As of today I am halfway done with my clinical year. That is SO WEIRD! In about 6 months I will be a doctor. Can’t wait, but also, a little terrified.
I am REALLY enjoying the externship I’m on right now. Great doctors, good personalities, wonderful technicians and assistants, excellent standard of care, good practice flow, knowledgeable about exotics. One of my former classmates works there part time so it’s been fun talking to him and getting insight into a day in the life of a relatively new graduate. The practice owner tells me she thinks I’m smart and that I have a good knowledge base for this stage in my education on an almost daily basis. Ha! Got her fooled :P It’s really nice to hear, though, because I do often feel inadequate at school and like most of my classmates know more than I do. It makes me feel like my plan of going into general practice is right for me and that’s a nice feeling. She’s also going through a Traditional Chinese Medicine program and is practicing acupuncture and so we’re having some fun discussions about that too. I often forget how much I love TCM when I’m away from it. I have to keep reminding myself that, once I’ve got my western medicine sort of down, I want to look into getting acupuncture certified 2-3 years down the road. If this practice offered me a job in any capacity, I would not hesitate to say yes. Sadly, they seem to have a pretty full house as far as doctors go, but a girl can hope :)
Been studying for my board exam. Some days I feel like I might pass, other days, not so much. Yuck. About three and a half weeks away.
I have not been a good reader/noter lately, not by choice, but by necessity. School and studying are keeping me so busy. I can’t wait until I have a real person life. Despite the busy, still considering the writing every day for November thing. Expect some short, shitty entries :P
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