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I'm currently on fam med and feeling like I'm not performing that well. For one thing, it is mainly just the doctor and me. I'm the only med student at this location. I feel like this does allow me to do a lot more but, also it seems like my preceptor snaps at me a lot.
At mid-course evaluation, she told me that I was doing "exceptionally well" and she had no other feedback for me, even when I explicitly asked her for criticism. That was 2 weeks ago. I've hardly found much time to ask her for feedback since then, we are both seeing patients non-stop all day, and at the end of the day, I'll be sitting in her office and preparing to ask some questions when the medical assistant will come in and start gossiping with my preceptor about whoever was in that day. (It's a small private practice fam med clinic, and they've known a lot of the pts for years and years) Now, with 3 days left of my rotation, I finally had a chance to ask her and she scoffed at me "with 3 days left of your rotation? yeah, I'd like you to work on your presentation" then she went into a long story about a patient I saw today and how "he's so complicated" and then she walks outside and gets into her car and doesn't give me any explicit feedback.
I obviously wasn't going to press her as she was literally getting into her car. I'm worried that I won't do very well in this rotation because maybe I'm not doing well and she just hasn't told me, also it doesn't seem like she even likes me that much. She also does some sketchy things I disagree with like HRT and claims the hormones she prescribes are natural and prevent breast cancer (that's a load of bologna). I just nod and try my best to be pleasant at all times.
The medical assistant will also snap at me, today she told me to go to see patients when I was actually waiting on the pt to get his vaccine so I could take him back. Of course I never argue or get upset, but it's frustrating. I don't know how to do better. I actually REALLY like fam medicine and could see myself doing it someday - but disappointed with this rotation as I feel like the doctor and I haven't "clicked".
At mid-course evaluation, she told me that I was doing "exceptionally well" and she had no other feedback for me, even when I explicitly asked her for criticism. That was 2 weeks ago. I've hardly found much time to ask her for feedback since then, we are both seeing patients non-stop all day, and at the end of the day, I'll be sitting in her office and preparing to ask some questions when the medical assistant will come in and start gossiping with my preceptor about whoever was in that day. (It's a small private practice fam med clinic, and they've known a lot of the pts for years and years) Now, with 3 days left of my rotation, I finally had a chance to ask her and she scoffed at me "with 3 days left of your rotation? yeah, I'd like you to work on your presentation" then she went into a long story about a patient I saw today and how "he's so complicated" and then she walks outside and gets into her car and doesn't give me any explicit feedback.
I obviously wasn't going to press her as she was literally getting into her car. I'm worried that I won't do very well in this rotation because maybe I'm not doing well and she just hasn't told me, also it doesn't seem like she even likes me that much. She also does some sketchy things I disagree with like HRT and claims the hormones she prescribes are natural and prevent breast cancer (that's a load of bologna). I just nod and try my best to be pleasant at all times.
The medical assistant will also snap at me, today she told me to go to see patients when I was actually waiting on the pt to get his vaccine so I could take him back. Of course I never argue or get upset, but it's frustrating. I don't know how to do better. I actually REALLY like fam medicine and could see myself doing it someday - but disappointed with this rotation as I feel like the doctor and I haven't "clicked".
