What are you starting on?

[kbrown]

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I am starting on either Cards or Nephro, then going to Peds Ward. Yeah, medicine...oh well, better than neurosurg, trauma or ortho I guess.

What's everyone else doing? I imagine a lot of people are starting on orientation or ED right? My program only has 2 months in the ED first year, so it's a true intern year.

 

[jaeida8]

Pedi ED

 

[12R34Y]

orientation ED.......then ICU

 

[wook]

I am starting on either Cards or Nephro, then going to Peds Ward. Yeah, medicine...oh well, better than neurosurg, trauma or ortho I guess.

What's everyone else doing? I imagine a lot of people are starting on orientation or ED right? My program only has 2 months in the ED first year, so it's a true intern year.

Orientation, followed by trauma.

Wook

 

[Dukes]

First 3 months in the ED. Actually 4 out of my first 5 months are in the ED. Lots of offservice after that.

 

[Koko]

orientation for 1 week and then the first month in the ed. not sure after that...

 

[NateatUC]

Orientation for a month, then a month of EMS & Ultrasound. That should be nice. Then 2 ED months.

 

[st0rmin]

Orientation for a month, also, then ENT/Ophtho

 

[EctopicFetus]

I do 1 month of orientation, then either 2 weeks ed or vacation.. All my off service is in the 2nd half of the yr.

 

[GeneralVeers]

Orientation? What's that? My first day they threw me in the E.D. saying "There's a guy with DKA somewhere in the E.D. go work him up"

 

[Hercules]

My first 3 months will be in the ED. We do 7 months in the ED our first year and I can't wait as my Transitional Year is winding down (I'm at what was a 2-4 program when I applied, but will be a 1-4 on the upcoming application cycle).

 

[la gringa]

also finishing up prelim year... start w/ 1 month orientation, then 2 wks vacation, 2 weeks ED, 1 month ortho.

 

[kbrown]

Orientation? What's that? My first day they threw me in the E.D. saying "There's a guy with DKA somewhere in the E.D. go work him up"

I hear ya, no orientation here either. Our orientation comes at the end of 1st year. Which will be a nice break for sure after intern year. I will be working up hyponatremia??!! What the hell? I had a great nephro staff that taught me some stuff, but damn, to start on beans....yikes!!!!!

 

[DOnut]

Orientation month, then cardiology. After that, Peds floor and then Medicine floor. I don't hit the ED until November. Oh well.....Bring it on!! 😀

 

[ewells]

Orientation month then trauma. I tried to front load the toughest off-service months.

 

[corpsmanUP]

Orientation for a month, including confidence course and fire training! They really believe in camaraderie building the first month. Then I have an ED month, followed by a trauma month. Including Peds ED, we have 5 months of ED first year...a great schedule!

 

[Telemachus]

orientation ED.......then ICU

Yeah, I'm orientation then MICU. This really amplifies the "wait, what, I'm a doctor? there must be some mistake" feeling I have heading into graduation.

 

[Back34]

Sure as hell hope it isn't OB

 

[Koko]

Sure as hell hope it isn't OB

if it is, life can only get better 🙂

 

[DrMom]

Haven't gotten my schedule yet. We have 1 week of orientation at the beginning of June and then off until July 1. With my luck, I'll have our house officer month first...but at least it'd be over with.

 

[Mary Jane Watson]

All the interns are on orientation in July, then I go to the CCU. Luckily, there will be a 2nd year EM resident in the CCU then, too, so I won't be alone, at the mercy of medicine residents. 😉 My March-May will be rough, as I do truama, then neurosurg, then medicine. Ah, the joys of internship. One of my peds EM attendings once told me: "Anyone can do anything for a month." So think of your off-service rotations that way.

MJ

 

[DrMom]

One of my peds EM attendings once told me: "Anyone can do anything for a month." So think of your off-service rotations that way.

MJ

That was my philosophy throught my clinical rotations 🙂