So this is the pool, early in the morning - its not heated, but it feels great after laying out in the sun....hope I'm not making anyone curse me right now.
I can't believe a month has gone by already. I have the Windsor/Detroit weather report on my Google home page and I remind myself on a daily basis of how thankful I am to be here....seriously. Nothing much exciting has happened lately - I did go for a drive up to Clearwater (near Tampa) to visit the G-parents, it felt really good to drive.
I started my neurology rotation today. It was a long day in that I was probably standing for 7 hours of it....in heels. I'm doing outpatient neurology right now, and there's such a gamut of things I saw today that I'm scrambling with my reading list of what to review first - migraines, epilespy, Parkinson's disease, myasthenia gravis.....
The one thing that really sucks about starting new rotations is that you get the "I'm a moron and I don't know anything" feeling all over again until you get your bearings about what you're supposed to be doing. I would say I experienced this feeling for the bulk of my third year rotations, its actually a painfully effective learning tool to have awareness about your lack of knowledge. It was nice beginning fourth year and having some familiarity with what I should be doing/looking for/pretending to be doing. One thing I've learned is that if you look happy, and excited about everything, and ask a few questions people generally think you're enthusiastic about learning - no matter how much you dislike the rotation (OB!), and they'll put in a little more effort to teach you.
Ya know, in reflecting about this, I can remember having these same feelings in kindergarten - as I was terrified of being called on and having the wrong answer.....hmmm....makes ya wonder...
Anyways, this is the view out my bedroom window.
Looking at their qualifications, I was close! If only I had a little more experience under my belt, and was a fully Canadian board certified doctor. Maybe in the next round of applications...in the mean time perhaps I should take some astronomy classes or something....
This week I observed a telemedicine interaction with a patient which was done via video cameras over the internet. The set up they had in the clinic made it look as though it was the bridge on the Star Trek Enterprise. On the other side of the video camera was the patient with a nurse. The neurological exam was conducted by instructing the patient and nurse to carry out various tests. It was pretty cool actually, and made me start to wonder if this type of technology is being used in more remote areas of Canada, where they are in dire need of physicians. Nothing replaces actually being able to have hands on contact with a patient, but for follow-ups or specialist consultations this could solve a lot of problems.
So this is the pool, early in the morning - its not heated, but it feels great after laying out in the sun....hope I'm not making anyone curse me right now.
