After the first day of my training in National University Hospital (NUH) Singapore, I have found out that there are five of my deficiencies in doing leukemia cytogenetics.
1. Basic Knowledge
Firstly, I am lacking of basic knowledge about leukemia as well as cytogenetics. When listening to the explanation of one of the staffs in NUH, I found out that I cannot fully understand what she was talking about. There are a lot of things that I never heard before.
2. Analysis Skill
The second deficiency is I still do not have the ability to analyze the chromosome yet. As what you know, we have to analyze the result after we have done the cytogenetics test. However, I have not mastered the analyzing skill yet. Without the analyzing skill, I could not identify the chromosomal abnormality even though I manage to get a good result.
3. Equipments and Materials
Besides, not all the equipments and materials that are necessary for the bone marrow cytogenetics analysis are available in my laboratory in University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC). I have to spend a lot of money to buy the new equipments and materials for doing the leukemia cytogenetics. Most of these equipments and materials are very expensive.
4. Experience
This is my major deficiency in doing leukemia cytogenetics. I am lacking of experience. For doing leukemia cytogenetics, experience is essential. Sometimes, it depends to our experience when analyzing the chromosomes. Without the experience, it is too difficult for me to do everything alone without any guidance.
5. Time
Last but not least, I am lacking of time now. I just have another 4 days time to learn everything in NUH. After that, I have to start the research on bone marrow cytogenetics analysis in UMMC. Is it an impossible task for me? I hope that I can go through it smoothly.
Thus, there are a lot of things that I need to do to improve myself. I have been given some reading materials about the hematology malignancy. I have to read through it as soon as possible. That’s all for today blog post. Thanks for visiting Cytogenetics Cancer Research blog!
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mimi jiayou!!!
I can imagine it would have been difficult getting everything you could out of the time and resource available. You are very right – experience is a huge factor and there is not much you can do about this. See if you can find some doctors or scientists that you can work along side of while your studying. This way you can grab on their experience as much as possible. All the best moving forward.