Audit meeting

Last week, i was told to prepare an audit of hepatitis c treatment as there would be an audit meeting this morning. i have promised dr ch'ng when he first mentioned to me, so he asked to see the specialist nurse that looking after the hep c patients to obtain the relevant data. after talking to the specialist nurse, i knew that she was not in her office on wednesday and i decided to use her computer in her office to do my audit. i went through the patients' details, their hep c genotypes, their response towards treatment... it took me 2hours to sort things out... finally i have completed the audit and i saved a copy into the computer.
however, yesterday, after attending a paediatrics teaching during lunch break. i received a call from dr ch'ng saying that i would have to present the audit that i have done... okie... he asid that this would be a very good training for me. i know his intention and without hesitating, i just said yes. coz it wouldnt be very difficult if i was just going to report on my findings from the audit. i went to his office after that as he would like to do the power point presentation with me. i sat in his office, looking at him opening different folders, different files, cut and paste, and within 1hr. the power point was done. but it was far more than what i was expecting...
the title of my presentation was " management of hepatitis c".. hang on a sec... i ddint know exactly what treatment to use, as far as i am concern, the duration of treatment varies upon individual, the prognosis varies upon individual as well. the only thing i knew was the outcome of the treatment, i knew how many patients was completely cured from hep c as i was the one who did the audit. the power point that he made was full of graph, pie charts, tables, flow charts, and not many of words... of course, he put in the data of my audit. i got two copies of the clinical guidelines from him and i was planning to read through to prepare my speech for my presentation.
last night, i went through the presentation once to get a rough idea on the slides and the flow of it. next i started to prepare my speech by reading through the guidelines and trying to fit the relevant content into my speech. there were 15 slides and i was given 10minutes to talk on it. i came out with my own draft and started to speak in front of my laptop as if i was presenting. my main problems were i couldnt speak fluently, and i wasnt confident in what i was presenting as i wasnt the one who did the power point. i spent 2 hr at night to get it done until i was confident enough with my presentation. i was afraid to let dr ch'ng down as he provided me a very good opportunity.
this morning, i was told that i am the second presenter. i couldnt pay attention to the first presenter at all ( sorry ya, senthil). i was having palpitation and i tought i might have tachycardia as well. i palpated my pulse rate, it was 66bpm, it was normal actually. towards the end of senthil's presentation. i was asked to get to the front to prepare my presentation.
i stood up and clicked on the mouse, looking at the audience (only ~10ppl), started on with introducing myself. next, i moved on to describing a brief history of hep c infection, and methods of diagnosing hep c. then, i went through the needs of treatment, types of treatment, and duration of treatment. finally, here comes my audit, the outcome of the 16weeks therapy on 20patients. ( the conventional way was a 24weeks treatment) From the audit, it has shown that 11patients were completely eradicated the virus from their body, 7 of them still awaiting for the results and 2 of them didnt turn up for blood test after treatment. "...In conclusion, 16weeks treatment was as effective as 24weeks treatment. Thank you." that's the end of my presentation.
phew~ finally it's over. at the end of the audit meeting, i was invited to review the meeting with other presenters. dr ch'ng pointed out my weakness which was lack of knowledge. i knew that by heart as i couldnt answer the questions proposed by a consultant. but the other presenters were praising me that i was doing very well. (+_+) but i knew it wasnt a very outstanding presentation.
thanks to dr ch'ng for giving me this opportunity and preparing the power point for me.
thanks to mdm yeoh, my primary school english teacher who trained me for choral speaking for one year. ( as a result, i get to learn correct pronunciations)
thanks to pn tee who trained me for chinese public speaking in my secondary school. ( as a result, i get to develop my courage and overcome stage fright)
thanks to imu that trained me to do a lot pbls. (this presentation was just like doing another pbl)
thanks to ling min who gave me support and opinions.
thanks to myself that i did not add in manglish which i was so used to it.
bye bye to all the "em..., ~la...., ya...., ~ma..., ~wor...."