(I'm
posting this now although I wrote it on friday because reviewing the posts it
appears it didn't work! Darn blackberry playbook bridge!)
After a
week of CEEP and participating in ambulatory clinics I'm happy to say that my
experiences have reaffirmed my desire to pursue internal medicine as a career. That
is a comforting thought as residency is only a few short months away!
I had always enjoyed the clinics
in my clerkship rotations but until this experience have had very few internal
medicine ambulatory clinics. My experiences have been limited to four half days
during my eight week core training and a few other scattered observership and
elective experiences. Although I know the general internal clinic I have been
in is very unique, it has given me the exposure to a wide variety of
interesting cases and has exposed me to a very unique way of learning!
It has been interesting to read
around the vast number of issues that have come up in clinic and it is nice to
be reminded of how interesting medicine can be. As a student it can be easy to
get caught up in reading only to prepare for the next academic hurtle. Although board exams are not far away, this
sort of reading I think will accomplish a dual purpose! The scary thing is how much I have forgotten,
I can agree with my colleague that a lot of knowledge I remember being easily
accessible is buried deep a lot deeper than I had thought. Dr. HPK also has an interesting way of
helping us to recall it! I didn’t used to become as anxious when being pimped
but I often found myself grasping for words this week! Hopefully with all of our discussion about
learning and education I can dredge up my own tool kit for learning from the
depths of a six month hiatus from internal.
Ashlay
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