This is for anyone who has been on internal medicine inpatient wards. Om a 3rd year med student, I am on wards 4 weeks total including a weekend off, a weekend on, a saturday on, and a sunday on (not bad). However, I'm seeing veryyyy few patients The first week i"m not on call, so they won't let me admit patients (fair)
I'm a ****ty little 3rd year so i asked if i could just go see/talk with them (we are split into two teams; i even offered to write the note)for practice since this is like my 1st 2 weeks in the hospital ever. She looks at me like I may be ******ed and say "yuh nno, no one wants to chat allday when theyre sick."
This goes on M, T, W, Th, then im on call, we get 2 pts. One goes home same day, the next one didnt havt a ride and goes home saturday. Then...No more admits.,.. now im sitting at 2 weeks having seen 2 patients. Is this normal. How do you;ll learn ****(till friday night. Just one. He threw up, and went home on saturday. I then came off call so none during the week, then none friday, or saturday, so my resident say go home. And yup, no one.
Basically I'm wondering how I am supposed to be good at anything in 4 weeks...let alone if I end up seeing 4 patients. Is there a recommended minimum? I mean this can prepare u for ****
I'm a ****ty little 3rd year so i asked if i could just go see/talk with them (we are split into two teams; i even offered to write the note)for practice since this is like my 1st 2 weeks in the hospital ever. She looks at me like I may be ******ed and say "yuh nno, no one wants to chat allday when theyre sick."
This goes on M, T, W, Th, then im on call, we get 2 pts. One goes home same day, the next one didnt havt a ride and goes home saturday. Then...No more admits.,.. now im sitting at 2 weeks having seen 2 patients. Is this normal. How do you;ll learn ****(till friday night. Just one. He threw up, and went home on saturday. I then came off call so none during the week, then none friday, or saturday, so my resident say go home. And yup, no one.
Basically I'm wondering how I am supposed to be good at anything in 4 weeks...let alone if I end up seeing 4 patients. Is there a recommended minimum? I mean this can prepare u for ****