MEDMENTORS

CULTIVATE GODLY, HEALTHY AND POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS Godly, healthy and positive relationships are basically relationships that move you forward in every aspect of life. They are value adding relationships which help to bring out the best in each party involved in the relationship. They are relationships which are not built on immediate one time benefits but rather on long term increase and productivity. They are relationships where boundaries are not dismissed but are rather celebrated. Relationships where God is the founder and pillar of the relationship and where truth is embraced no matter how bitter it may sound. These relationships stand the test of time and are very strategic in our preparation for the future. They help in building in us the right attitude and character for the journey ahead of us. They are important in improving our day to day decision making and lifestyle. Proverbs 27:17 says, ‘Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend’. Also, it

HANDLING FAILURE ( IN MEDICAL SCHOOL) Failure!!! I think about that word and i wonder, what is failure? What is the yadstick for its measurement? Sometimes failure can be a relative term because what might mean failure to one person might be good ground to another. But every organization has its definition for failure and so do medical schools. In medical school, it is anything below the 50mark. There's really nothing new under the sun, people have failed before, people are failing now and people would still fail in the future, thats just the order of things, its like when Jesus said "you'd always have the poor among you" it wasn't a curse, it was a statement of truth. But does anyone desire to fail? well I dont think any rational person does, do you? So that establishes failure as an undesirable event. Let me tell my story.. In pre-clinical school I was doing pretty well I passed all my incourses except one (neurophysiology) and most of my scores were abo