Almighty Bean

Today was my first day in Family Medicine.  A part in my medical career, that I vow to PERFECT.  Come on, if you can’t be a simple all-around family doctor, then how do you expect to manage the really tough cases?  I was really nervous (as usual) going into the ambulatory care clinic, but I was lucky enough to have a wonderful resident with me, Dr. Fadrilan (is the spelling correct?)  She gave us a good introduction and orientation, and then guided us through the entire shift.  Duty in Fam Med is different from the usual duty in other departments.   Either you are day or night shift, each lasting for 12 hours.  It went by more quickly than I thought it would.  I was lucky enough to get the day shift on the first day.  Night shift meant that I still have to attend the morning OPD from 7:30-5 pm and then go on night duty from 7 PM till 7 am, and then going on OPD again from 7:30 am till 12 NN.  Night shift is pretty tough, and I go on night shift on Thursday.  That’s 2 days from now.  But for tomorrow I go on normal non-duty status, meaning just attending the OPD from 7:30 AM till 5 PM, with a quota of 15 patients per day (not so bad).  This rotation will last for 2 weeks.  and then off we go to Community Medicine!  Get set for the cool province shots that we’re gonna be taking while being doctors at San Juan Batangas!  ^_^ I’m kind of scared about the oral reports though coming up next week.

I got lots of stories already about the patients I encountered today.  But I’m kinda tired, so let’s just leave that for another day.  Thanks for reading! ^_^