I just took my CS today.
I'm generally well liked by my patients - I mean I thrive in patient encounter, generally well liked by my patients on the ward, etc..
I was panicking so much during the CS, and I get especially angsty when I have female SPs - mostly because I'm a male.
During this one female SP, I blurbed something when I was doing an abdominal examination - a social history/OB question. As I was saying that question - which might have seemed offensive, or a normal awkward clinical question - I caught myself, nervously chuckled, and re-formulated the question and asked again, in a more clinical manner. Overall, I was courteous with her - asking permission for examination, washing my hands, rubbing them, just being polite throughout, summarizing, polite good-byes.. even so, after the abdominal examination she stopped smiling.
And then, with another SP, I completely misdiagnosed him.
I am now panicking out. If one SP finds me repulsive and thought I made an offensive remark, does that cancel out all of the work I did with other SP's, and make me fail? I heard horror stories of failing due to not washing hands, or not asking the mother to bring the baby in.. failing because of not saying or doing one thing.
Any input is much appreciated.. it's too much of a money and the exam is just ... too weird to retake it. Thanks.
I'm generally well liked by my patients - I mean I thrive in patient encounter, generally well liked by my patients on the ward, etc..
I was panicking so much during the CS, and I get especially angsty when I have female SPs - mostly because I'm a male.
During this one female SP, I blurbed something when I was doing an abdominal examination - a social history/OB question. As I was saying that question - which might have seemed offensive, or a normal awkward clinical question - I caught myself, nervously chuckled, and re-formulated the question and asked again, in a more clinical manner. Overall, I was courteous with her - asking permission for examination, washing my hands, rubbing them, just being polite throughout, summarizing, polite good-byes.. even so, after the abdominal examination she stopped smiling.
And then, with another SP, I completely misdiagnosed him.
I am now panicking out. If one SP finds me repulsive and thought I made an offensive remark, does that cancel out all of the work I did with other SP's, and make me fail? I heard horror stories of failing due to not washing hands, or not asking the mother to bring the baby in.. failing because of not saying or doing one thing.
Any input is much appreciated.. it's too much of a money and the exam is just ... too weird to retake it. Thanks.