Last Rotation of M4

[SoundofSilver]

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I start my final rotation of med school tomorrow. Basically an 8-5 clinic rotation M-F for the next month.

It feels rather pointless to be honest. I mean, I've already matched.

I feel like my time would be better spent trying to find housing in the new city I'll be moving to, brushing up on "intern essentials" such as re-learning how to read an EKG, etc., and essentially just enjoying life before intern year starts.

I will begrudgingly don the short white coat for one last month. One final hoop to jump through before I can write M.D. after my name.

/end rant

 

[Kaustikos]

I start my final rotation of med school tomorrow. Basically an 8-5 clinic rotation M-F for the next month.

It feels rather pointless to be honest. I mean, I've already matched.

I feel like my time would be better spent trying to find housing in the new city I'll be moving to, brushing up on "intern essentials" such as re-learning how to read an EKG, etc., and essentially just enjoying life before intern year starts.

I will begrudgingly don the short white coat for one last month. One final hoop to jump through before I can write M.D. after my name.

/end rant

Yes,
Because no one outside of medicine has had to deal with their job while finding a new place to live. If it's any consolation: some work places fire you the second they know you found a new job.
But all joking aside: you have access to the internet and free weekends... You'll figure it out.

 

[QualityProcess]

Congratulations, I cant wait to lose the short coat.

 

[solitarius]

Are you a senioritis virgin?

 

[NickNaylor]

I have a required rotation that I start tomorrow. I'm actually looking forward to it. Sure, it's a little pointless post-match, but all that means for me is that it's significantly less stressful.

Make the most of what you can. It's the last rotation before you're doing stuff "for real." Soak up as much as you can.

 

[PL198]

so how chill is 4th year

 

[NickNaylor]

so how chill is 4th year

I only had 4 months of time this year where I actually had to stick to a schedule and be somewhere at certain times. Three months of that was clinical work. The rest of the time wasn't really "vacation," but I essentially had the ability to do with my time as I please, which included working on school stuff. Residency interviews obviously took up a good chunk of time.

So, pretty chill.

 

[Mass Effect]

Thank your lucky stars that you're on such a light rotation. This time last year, I was a 4th year in the ICU for some colossal joke of a reason.

 

[Wordead]

ICU was the only non-away rotation I actually enjoyed M4 year. A-lines, central lines, paras, good nurses, varied patients. THe others, like ID, Nephro....were just so boring.

 

[Kahreek]

...

 

[tiedyeddog]

EM is my last rotation, starting monday. It has a shelf.

Please God let there be procedures.

 

[Kaustikos]

I'm sorry, hold on.
You guys still wear your coats?

 

[PL198]

I'm sorry, hold on.
You guys still wear your coats?

how has your 4th year been

 

[Kaustikos]

how has your 4th year been

I don't wear my coat if I don't have to (never). The hours are too leniant. And I'm doing my required electives...weird.
I'll just say that my schools "criteria and expectations" for sub internships are a joke from what I've heard from other people.

 

[LoveIR]

EM is my last rotation, starting monday. It has a shelf.

Please God let there be procedures.

A shelf!?!? You have my full sympathy.

A few more days of ICU and I'll be done!

To any 3rd years reading this: do your best not to schedule anything after match day. Motivation drops to less than zero, haha.

 

[NickNaylor]

EM is my last rotation, starting monday. It has a shelf.

Please God let there be procedures.

That sucks that you guys have a shelf...

Also starting EM in a few hours (yet on SDN at 2am - lols). From what I've been told by my classmates, doing things like suturing lacerations is a common med student activity since it's simple and frees up time for others to do more important things. Personally I'm looking forward to the psych patients...

 

[sunealoneal]

How does this work? Your home institution decides which rotations have shelfs? Can away rotations give you shelfs?

 

[tiedyeddog]

I'm sorry, hold on.
You guys still wear your coats?

I have worn it during only 1 month of 4th year. I was forced to wear it by during my FM outpatient month because the preceptor thought it looked more professional.

 

[Psai]

I'm sorry, hold on.
You guys still wear your coats?

I did for medicine and outpatient family med but I'm cool with not looking like a mid level. Then again, seems like they're all wearing long coats nowadays

 

[tiedyeddog]

How does this work? Your home institution decides which rotations have shelfs? Can away rotations give you shelfs?

I think your medical school does decide what shelfs to take. I have never heard of a shelf during an away, I would bet zero away rotations do that across the country.

 

[tiedyeddog]

A shelf!?!? You have my full sympathy.

A few more days of ICU and I'll be done!

To any 3rd years reading this: do your best not to schedule anything after match day. Motivation drops to less than zero, haha.

Oh trust me, I tried. My school wasn't the friendliest about working with people who applied to specialties requiring multiple away rotations. If you do aways it basically adds the required rotations to the end of your 4th year at my school.

So, while everyone I know who applied FM, psych, EM, and most IM people are crushing the bars every night because they are done with rotations I am waking up to go hear about someone whine about pain control for their chronic LBP. Damnit.

 

[SoundofSilver]

UPDATE:

Was specifically told today that med students aren't allowed to see patients on their own during this rotation. I've never come across this before except for maybe parts of my psych rotation last year.

Looks like it's going to be a (mind numbing) month of shadowing.

Graduating med school in one month, but relegated to the level of a pre-med. WTF is this?!

 

[tiedyeddog]

UPDATE:

Was specifically told today that med students aren't allowed to see patients on their own during this rotation. I've never come across this before except for maybe parts of my psych rotation last year.

Looks like it's going to be a (mind numbing) month of shadowing.

Graduating med school in one month, but relegated to the level of a pre-med. WTF is this?!

What? Wow, and you're going into debt for the honor to stand quietly and pretend you don't exist while the real doctor does work....

 

[WinslowPringle]

UPDATE:

Was specifically told today that med students aren't allowed to see patients on their own during this rotation. I've never come across this before except for maybe parts of my psych rotation last year.

Looks like it's going to be a (mind numbing) month of shadowing.

Graduating med school in one month, but relegated to the level of a pre-med. WTF is this?!

What? Bogus. Can you talk to some higher up, course director or something? That shouldn't be happening.


...and count me in as another M4 on a rotation after match day. It's a critical care month, though, so have gotten to brush up on some suturing and medicine skills - which have atrophied since I last saw the mysterious things called patients - in, like, October. Oh, and no white coat this entire year.

 

[MedSchoolSurvivor]

The last rotation of medical school can often be frustrating if the faculty and residents don’t seem to understand that you are tired, burnt out, and above all else matched. My only advice is to show up everyday and do the work. I have a buddy who matched into a competitive field who had to redo his month long medicine Sub-I after graduation because he failed it due to his poor attitude. He ended up getting on one resident’s bad side, who then turned everyone else, (including the chairman) against him. Just be careful.