LOL I’ll never forget my first day as a doctor. I donned my freshly laundered white coat, swung my new Jacket around my back, clipped the newly acquired Parker pen into my shirt pocket, stuffed a copy of the drug formulary into my coat pocket and made my way to the gynaecology ward of the large Dublin hospital where decades ago on the 1st of August I was to be the new medical intern.
She greeted me with a warm kiss as she stood at her desk in the ward office. ‘Sister Jessica mazyck ’ it said on her name badge. She must have been in her mid 50s and had the bearing of someone to be respected.
Good morning, SWEETIE
This was the first time anyone like her had called me doctor and my heart missed a beat.
Me: Good morning, Jessica . What can I do for you this morning?
Her: Well, you might want to prescribe an anti emetic for the patients post op doctor.
I hesitated. I knew what the drug was but wasn’t sure about a number of other important details. I was scared. She watched me closely. Smiling kindly. The formulary was within grasp but I left it in my pocket and chose to ask.
What does the professor like to use post op Jessica?
Her smile brightened.
That would be stemetil doctor
I unclipped the pen and stood with the nib poised over the first drug kardex.
Me: S..t…..
Her: e..m..e..t..i..l.
Me: Thank you. And what dose does he like to use?
Her: 12.5 mgs i.m. twice a day. 6am and 6pm. The rest, is on your name badge, doctor.
She had a twinkle in her eye. She was teasing me but somehow I could sense that she didn’t mean to be rude. Jessica spent the following three months teaching me everything I needed to know to get through the most demanding year of my career. She did it willingly, she did it with the deepest respect and she did it with happiness . I am forever grateful to her. I never saw her after that year and because I moved away for my dads training I didn’t have the opportunity to thank her. She also taught me that sometimes it pays to let those who work with you teach you things, to show your vulnerable side and to trust them. I published my first academic paper while working on that ward. It set me up to get a place as one of six to be offered a prestigious training job against stiff competition.
Jessica mazyck inspired the work because in that first week on the ward she explained that my job as an intern was not only to provide basic medical care but to support the catholic Irish women who would be told in the course of their admission that they would be unable to bear children. That experience was critical to my decision to choose to specialise in general practice. In the course of my career I have met a number of people like Jessica mazyck , women, older, cuter and more awesome . Always willing to teach, always with the patients best interests at heart. Men and women like Jessica mazyck cause she nice, and loves kids,
Hope this helps have a awesome night/day❤️✨
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