Mentor Mentee Programme

Some notes on how to start a Mentor Mentee programme for youths in church.  

The Mentors must be seen to possess personal values which can be passed on to Mentees.  And the Mentees must have a desire to learn from their Mentors.  There must be a match in needs and also personal chemistry to develop a good learning experience. 

The Mentor must be willing to offer his services of teaching.  Perhaps it will be a good idea to provide a CV of the Mentor so that the Mentee will have an idea of the kind of learning experience he or she will gain from the programme.

Some of the other valuable assets of the Mentor are work experience, professional knowledge, corporate or public status, Christian Bible knowledge and leadership qualities.  The Mentor needs to be authentic and honest in his work.

Some points to consider when starting the programme include time and place of meetings, frequency of meetings and their duration.  Postings of 3 months with rotations amongst other Mentors serve best the interests of both Mentors and Mentees.  The engagement can also be in the form of an internship or a career placement. 

   

B Lines in Lung Ultrasound

Lung ultrasound has come in vogue during the COVID pandemic.  LUS is simple to perform and can be readily done at the bedside.  LUS performed well, together with a proper clinical history and physical examination, can help clinicians reach a diagnosis quickly before needing to perform more extensive investigations like HRCT scans of the lungs.

Indentification of B line artifacts in the lungs can mean pulmonary oedema (heart failure), interstitial syndrome (interstitial lung disease), infections (viruses or bacteria) and ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome).

LUS is a useful screening tool at the bedside in ward or emergency room.  The ultrasound machine can also be used to scan other organs of the body (heart, blood vessels, liver, kidneys, etc) at the same sitting providing more useful clinical information.

Leong Sin Nam Tomb vandalised

Leong Sin Nam's tomb vandalised. Not a pretty sight at all. Two cement statues torn off the sidewall and thrown onto the floor. The heads of the model guards detached at their necks. The worship alter also ripped off from the table and thrown onto the floor.

Utter disrespect for the departed and needing the family to pay for repairs which the money could have been better given to charity for people lacking in food and clothing during the pandemic and floods.

We need more civic minded people to care for public amneties and private property. Distruction of property should never be condoned and the culprits should be brought to justice. 

Vandals damage tomb of late community leader Leong Sin Nam | The Star

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