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I also think for me at least that my life being all work and no play is kinda getting to me lol. Like as I’m getting older it’s getting harder to ignore my lacking personal life.Completely feel you on this. I remember as a med student the residents would talk about this January/February swoon and I learned this year that it's real. I think my wards block in December when COVID was rampant and I was constantly following 8-9 patients really took a lot out of me and I felt it last month when I was in the ED. The shifts themselves where pretty low-stress and we weren't required to follow or pick up a certain # of patients but I felt like it took a ton of effort/energy just to get into the car and drive there and get through the shifts. I'm now back on wards and after working for just 4 days and being off today I feel like I worked for 8 days or something.
On a different note, I just realized this week how much working with new M3s slows you down from an efficiency standpoint. Supervising them while they take the history, discussing the full plan with them, them rehearsing their presentation to me and asking for feedback. I guess I wasn't ready for that part..
I love med students (the nice ones lol)I just like having the company too. Also if they present then I don’t have to present which is always a plus. And they get a few of the pimp questions. But yes it depends on the student when it comes to efficiency.