cower behind his effort

as i stood up from the floor in dr hesham's final revision lecture this morning (the lecture hall was almost packed), farhana patted me and said

"May Allah bless dr hesham!...seriously!"...i smiled and added "Yup! he deserves better than bless!"

Dr Hesham with Rana not me...just after his lecture this morning...:D

(thanx for allowing me to post your picture Rana!)

since early november if am not mistaken, Dr Hesham has been giving us (5th year Qasr el Ainy students) revision pediatrics lecture ...every teusday and thursday at 6.45 a.m. in the morning...yup, that early!...as that was the only time either one of us was free...honestly speaking, i only ever get to beat dr hesham once or twice before his lecture...he was always on time...and towards the second semester, we added another 2 hours in wednesday from 2-4 p.m....

and there was once dr hesham did a straight 4 hr revision for slides just before our peadiatric end round exam, wow!...he was standing the whole 4 hours!

his efforts mesmerized me... it showed me that, being great doesn't come by chance, i cower behind the effort that he's shown...how he worked hard to come as early as 6.45 in the morning and sometimes end his lecture from the groans of students who thought their brain were about to explode from the amount of informations he gave ( i mean to convey that even at his age, he didn't seem to know the meaning of tired compared to us 'syabab') ...no wonder he is a professor...and not only that he is concern in giving us knowledge, dr hesham also taught us about being a good doctor...

his lecture today ended with slides about:-

Qualities of a good Doctor

sense of responsibility

compassion and empathy

professionalism

fount of knowledge

humility

clinical acumen and judgement

communication skills

a good doctor is more than academic excellence, it involves right attitude, aptitude, character, commitment, demeanor and heart of service

- Dr Mohamed Hesham Sayed

*May Allah bless you for your efforts and sincerity more than you deserve...thank you dr.!

* grateful to be given the chance in meeting such awesome people...it is very rare to find such professors willing to give out free lectures as early as dawn and hardworking friends who boost your spirit to search for knowledge...and i found them here in my school, Qasr el Ainy Faculty of Medicine.