Island Med Student

I wish I had the motivation right now to give you a wonderful, concise list of “stuff learned” during my pediatrics rotation. But alas, I’m just too pooped to do so. I had pediatrics clinic today, which I loved! So, just for fun, here is a very incomplete, random list of stuff I’ve learned thus far:

How to perform a pediatric H&P. How to examine a newborn. Vaccination schedules. Stickers/stuffed animals are your friends. What HSP looks like. How to calculate IVF for kiddies. Positions for breastfeeding. How to perform a well child check-up. How to deal with parents’ concerns. How much babies should be consuming/pooping/peeing. How to test for developmental milestones. And much, much more!

During clinic today, a mother was shocked to learn that I was not the pediatrician. She told me that I seemed like such a natural with the kiddies, that she assumed I’d been doing this for years. How great that made me feel!

I just ate an entire box of Russell Stover chocolates (they were on sale at the hospital…I couldn’t turn it down!), and I’m about to take my doggies for their walk in the pouring rain. I have a lot of thoughts to share, but not the energy to do so. I promise to write more soon, but in the meantime, please enjoy my updated “Pause: For 3 Seconds a Day” video project (days 1 – 54)!