Trepidation

This next week may be interesting. I start with a different doctor in a different clinic and also add on some time in the local hospital. This doctor seems to be a bit more challenging (in that I-am-going-to-pimp-you-and-remind-you-of-the-med-student-that-you-are kind of way) and busy than the other physicians that I have been working with. I also have to drive about 30 minutes each way to the clinic and I am on call for the entire weekend next weekend.

Now, if anyone reading this is currently on his or her surgery rotation, they would be playing me the violin at this point. This schedule is nothing compared to what I will get when I am on my surgery rotation.

But.

I am not on that rotation yet, and so this is "bad" compared to what I have been going through.

I really just don't want to mess up and feel like an idiot. (Little voice inside my head: So why did you become a medical student again?)

Anyways, I will post as I get the chance. Hopefully it isn't too bad.

Oh, and in case you are interested, internal medicine as a specialty is still an option for me, but in no way would I do it in a small town. I am pretty sure that I would need to be a hospitalist. I am just not doing well with living in a small town and seeing "medication refill" patients most of the time. No kidding... A lot of the patients I have been seeing are in for a 4 month follow up appointment to make sure that they are doing okay on medications and that there are no new health problems. Don't get me wrong, these check ups are important for catching things that patients may not think of as important. Because of that, it is imperative that I like what I do and not get bored by it.

So yes, those visits are boring most of the time.