I just completed my four-week outpatient sub-internship in urgent care, and I must admit that prior to this rotation, I did not know exactly what purpose urgent care served. Over the past four weeks through many provider complaints about what was unnecessarily getting triaged to them, I have learned what urgent care is and what […]
My Last Rotation: Internal Medicine
It’s that time and let me tell you it came faster than I ever imagined but I am ready to start my very last core rotation of my third year. Just a reminder the core rotations are mandatory rotations that third-year students need to take before becoming “official” fourth-year students. I think that my schedule […]
First Patient Encounter 1: The Family Medicine Experience
Entering medical school meant many different things for me in all aspects of my life. I had an opportunity to shadow a clinical allergist over the summer months and remembered being so excited as he conversed with the patient while I sat there quietly. I often thought to myself, when will it be my turn […]