting the happiness achievements bring can be. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I totally dig having achieving your goals and ticking stuff off your year plan\/bucket-list. However, we can all admit that the \u2018high\u2019 we get from achieving these goals, never lasts forever. This is what motivates us to do more and exceed our set target. It is the reason why after becoming a medical doctor, you want to become a resident then a consultant (and the equivalent in other professions), and even at that level you still want to be more. This goes to show that attaching your happiness to a particular achievement, although it could be a great motivation, can be harmful in the long run. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My days became routine-like, with nothing significant to fill them up and I just couldn\u2019t wait to be inducted and start my housemanship year. As the boredom set in, I tried to find some productive things to fill my days with. I had foreseen this turn of events and had a number of things planned to occupy myself in my enforced free time. Although I didn\u2019t get to do all, I was able to do a few which kept me occupied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my pen-ultimate year as an undergraduate, I had to conduct a research as part of the requirements for graduating. I got to present my research findings at local and international conferences, although I eventually didn\u2019t get to publish it in a journal. I found that I enjoyed the process to an extent and didn\u2019t find it as difficult as some of my classmates. So prior to writing my final exams, I reached out to a colleague who was into research and asked if I could learn more under him and he accepted. I also took an online course on Cousera<\/a> and got my certificate for free (I applied for a waiver and got it!). I learnt quite a lot this period (and also made some money) and I was glad I took that step. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While still learning more about research, I reached out to one of my consultants who had mentioned while I was still in his unit as a medical student that he would need research assistants for a project he was working on so I got involved in that too. This was a bit tasking because it involved data collection (which is one of the most tedious aspects of carrying out a research) but I carried on with it because I didn’t have so much else doing, plus I was earning from it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All this while, I was chilling on LUTH to release their houseofficers\u2019 list while also attending interviews and looking out for other openings. There was always news that the list of successful candidates will be pasted \u2018soon\u2019 \u2013 this soon could be \u201cthe end of the week\u201d, \u201cin 2 weeks\u2019 time\u201d and so on but that list still never came at the stated time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last major activity I got involved in prior to starting my housejob was a promotional campaign where I was the team medical doctor, offering basic check-ups and medical advice. The campaign required travelling with a team of about 6 other people, including one nurse, to 7 South-Western Nigerian cities \u2013 Akure, Ado-Ekiti, Oshogbo, Ile-Ife, Ilorin, Offa and Ibadan – within a period of 4 weeks. It seemed like fun but I also had some reservations because I could get called by LUTH at any time and will need to resume in like 2 weeks and being so far away from Lagos then wouldn\u2019t be a good idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n