Breaking into the 'Old Boys Club'

Medicine has traditionally been a profession full of old white men. Even though the way has been well-paved by women before me, training to be a doctor can still be very challenging. Here are the stories of my trials and tribulations...

Monday, April 16, 2007

Last CTU overnight on-call shift!

Yea me! I made it through internal med with my insanity intact! We have 4 more days of internal medicine left and tonight is my last on-call shift!!! Well, not really...our team is on call on Saturday...after our exam. But us med students only have to stay until 5pm. Bummer that I still have to come in the day after our exam, but at least we don't have to stay the night!!!

Hope our shift goes well tonight. So far, I've had a nice nap because I couldn't keep my eyes open this afternoon. I've done a bit of studying, so now I'm just waiting for an admission. I think this may be the calm before the storm. I just have a feeling.

I have 3 patients right now. 2 of them might not be discharged before I am done, but they are doing better than when they first came in. That's all I can ask. My other dude that left AMA and came back has decided to "change his life". He is now "done with drugs" and wants to move away after he is discharged so he can start a new life. Meanwhile he spends most of his day off ward with other sketchy patients and he hasn't been demanding his pain meds as he normally does. Hmmmm...methinks my patient is a LLPOF (lier, lier pants on fire). My awesome new abbrev.

Well, I must get dinner right now. I will be hiding until after my exams, so farewell to you all! See you soon when I come up for air!

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