I really can’t say enough how happy I am right now. I had perhaps the best day in med school thus far. I drove to a health clinic a few miles away. I was set up with a resident and met four patients. The resident was so awesome! :) He let me do everything. I did the H&Ps, wrote the SOAP notes, and even wrote the orders for all the patients. I did good! My resident and attending both complimented me on my skills.:)
One of my patients presented with a simple complaint, but when I pressed further, she admitted to me that she’s been under a ton of stress lately. She ended up bursting into tears, and I ended up giving her a hug and consoling her. Is it okay to hug patients? Well maybe not in all cases. But I believe that I did the right thing. I think I’ll write more about that later. But she thanked me. She told me that I was a great doctor. I felt like I did something really, really good.:)
I am just enjoying family medicine so much. I also really liked out-patient experience. Up to this point in med school, I’ve only dealt with patients in hospitals. It was so good to have some actual clinic experience.
I even diagnosed a dermatological condition that my resident had never heard of! Talk about impressed! :))) Both my resident and attending gave me "mad props" for that one.!!!
The weather was nice. I even went for a walk . I’m getting ready to eat some veggie Sub from Subway . Life is good. Very, very good!
well expect some little things here and there :|
