Lets compile a list so we can give future shadower's something they can expect.
Experience:
Best: Cardiology patient telling my how my preceptor saved her life on Christmas. (Gave me free food too for a week)
Best: Anaestheologist telling me everything especially tips on the political aspect of medicine (pimping, malignant personality, back stabbers etc).
Worst: Radiology pimp me with random ass question that I have no way of answering
Most Awkward: Colonoscopy while the patient is NOT under anesthesia (he decided to drive himself....) and this particular case lasted over 1 hour!!.
Most Tense: During a hip replacement the patient's heart just quit working, (this is a healthy guy and nothing that would suggest this is likely) while I was talking to the anesthesiologist. I had to run into another room and get help. The whole time I was thinking " **** hope I didnt kill someone because I was distracting the anesthesiologist!"
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Best People to Shadow:
Anesthesiologist-Can talk to you all the time.
Cardiologist-Can brief you before each case pretty fun. And got all kinds of procedure. You get to go to the cath lab and the tech will talk you though everything. But they personally cant talk to you during procedures.
GI-Can talk to you during procedures.
Worst People to Shadow:
Radiology-I am bias because I got pimped
Pathology-If you are not at academic center you wont see **** (need double headed microscope). If you are at an teaching hospital then it is pretty cool
Orthopedic Surgeons-They need to do their stuff fast, and there are tons of people around them. They are much harder to follow than just follow the anesthesiologist around, because they move from room to room while anesthesiologist stay the same room. (3 anesthesiologist for every 2 Surgeon at my place to ensure best room usage). And if you follow them they tend to schedule the same procedures back to back which can become boring if you dont like nails and hammer that much.
Experience:
Best: Cardiology patient telling my how my preceptor saved her life on Christmas. (Gave me free food too for a week)
Best: Anaestheologist telling me everything especially tips on the political aspect of medicine (pimping, malignant personality, back stabbers etc).
Worst: Radiology pimp me with random ass question that I have no way of answering
Most Awkward: Colonoscopy while the patient is NOT under anesthesia (he decided to drive himself....) and this particular case lasted over 1 hour!!.
Most Tense: During a hip replacement the patient's heart just quit working, (this is a healthy guy and nothing that would suggest this is likely) while I was talking to the anesthesiologist. I had to run into another room and get help. The whole time I was thinking " **** hope I didnt kill someone because I was distracting the anesthesiologist!"
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Best People to Shadow:
Anesthesiologist-Can talk to you all the time.
Cardiologist-Can brief you before each case pretty fun. And got all kinds of procedure. You get to go to the cath lab and the tech will talk you though everything. But they personally cant talk to you during procedures.
GI-Can talk to you during procedures.
Worst People to Shadow:
Radiology-I am bias because I got pimped
Pathology-If you are not at academic center you wont see **** (need double headed microscope). If you are at an teaching hospital then it is pretty cool
Orthopedic Surgeons-They need to do their stuff fast, and there are tons of people around them. They are much harder to follow than just follow the anesthesiologist around, because they move from room to room while anesthesiologist stay the same room. (3 anesthesiologist for every 2 Surgeon at my place to ensure best room usage). And if you follow them they tend to schedule the same procedures back to back which can become boring if you dont like nails and hammer that much.
