I've been given the advice about being more proactive in my rotations before. Asking questions should be part of our job description but then you meet the doctors or residents who find that annoying and sometimes I think they might picture you as stupid. Most of the questions that you can ask can usually be looked up in your freetime so that looks bad on your part. Most of us on rotations I hope, want to learn the core material and get a good foundation and the "intelligent" questions are usually to ask for specifics and to show that you know what you're talking about. That helps only if you know all the core material. I'm one of those people who learn more from seeing things visually and being told whats going on rather then reading about it in a book and leaving it at that. For example, I learn more from discussing a patient in DKA with a resident while they are working them up and treating them rather then going to a book and reading what you're supposed to do. I think its easier for me to figure out what to do the next time I see a patient like. Kind of like that see one, do one, teach one thing rather than the going over the chart yourself, reading the orders and figuring out what they did and why after the fact. Do you think?
