The title should say "dealing with death in the personal life while on rotation"
I recently received a not so great eval but passed the rotation. This occurred after two people in my personal life passed away within 4 months of each other. The first death was in March (my roommate) and the second in May (family member). I was doing well with the first one and moving forward but the second one hit me like a ton of bricks. I didn't tell my preceptor what was going on as I wanted to just get through the rotation. Needless to say I was withdrawn the first two weeks of my rotation and tried to make up for it later (which is why I even passed).
I seriously felt at dumb as a stump. Any pimping and all I could say was I don't know. These were good preceptors but I simply was not processing. My eval reflected this as disinterested, lack of passion and general lack of knowledge. I really am not sure what to do about it. Even though I am doing better getting this eval back did feel like a kick to the stomach. Any good advice on how to discuss this with the school? When do you find time to mourn on rotation?
I recently received a not so great eval but passed the rotation. This occurred after two people in my personal life passed away within 4 months of each other. The first death was in March (my roommate) and the second in May (family member). I was doing well with the first one and moving forward but the second one hit me like a ton of bricks. I didn't tell my preceptor what was going on as I wanted to just get through the rotation. Needless to say I was withdrawn the first two weeks of my rotation and tried to make up for it later (which is why I even passed).
I seriously felt at dumb as a stump. Any pimping and all I could say was I don't know. These were good preceptors but I simply was not processing. My eval reflected this as disinterested, lack of passion and general lack of knowledge. I really am not sure what to do about it. Even though I am doing better getting this eval back did feel like a kick to the stomach. Any good advice on how to discuss this with the school? When do you find time to mourn on rotation?