Tomorrow is my last day of rotation 4 and cardiology. That means that I have completed half of my clinical rotations. Thinking about this brings joy and fear. Joy because I only have to move five more times and fear because I am expected to be an independent practitioner in less than a year. I still feel I have so much to learn before then, but I am told this feeling never really goes away.
I am moving back to Vallejo on Saturday to stay with a classmate during callback week on campus, exams Monday morning, OSCE/practical exam Tuesday morning, and class the remainder of the week. Then moving into the place I will be staying for the next six weeks and the start of rotation 5/Surgery.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Transition
During rotations there are several transitions that occur during the six weeks. The first two weeks are the "norming" period. During this time I am learning my way around the facility, the office staff, my preceptor and the new home that I am living in. I am learning what expectations are, the do's and the don'ts. I am a bit more nervous during this time. During the third and fourth weeks I am beginning to feel a bit more comfortable with all the above things and I am focusing more on learning details and continuing to learn the way my preceptor practices medicine and I am still asking A LOT of quesitons. Week five and six are the time I feel most comfortable, and that I have some idea I know what I am doing. During this time I find I am asking typical "Kasaundra questions." I have had time to think about patients, diagnoses and treatments and begin to really ask why or why not. This is the time my most thoughtful questions are usually asked. Then right as my confidence level begins to rise week six ends and I am moving to start the process all over.
Another transition has happened since my last post. This week I turned 28. Although I am not one to obsess about how old I am, 28 is going to be a significant year in my life. I will graduate from PA school during this next year, take PANCE (Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam), and hopefully find a job! And potentially move to the east coast because Michael is now working at Brown University in Providence, RI!
"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."
-Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Another transition has happened since my last post. This week I turned 28. Although I am not one to obsess about how old I am, 28 is going to be a significant year in my life. I will graduate from PA school during this next year, take PANCE (Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam), and hopefully find a job! And potentially move to the east coast because Michael is now working at Brown University in Providence, RI!
"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."
-Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
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