Originally posted by einey
Kristin,
Thanks for PM, it was great. Do you find that you are tired in your rotation at all? I work as an EMT in an emergency room 12 hour shifts and I get exhausted. I literally work on my feet 11 hours of the day and my feet ache! I understand some rotations are like that, such as surgery and internal medicine. But yours sounds very good. How many hours do you work a day, how many days a week, and do you meet back at AZCOM for tests or instruction? I thought there was some kind of class at AZCOM to supplement the rotations? You have a delightful sense of humor, and I enjoy reading your posts.
thanks for the compliments!
I am sooo lucky. My rotation is pretty much 8-5 every day (M-F) with an hour lunch (which is always free if I want thanks to drug reps and the hospital I'm linked with gives the students free lunch and breakfast. yeehaw).
I don't have to stand that much. I go in to see the patient and since it's just me at first, I get to sit on the
"stool of power" and then I do my Physical exam (standing) , and then I go report to the doc. Then we go in together and I usually sit again (there's enough places in these offices, it's nice) or I stand a little while. In fact, most of the docs tell me to sit down when I get in the room (I do it all the time now), which is nice, because my preceptor first year told me I had to stand all the time - no sitting allowed for the med student. Which is kind of ofdd, because every one else is standing and then you look all weird and out of place. Who knows - maybe it's a power thing. like the stool.
I was worried about standing too much, but I am a firm believer in expensive nice high quality shoes, so I am at least comfortable while doing it. I could never be a surgeon. I'd want a snack and a nice high back chair. I am totally too lazy for that sort of thing.
To tell you the truth, too, I am just so happy to be off my butt from the last 2 years. That's all I did! SIt sit sit study study study. I like sitting (see above0 but my god, it was getting ridiculous.
Every other Tuesday we are back at school for lectures in the a.m. and some months we do exams, depending on what rotation we're on. It's been kind screwy, though, because our clinical ed dean just died very suddenly (right before we started rotations). It was horrible and I feel sorry for all of you who won't have him as an instructor. He was really magnificent. In any case, there was a service for him last week and it was just weird the first week in lectures, too. Not like a normal first week should go. So far, we've only had 1 Tuesday on campus and no tests yet, so I will keep you updated if anything changes.
I think I answered everything.
kristin
