This post concludes my time as a third year medical student (MS3) and aims to reflect on a few milestones I’ve encountered over the last twelve months of clinical rotations (links to summaries of my MS1 and MS2 years). USMLE The USMLE Step 1, easily the most important exam I’ve taken…
With residency applications opening in the coming months, it’s about time I stopped bouncing between career choices and settle on one. I’ve finally decided on anesthesiology.
During my surgery and pediatrics rotations, I wrote down things related to practice questions I did and compiled them into a PDF for anyone who wants to review the “high yield” topics without having to go through hundreds of questions again. I’ve done my best to minimize errors, but by…
Today was my first day of outpatient pediatrics, and right from the get go, my attending had a mission to make me about a pediatric clinic visit from all aspects. She showed me the floor, made me follow a nurse (taking patient vitals, hearing/vision test, etc.), and then had an…
Over the last two weeks, I’ve been exposed to the art of “family centered rounding.” Many pediatric hospitals around the country are incorporating this approach of diagnosis and treatment into their daily routines, and it seems to be a hit from both the patient and physician perspectives.
I don’t think I’ve ever said “awwwww” so many times before. Who knew that the sight of a newborn yawning, sneezing, or even hiccuping could be so cute? If anything, the last two weeks made me a big time softie. Neonatology at Texas Children’s new Pavilion for Women was indescribably…
It’s fair to say that most people consider newborn babies to be exceptionally cute… but why is that? Today on rounds my neonatology attending explained the human psyche’s perception of what is “adorable.”
Spending a week doing pediatric EM was pretty eye-opening. I never got used to the sight of patients whose feet barely reached the midpoint of the stretcher being brought in for trauma, anaphylaxis, etc. I had a fantastic team of MS2s and enjoyed many of the lectures given by our…
One week just wasn’t enough time in pedi GI, but I definitely learned a lot! The team dynamic was incredibly conducive towards teaching, and although rounding was a little longer, discussing each patient in depth made it worth the time.
Today was the first day of my last core rotation in medical school – pediatrics! I’ll be spending most of the two months at the largest pediatric hospital in the country – Texas Children’s Hospital. 🙂 After the routine orientation/badging this morning, the group split into our respective services. For…