I'm not sure if you will all find this funny, but I find it pretty hysterical. It's a play on the stereotypes on the different specialties :) There are more on youtube, but these are my favorites
Monday, September 27, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
1/4 of the way done
It's crazy, I'm already 1/4 of the way done with my intern year. 3 months have already passed out of 12. Wow - time really does fly. And I know with residency it's only going to get faster.
I spent the last month on my surgery rotation. I actually took call from home, which meant I carried a pager with me at night and had to answer calls from the nurses about our patient's on the floor or occasionally go into the Emergency Department to see patient's who may need surgery. It pushed me and made me think, because even though back up from a more senior resident or attending was only a call away - I was still the first line and didn't want to bother them with stupid stuff.
Shh...now don't tell patient's in the hospital this, but just picture.... me asleep in bed (got to go to bed early when you have to rise before the sun), sound asleep. Then at 10:45 pm my pager goes off. I wake up and dial back the digits that show up on my pager. "Hello, this is Dr. Chun with surgery, I was paged." The nurse comes on the line - informing me that my patient's pain was not being controlled and if I could give her a telephone order for something stronger. I suspected this might be an issue earlier in the day, but had never heard anything. My senior resident told me if necessary I could order a PCA (patient controlled analgesia) - so the patient can give themselves pain medications, obviously there are parameters and it locks out after a certain amount. So there I am sitting in bed, opening up my newly purchased ICU book ready to read off what it tells me on how to order a PCA. I have no idea how to order a PCA.
I don't think that's what patient's picture when going into the hospital - there's my doctor sitting in bed, glasses falling off their face as they try to read what the book says to do. It's crazy and yet - that's one way in which we as physicians learn. Ultimately I did not end up ordering a PCA but rather increased the strength of the medicine the patient was already receiving. There is still so very much to learn.
3 months in and I can say that my clinic population is building. It's fun to see the same patients back for follow up - to learn what their test results show and to be able to see them get better with treatment. This continuity was something you don't often get in medical school. There are those patient's you don't want to come back and then their are those patient's who you really want to take under your wing. I guess it's like teacher's playing favorites. At least no one has to know about mine. ;)
I wish I had more exciting things to share, but not too much has been happening - work, work, work. Well, I guess the other weekend I did go to a UA game. Ok, that was fun. College football and I don't seem to mix though. For whatever reason, I never seem to watch the game. I'm too busy having too much fun. I only went to part of one Trinity game and that was while rushing a sorority and well...here are some pics from last week's game and as you can see that's not much game watching going on.
I spent the last month on my surgery rotation. I actually took call from home, which meant I carried a pager with me at night and had to answer calls from the nurses about our patient's on the floor or occasionally go into the Emergency Department to see patient's who may need surgery. It pushed me and made me think, because even though back up from a more senior resident or attending was only a call away - I was still the first line and didn't want to bother them with stupid stuff.
Shh...now don't tell patient's in the hospital this, but just picture.... me asleep in bed (got to go to bed early when you have to rise before the sun), sound asleep. Then at 10:45 pm my pager goes off. I wake up and dial back the digits that show up on my pager. "Hello, this is Dr. Chun with surgery, I was paged." The nurse comes on the line - informing me that my patient's pain was not being controlled and if I could give her a telephone order for something stronger. I suspected this might be an issue earlier in the day, but had never heard anything. My senior resident told me if necessary I could order a PCA (patient controlled analgesia) - so the patient can give themselves pain medications, obviously there are parameters and it locks out after a certain amount. So there I am sitting in bed, opening up my newly purchased ICU book ready to read off what it tells me on how to order a PCA. I have no idea how to order a PCA.
I don't think that's what patient's picture when going into the hospital - there's my doctor sitting in bed, glasses falling off their face as they try to read what the book says to do. It's crazy and yet - that's one way in which we as physicians learn. Ultimately I did not end up ordering a PCA but rather increased the strength of the medicine the patient was already receiving. There is still so very much to learn.
3 months in and I can say that my clinic population is building. It's fun to see the same patients back for follow up - to learn what their test results show and to be able to see them get better with treatment. This continuity was something you don't often get in medical school. There are those patient's you don't want to come back and then their are those patient's who you really want to take under your wing. I guess it's like teacher's playing favorites. At least no one has to know about mine. ;)
I wish I had more exciting things to share, but not too much has been happening - work, work, work. Well, I guess the other weekend I did go to a UA game. Ok, that was fun. College football and I don't seem to mix though. For whatever reason, I never seem to watch the game. I'm too busy having too much fun. I only went to part of one Trinity game and that was while rushing a sorority and well...here are some pics from last week's game and as you can see that's not much game watching going on.
Outside the stadium!
My co-residents Vidhi and Sarah! You can see the field behind us!
The field! woo woo
And....just because the game is over doesn't mean the tailgating has to stop! :)
Thursday, September 2, 2010
For Fun!
My dad sent me this link today and it just makes me laugh. I've been taking Penny to behavioral training class....let's just say she can't do what this dog can do. Heck, this dog dances better than me! :)
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