Started rotations - completed 3 actually: 2 primary care and 1 internal med. I absolutely adore primary care, adore patients, love patient care continuity, can't beat the schedule.
Hated IM 1 - too much rounding, loooong hours, too much academic bullshit, too much hierarchy (med students --> interns --> residents --> attendings...), and worst of all, barely any patient contact. I would carry one patient and see them for maybe a half hour each day, the rest of the day spent rounding on other patients, writing notes, attending classes. Blech. I was at the VA hospital, and I do love the vets - what a lovely bunch of patients. I just didn't see enough of them. And the upshot anyway is that the worst day on rotations beats the best day in that classroom!
IM 2 should be better though, I'll be at Yale on the hospitalist team, paired with PA's! It's not an academic service, so I'll actually be doing what PA's can do all day - take care of patients, etc. Here's hoping, anyway.
That said, I have a month in between for thesis preparation (thesis month 1 of 2). I have no idea what is expected of me this month as far as a "progress report" but I'll get it done and then I'll have a bit of a vacation. The only one I'll get this year, I might add.
12 more months to go!
And here are my last 2 status haiku:
