陳炳元 IFMSA-SCOPE (Standing Committee of Professional Exchange)
研習期間:97.07.01~97.07.31 研習學生:醫學院 醫學系 陳炳元 研習地點:以色列 研習類別:IFMSA-SCOPE (Standing Committee of Professional Exchange) Since my official exchange program was for a one-month clerkship in the Chaim Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, Israel, my main focus here will be on my time spent in a general surgery rotation in the largest medical center in Israel. I arrived the Tel Hashomer campus, located about 40 minutes by public bus from downtown Tel Aviv, on 2008/7/1 as initially stipulated in my contract. Finding the hospital was not simple due to bus stop signs only listed in Hebrew. However, a local female soldier (men serve three years; women one year compulsory service in the military) was very helpful and guided me onto the correct bus. Upon arrival in the “medical center”, I was simply overwhelmed at the sheer size of the complex: there were 3 on-site markets, 2 malls, several cafeterias and a full service hotel within the campus, about a 30-minute walk from end-to-end. After about an hour...