Why Can’t All Med Students Be Like You?

April 7, 2009, 8:41 pmThe Island Med Student6 comments

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My resident asked me this question tonight at the clinic. It totally made my day, week, month, year. It’s so gosh dang nice to be appreciated!

Today was another awesome day at the clinic. I’m too tired to make an official “stuff learned” list, so I will just list some things that I did/saw today:

fibroids, nasal flaring and costal retractions in an infant (eventually had to go to ER), hypertension, alopecia, vaginal candida infection, vaginosis, menorrhagia, depression, spinal stenosis, pelvic exam/pap smear, breast exam, hypothyroidism, supra-pubic tenderness, how to do a urine dipstick, hematuria, cocaine addiction, bipolar disorder, carpal tunnel syndrome.

I came home tonight after clinic and went grocery shopping, walked my doggies, cleaned my apartment, and did laundry. I am pooped.

Time for a bubble bath and bed!

Note: Photo is yet another example of the hanging shoe syndrome, taken in Bushwick a few days ago. I love it!

“Yo Brooklyn, Fuhgeddaboudit” Photo Series

6 comments:

  1. mariamouk, April 7, 2009, 10:16 pm

    this is the california syndrome it seems
    psychedelic colors
    and kitsch sweaters
    oh
    and beavers wearing them

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariamouk/3422961912/

     
  2. Kevin, April 8, 2009, 1:08 am

    congrats on the kudos. i had a great experience in my family rotation and some of the residents were laughing because i was so into it and eager. i would always ask if i could do whatever, and their response would be, who is going to say no to you? i wasn’t faking it either!

    it was almost like validation for me…..knowing that i could contribute to the team after slogging through basic science

     
  3. Katherine, April 8, 2009, 6:58 am

    Well done.

     
  4. prep4md, April 8, 2009, 4:31 pm

    Congrats! but what did you do to earn this honer?

     
  5. The Island Med Student, April 10, 2009, 6:15 pm

    Thanks everybody!

    Mostly I just did things for the residents and patients without having to be asked. I just made myself useful (sometimes a hard thing to do as a lowly med student). :)

     
  6. Jenny, April 16, 2009, 2:44 pm

    Kendra I am currently dating a fourth year med student from Ross and he is in the Bronx right now, I am starting to realize this is a bad idea as med students lives are very unpredictable ie where they end up for residency etc, any suggestions , advice?

     

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