Longer post than usual... here is a summary of my first semester of third year.
I AM DONE WITH FIRST SEMESTER OF THIRD YEAR! Which means graduation is 6 months away👩⚕️
I completed my Internal Medicine, OBGYN, and Psych rotations this first half and it was a whole new struggle. Many tears were shed as this year has been the most emotional for me.
Third year consists of having unstable schedules and showing up to work with different physicians almost everyday (talk about anxiety). My school has 6 clerkship rotations and they're all equally 8 weeks (IM,OBGYN, Psych, Sur, Peds, FM).
𝕀𝕄: Such a blur to me 😂! It was my first rotation, I had no idea what I was doing, and there was just SO MUCH INFORMATION! I was able to work with attendings in GI, Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, and MICU! My favorite week was my outpatient week probably because it is most similar to Family Medicine! The coolest thing I had to do was getting arterial access in cath lab!
𝕆𝔹𝔾𝕐ℕ: I DELIVERED A BABY! This experience was so warming and made the med school struggles worth it. I actually was lucky to be able to deliver over 20 babies 😭👶. While on the rotation I got to participate in C-Sections, hysterectomies, tubal ligation and more! I got to see future mommies grow🤰and be excited about their babies. I honestly cannot wait until my OBGYN rotation in residency. This rotation we had 1 week of night shifts and one 24 hour shift...it was ROUGH.
ℙ𝕊𝕐ℂℍ: Also known as Psychation because the hours were so light! I got a ton of free time which was nice compared to the previous rotations. Inpatient setting was the most interesting as I got to witness people with mania, hallucinations, drug induced psychosis, etc. Unfortunately I did not enjoy psych very much; I think it was just too emotionally draining for me both in the inpatient and outpatient setting. However, I do believe I improved my patient interviewing skills and I am no longer afraid to discuss touchy subjects with patients.
FUTURE: I start surgery in Jan which means long working hours and tons if time in the OR. I also need to take Step 2 CS in March so that stress is slowly creeping up.
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