Two weeks ago was the last day of my last clinical rotation. It was a sad day with my absolute favorite preceptor throughout the entire year of rotations. I drove away from the clinic feeling like I hadn’t in a while – the realization that I would not be working with this physician again, who […]
From the Clinic to the Wards: A Hospitalist Perspective
I’ve shifted from the clinic to the wards. For the next 5 months, I’m on multiple inpatient services–internal medicine, surgery, inpatient peds. I’m only a few weeks in and it’s already a very different world I’m living in. The 3-hour-long rounds, the pace of patient interactions, and the intensity of medical management. As an internist, […]
