So far my radiology rotation is not bad at all. It kind of helps that there are only 5 students and we mostly don’t have to interact with other students that I don’t know. Helps with the social anxiety. Amusingly enough, the night before the rotation started, I had a dream that reminded me where I was supposed to go for this rotation. My poor, silly, anxiety-ridden, sleeping brain, trying to look out for me :P
I really am not good at radiology at all, though. I can see some stuff but there’s also a lot that confuses me. I imagine a lot of that is just a matter of not having all that much experience looking at radiographs. I feel like I’m catching more stuff as the rotation goes on but I also feel like it takes me a lot of time. We do regional-specific case studies with one of the radiologists every morning and one of my classmates sees things so quickly. However, I feel like once someone has said they see something, I can usually see it too, even if they haven’t stated a specific location. I also feel like I’m pretty good with coming up with differential diagnoses for what we’re seeing. And I’m more or less OK with blurting things out and not feeling mortified when I’m wrong. The radiologists are good, patient teachers who don’t make you feel dumb even when you have a silly answer for something :)
I have more to write but dinner is ready, I’m hungry, and I want to go to bed soon. I’ll try to check in again soon!
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