Monday, December 8, 2008

New residents and my last 2 weeks

Today I got a whole new group of residents and started my last 2 weeks of my internal medicine rotations. It is really more a week and a half because my last day of rotations is next on Wednesday 12/17 and then I have a day to study and my national shelf exam for internal medicine will be on Friday 12/19. Then I will be off for a couple of weeks before I start pediatrics at a Chicago hospital. 

My senior resident for this next couple of weeks seems to be a little hard core. She is going to be the chief resident next year and has made herself a name amongst the other residents by being rigid. How does this affect me? If we have a slow afternoon or some time available a more relaxed senior resident may say "why don't you call it a day and go home early" and a rigid senior would say "why don't you stay late and write up a report on COPD and present it tomorrow during rounds" This is why students have such variable experiences on their rotations. You could rotate at the same hospital and have 2 different experiences based on who your senior resident is. I have had fairly decent senior residents and great interns up to this point on this rotation. We will have to see how this last couple of weeks go. 

Tonight I have to prepare a presentation  on hypertension and the criteria for diagnosis and treatment. I will give the presentation tomorrow. It should not be too difficult as the subject is not that complex and I have studied and had so many patients that I have treated with hypertension that I should be able to do the presentation without any extra reading. 

2 comments:

  1. Just want to say I LOVE reading your blog! Your sister knew with 4 boys, I would find this stuff facinating! We are always seeing blood, guts, stitches, broken bones, etc! lol Good luck with your continuing rotations, and keep blogging.

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  2. Thanks for reading my blog. I enjoy the comments!

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