Bună ziua! My name is Lidya Cendra Mulyani from Universitas Pelita Harapan (UPH). July 2018 is an unforgettable moment in my life. I got a chance to go to Romania as an exchange student! When I know that I got Romania the first things I checked is the Project! For me, the most important from this exchange was the Project! I checked IFMSA website for the project list almost every day until I am finally able to decide on my first, second and third desire project.
I Finally got the Acceptance Letter. As it turns out, I got accepted in my first project choice. My project title is “The differences that standard intra-operative monitoring offers and what Adequacy of Anesthesia monitoring adds.” This project is a Clinical Project without Lab Work. I work at Spitalul Clinic Județean de Urgență Timișoara in Anesthesiology Department. My daily activities including observing the operation (we only choose the surgery that used the general anesthesia) then take the data about the entropy, the duration of the surgery, what medication is used during the surgery, and everything that happens in the surgery like if there’s hypotension, bradycardia, hypovolemic shock, etc. I recorded everything for every 15 minutes until the operation ended and the patient is awake. After the data was compiled, I input the result into the computer.
Every year, Romania holds the social program as a National Trips! So we do the social program together with all the incomings in Romania! It’s amazing, how you can meet people from all over the world! They held the national trips twice the Sibiu trip and the Brașov trip, but we also visited the cities near there like Arad, Alba Iulia, Sinaia, Sighișoara and Cluj-Napoca.
The thing that I love the most about Romania is the people! I couldn’t ask for a better companion. I met Anita, the coolest LEO, Nicole a Brazilian girl who loves parties, Isabel the cutest Mexican girl, Amira the Tunisian girl who always takes selfies, Dina the Egyptian girl who just love rivers, Courtney my partner-in-crime/project partner from Malta, Tiberiu my funny contact person, and many other kind and wonderful Romanian.
I really love this exchange. I have gained so much that I couldn’t ask for more. I did many things I’ve never done before through this exchange. They gave me many opportunities and also a chance to broaden my horizon. This exchange really opens my mind toward the emergency system in other countries especially Europe. We even have a chance to meet the emergency head of the department. His passion as an emergency doctor for decades really motivates me to work harder, to study harder toward my goals as a doctor in the future.
