the start of real 3rd year

Yesterday we had orientation at the hospital here in York - where I will be for the next 6 weeks. I am finally on an inpatient service, which means I am working in the hospital. Working in the hospital requires more work and less sleep than my past 3 months of 3rd year. This is what I mean to the real start of 3rd year. Now comes those times when I will have call (even though call for us is only from 5-10pm, not overnight). I will have "my own patients." Not really mine, but I will follow them and be responsible for seeing them each morning before rounds.
Here's what a typical day will be like for me in the next 6 weeks.
Wake up early - go to the newborn nursery and do exams on the new babies before the residents arrive at 6:45-7:00ish. Then head over to the inpatient floor and visit all of my patient's, do an exam and get any updates or changes since the last time I saw them before 8am. At 8 we have a lecture and 9am we have rounds. Rounds consist of going around and discussing the different patients the team is seeing. (the team consists of attendings, residents, and students) After discussing the patients, their progress, treatments, etc - we will go see the patients and re-check how they are doing.
Next may be another lecture or a simulation lab or just time to read until lunch. My afternoons here change daily just depending. Some afternoons we have off and others are spent in an outpatient clinic, etc. Today I'm heading to an ENT doc's office for the afternoon.

Oh and it may sound busy, but... today we only had 1 newborn on our service and 1 inpatient. We still have to be up early to make sure no new babies were delivered overnight and be done seeing our patients by 8. I have this feeling it's going to be slow or super busy. We shall see!

I'll keep you posted! :)