hanging up the opthalmoscope
Yesterday was my last day of Neurology. Bub-bye consult month with weekends off.... tear.
Today I am back on the floors. When I had initially anticipated getting my call schedule, I didn't care about call days specifically, didn't care which team I was on, nor the attending. All I cared about was my senior resident. I feel like under a good senior, everything rolls smoothly. I may be busy, but I know I can count on him/her to pitch in and help out. Divide and conquer, both get home at a decent hour. Let me preface this by saying that the seniors I've had my other 5 floor months have been wonderful.
I had only one senior resident in mind that I DID NOT WANT to be assigned to. I had her before and she was just bad--disorganized, not particularly smart, no personality, and the worst offense, lazy. She never helped out. I would have 3 patients to run by her (the protocol at my hospital before you call the attending), and she would be too busy to meet up, then hand me 2 more patients to see. Grrrr.
Of course, this exactly who I ended up with.
This is what happened today: I had 9 new patients to see and learn, with 3 possible pending discharges, dictate on patients I didn't know, plus I had to make my sign out, call attendings and follow up on tests.
Me: Oh man, I'm just feeling a little overwhelmed.
Super unhelpful resident: I understand exactly what you mean. Well, the admission facilitator is covering for me today, so I"m going home now.
There was no "what can I do to help you?," no "I"ll work on your sign out," no anything. I'm just hoping that the rest of intern year has prepared me to be my own intern and senior. Call me an Internident.
Today I am back on the floors. When I had initially anticipated getting my call schedule, I didn't care about call days specifically, didn't care which team I was on, nor the attending. All I cared about was my senior resident. I feel like under a good senior, everything rolls smoothly. I may be busy, but I know I can count on him/her to pitch in and help out. Divide and conquer, both get home at a decent hour. Let me preface this by saying that the seniors I've had my other 5 floor months have been wonderful.
I had only one senior resident in mind that I DID NOT WANT to be assigned to. I had her before and she was just bad--disorganized, not particularly smart, no personality, and the worst offense, lazy. She never helped out. I would have 3 patients to run by her (the protocol at my hospital before you call the attending), and she would be too busy to meet up, then hand me 2 more patients to see. Grrrr.
Of course, this exactly who I ended up with.
This is what happened today: I had 9 new patients to see and learn, with 3 possible pending discharges, dictate on patients I didn't know, plus I had to make my sign out, call attendings and follow up on tests.
Me: Oh man, I'm just feeling a little overwhelmed.
Super unhelpful resident: I understand exactly what you mean. Well, the admission facilitator is covering for me today, so I"m going home now.
There was no "what can I do to help you?," no "I"ll work on your sign out," no anything. I'm just hoping that the rest of intern year has prepared me to be my own intern and senior. Call me an Internident.