I have now been through one week of clinicals, and I never expected to be so bored. Most of the patients cancelled for the outpatient clinic that I am at, so I saw a total of 1 patient. In a whole week. Um, what? Things got better on Friday, where I saw 2 patients in the podiatry clinic. I got to trim someone's toenails, which was pretty sweet.
Today I was at the hematology/oncology and cardiology specialty clinics. I saw probably 5 patients in the morning and 4 patients in the afternoon. It was mostly observational, but that is more like the load that I was expecting.
The thing that I am most annoyed about is how much lecture I have. I thought that was over, but no, last week I was in lecture probably 12 hours. That is WAY too much for me! It will get less and less I think as the year goes on, but it sucks for now.
I think I am missing something in terms of what studying I am supposed to be doing. I have to take a national exam at the end of this 10 week block (so 9 weeks left) that is supposedly pretty difficult, and I should be studying now while I have time, but I'm just confused about what I'm supposed to study and what is worth my time. Just a little lost. Not scary lost, but lost nonetheless.
Lastly, I miss my grampy. He is in a SO much better place and I am extremely glad that his suffering is over, but his death makes me miss him and my gramy so much more than I expected. I'm not sad, exactly (for the reasons I just said), but there is just so much about them I feel like I never knew. I was lucky to have them for so long.
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BIg, Big, hugs hun. I know it's not easy, but time will help you heal.
Sorry clinic hours have been so boring, hopefully they pick up for the rest of your 9 weeks to go!
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