After I finished the surgery rotation, I began the psychiatry rotation. What a difference! They are literally night and day from each other, or at least in my opinion. Truth be told, I didn’t think I would love my psychiatry rotation as much as I did. Every attending and resident I came across was so […]
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
I know I’m most likely sharing the obvious, but let’s talk about how important it can be to have a great, collaborative team. Right now, I’m on inpatient internal medicine at the VA, and I really love my team. That can be vital to one’s experience. I have one upper-level PGY-2 Internal Medicine resident and […]
The Hardest Part of Inpatient Internal Medicine
I will tell you that being on inpatient internal medicine wards is just tough—it’s one of the tougher months during residency. Typically, patients are very sick. I’m at the VA, so many of them are much older and/or at the end of their life. And let me tell you, that is HARD! Besides the incredibly […]
