End of Surgery Rotation
It’s the rotation that I was waiting for since January… the three months which would show me whether or not the career I wanted to pursue coming into medical school was really my best fit. In retrospect, I think it is. :-)
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Last Day of Psych at the VA
At 4:45pm on Friday afternoon, I left the VA after four works of working in the outpatient psych clinic. I was privileged to have an extremely insightful and approachable attending who motivated me to grasp the basics of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment and empowered me to ask questions.
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First Day of Psychiatry
For the next two months, I’ll be hearing the most intimate details of my patients’ lives. I will come across those who have lost their grip on reality, those in a situation so dire that they prefer death over life, those who are dependent on substances like alcohol for day-to-day…
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Finished With Internal Medicine
The VA hospital was an amazing way to end my internal medicine experience, mainly because of how extraordinary my team and attending were! As a parting gift, the VA graciously bestowed me with a nasty case of the common cold right before my shelf exam. I struggled to study on…