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Ruvimbo Chekure
Mbchb, pub

A Medical Student’s Theatre Reflection:Learning Beyond the Blade


25 February 2026  ·  2 min read
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A Medical Student’s Theatre Reflection:Learning Beyond the Blade
Yesterday I had the privilege of witnessing a laparoscopic cystectomy- a gynecological procedure to remove ovarian cysts- don't mind me, I'm getting carried away. As I was saying, privilege because there were times I didn't imagine myself being here. Fifth year medical student though I be, oh what an awe it was to be there. Let me deviate a little; a simple statement that I came across said, ' "oh what an interesting day I saw today", is someone's worst day', so I pause in empathy for the patient on whom the procedure was done because for her it must have been scary, and the life complications that surrounded her condition prior to treatment and during treatment. But-mind not the grammar- if the outcome was good; condition managed, health restored and a hope set alight for resumption of Activities of Daily Living- shout out to my occupational therapists, then that was an 'interesting case'. Allow me to ramble on- today was a confirmation that I answered to my calling; I love health, learning about it and partaking in it's restoration. So I say mad respect to the surgeons out there- let me take you back to my theatre's experience. In a theatre room full of alert people, a discussion was had whilst managing the blade and emotion control — you can only imagine. Again, mad respect to the anaesthetists, the nurses, the orderlies, the students who stood in that room appreciating health, the staff who washed the scrubs in which we were donned, and the whole crew in general — the engineers who made the machines, the electricians who made the lighting equipment, the computer scientists who coded the technology around the advanced tools we use nowadays. And yes, if you follow — everyone. Because medicine is an integration of disciplines. I end on a grateful note.
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