Well I have made it to Thursday afternoon of my first week. My brain is tired, my low back and legs are sore and my feet feel like a hammer has been taken to them, but I made it. I have a four hour shift tomorrow morning then I think it will be time for a good nap before I meet several classmates for dinner.
I am trying to find the balance between being in clinic for 8+ hours/day, commuting, inputing all the patients I have seen into Typon each day, studying for EORs, reading about the diagnosis I am seeing in clinic and sleep. Tonight I am putting this all aside to meet Geoff and Kat in the city for dinner and hopefully a nice nap on BART on my way in!
I signed my lease for the month of March and will be moving to Brentwood in 1.5 weeks. I have a lot of work to do on my apartment this weekend to prepare all my belongings to be in storage for the next year.
Today I saw my first circumcision, the most traumatizing part for this 6 week old was having his arms and legs tied down to allow for the procedure.
Things I have learned this week:
1. Undiagnosed/untreated ADD or ADHD can lead to other mental health problems like depression. We saw a 14 year old this week who has been experiencing decline in his grades since 3rd grade, he is made fun and only felt like he was performing to his maximum when playing soccer. This kid wanted to do better for himself but didn't know how. Dr. Mahdavi traditionally starts by treating the ADD/ADHD and then will reassess the depression in a few months.
2. Seeing 30 patients a day= a lot of time on Typhon inputting patients at the end of the day. I now understand how physicians forget patients. In my notes I don't have any patient identifiers (name, record number, etc...), and I dont remember a lot of kids I have seen the past few days based solely on my notes.
3. Standing all day= one exhausted girl!
4. I miss my PA school friends.
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