Sunday, September 27, 2009

Goodbye medicine!

Wow, so the last entry...I talked with my resident just after that day and she talked with the intern and fixed everything. Turns out, dealing with things works, despite my best efforts to not deal with my life sometimes, it always works out better when I do deal with issues that come up.
Anyways, so this past Friday was the last day of medicine, completed with the awful shelf exam. My final thoughts on medicine. Overall, very enjoyable. I liked the patients, I liked the aspect of working with medical colleagues (via consults and team stuff). I liked the working up medical illnesses, working with patients for a few days or even a couple of weeks for the acute management purposes. I actually found working with families, even when the loved one was near death, to be very fulfilling. Negative thoughts: dealing with social issues SUCKED. I have a feeling this will be an issue in all the specialties. The team dynamic could be very frustrating, especially if some members were incompetent in their role. I'm sure there is more...but overall, I found great satisfaction in IM. We shall see.
Ob is next up! Nervous and excited. What if I don't like it? Then I suppose I will do something else. What if I absolutely love it? Then I'll have to do it, and it will be super difficulty to deal with ethical battles, for my entire career. Yikes....

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