After four months of being off rotations, I am excited to finally be returning to clinical come early July. It is a very unique situation that we are in, for I have heard that our roles will be very different now; for example, most outpatient clinical rotations are conducted via telehealth, which includes patient visits […]
The 1.5 Curriculum
Most medical schools these days are moving towards the 1.5 curriculum – that is, 1.5 years of didactic classroom learning, and 2.5 years of clinical learning. Instead of the traditional 2 years of lecture and 2 years of rotations, you begin rotations January of your second year. I always thought this was the superior curriculum, […]
First Patient Encounter 2: The Conversation
I clearly remember the entire sequence of events that occurred on the first day of my placement. I was first told to put on my stethoscope, which felt weird because we had just barely learned how to take blood pressure and perform a respiratory exam. I was also extremely glad that the first patient agreed […]
