I don't want to do RESIDENCY!

[GonnaBeAnMD]

I just learned that during residency (or rotations?), we have to do presentations of the day's cases??? I really hate presentations, especially on something I am not sure about.
Is this true for all residencies? Rotations too? 😕 🙁

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[doc05]

actually, it gets pretty easy. you need to be able to present cases for every field, though each specialty does things a little differently.

 

[Eidolon6]

I just learned that during residency (or rotations?), we have to do presentations of the day's cases??? I really hate presentations, especially on something I am not sure about.
Is this true for all residencies? Rotations too? 😕 🙁

Collecting then conveying information and interpreting that information for those around you is a main focus of clinical medicine, even pathology or radiology. "Rounding" involves presenting patients then applying your impression of the data, even if you are uncertain...Even radiologists have to present, in their own way. You can't avoid this as a physician...if its that painful, perhaps another vocation would be a better choice.

 

[edinOH]

<sigh and shaking head>

 

[sacrament]

I just learned that during residency (or rotations?), we have to do presentations of the day's cases??? I really hate presentations, especially on something I am not sure about.
Is this true for all residencies? Rotations too? 😕 🙁

HAHAHA! Are you serious? How did you think it worked?!? If you hate presentations on things you aren't sure about, then you're in for a rude, rude awakening, as presenting things you aren't sure about constitutes a vast portion of your daily activities. You'll be presenting things you occasionally have no clue about, sometimes with literally zero prep time, multiple times a day, every day.

 

[tangents]

presenting in medicine is not exactly like giving a presentation in class or anything like that, you are just giving your colleagues a description of a patient so they know what is going on. This is usually in an informal manner before you and your team go in to see the patient in question. This is not similar to the kind of thing you need to spend all week putting together, there is a set, standard formula which is pretty much fool proof. if however, you are very very shy, it might make it more stressful, but even shy people learn how to do it without too much trouble. because there is a set formula, it takes some stress off.

 

[GonnaBeAnMD]

presenting in medicine is not exactly like giving a presentation in class or anything like that, you are just giving your colleagues a description of a patient so they know what is going on. This is usually in an informal manner before you and your team go in to see the patient in question. This is not similar to the kind of thing you need to spend all week putting together, there is a set, standard formula which is pretty much fool proof. if however, you are very very shy, it might make it more stressful, but even shy people learn how to do it without too much trouble. because there is a set formula, it takes some stress off.

That is really great. I assume this "formula" is picked up and not taught... I can handle it if it's like that. G-d bless you for your response! I think I can handle that.

 

[Pili]

That is really great. I assume this "formula" is picked up and not taught... I can handle it if it's like that. G-d bless you for your response! I think I can handle that.

I am also shy and hate presentations. I work best when communicating in writing. But I am sure one gets used to everything. Yes, there will be some pain in the process, but in the end we will have gained a new skill. 🙂

 

[pockey]

That is really great. I assume this "formula" is picked up and not taught... I can handle it if it's like that. G-d bless you for your response! I think I can handle that.

It is taught. I wouldn't worry too much about it. I use to have social phobia and would hate presenting too. My voice would shake and all that. But once I got used to presenting, it actually became FUN because you hold all the "power" (hehe) when you present, meaning: they HAVE to listen to what you're saying. Once you get good at it, you'll learn to tailor your presentations (or paint a picture) in a way that you're sort've "winking" to the others when you give the history, so by then they'll already have an idea of what the diagnosis is before you spell it out.

One tip to give a good presentation is to read about the case diagnosis before you present. "5 Minute Clinical Consult" is great for a quick review. This way you'll know what questions they'll most likely pimp you on and think you're a superstar. You won't have to wait for residency to present, you have to do it during your 3rd and 4th year in med school. Good luck, you'll do fine.