late/missed lecture twice-- screwed?

[silas2642]

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So started this week on peds and I have to admit that I'm a pretty disorganized person. I got confused as to which day it was and showed up late to lecture. Attending was pretty nice about it; I didn't lie, told her the truth and said that it wouldn't happen again. Next day it happened again. I didn't know that the lecture time swapped on Friday compared to the rest of the week.

How screwed am I for evaluations?

 

[doogoshly]

nothing you can do about what's already happened. just make sure you aren't ever late again, go above and beyond, and kiss ass if you can.

 

[MrBurns10]

Is it your attending who was doing the lecture or a different one?

If it was a different one, you really don't have anything to worry about. The ones who do the lecture usually won't give feedback unless someone does something grossly inappropriate. Plus, they rotate who gives the lectures. If it was your attending, your only choice is to just do the best you can the remainder of the rotation and be on time from here on out. He/she may even forget if this is the beginning of the clerkship.

 

[SouthernSurgeon]

So started this week on peds and I have to admit that I'm a pretty disorganized person. I got confused as to which day it was and showed up late to lecture. Attending was pretty nice about it; I didn't lie, told her the truth and said that it wouldn't happen again. Next day it happened again. I didn't know that the lecture time swapped on Friday compared to the rest of the week.

How screwed am I for evaluations?

IMO - you need to learn one major lesson from this, and it has nothing to with your peds eval. It is really really hard to be successful in med school and residency if you are not organized. My advice is to start developing ways to keep yourself organized. Come up with some system so you don't forget things.

Since you've done this twice in the first week...go home, write out the lecture schedule for each day, and keep it in the white coat pocket. Remember that "on time" actually means being there 5 minutes early.

 

[OncoCaP]

Good ideas above. Your clinical work is probably key. As long as you do well on the wards, the tests and know the answers to pimping questions, I'm not sure what the lectures exactly mean on your rotation .... In any case, improve as much as you can and move on. Hopefully you can avoid missing lecture for the third time.

 

[Pinkertinkle]

yah probably should stop doing that if you intend to honor rotations

 

[scube]

lets see here. Missed a clinic entirely, was late to a surgery(no one noticed), forgot to round on patients, came to to operations completely unprepared. this is how my actions were perceived (i think) not what actually happened not that I tried to dig my self out of that mess.

Everyone knows that you are new and will most likely forgive grievances in the first week. if your clerkship is run by the chief resident they are also new at their job.

 

[ucsfstudents]

I would take this as a lesson learned, and find a way to be more organized. Keep track of the handouts you receive at the beginning of the rotation and refer to those often. If it's a new rotation, check your schedule for the next day each evening. Talk to your classmates.

They might mention your mistake on your evaluations, but it's a good lesson to learn, and you just need to make sure you never repeat this mistake again. Timeliness is really big during your clinical rotations. Keep in mind that we all make mistakes, so you are not alone.