December 8, 2010
7:40 PM
Dear blog, its been a while since I last posted, the reason why was because of my grand rounds at the hospital. We are still being introduced to introduction to clinical medicine and are given techniques to do physicals on patients. And I find it really helpful how our clinical directors are showing us proper ways to write and fill blue notes and H&P paper work (H & P = history and prognosis).
I find it rather hilarious how my handwriting is illegible. My clinical director, Dr. M, came to read my report , took it and said, "typical doctor's handwriting. i can't even read this!" hahaha. He is a great guy, a joker, and jack of all trades. He was helping me today in performing a physical for the three patients that I had. I'm really enjoying it here, despite the work and the hours, lack of sleep, I really like it.
Its odd , in a way, because i dont really mind the work now. I love it. From the moment i wake up, dressing up (dress shirt, dress pants, tie, black shoes) and then putting my white coat on. My pockets filled with medical books, lab charts, my stethoscpe around my neck, my otoscope and my opthalmoscope in my white coat pockets. Hardcore mode! lol!
Walking inside the hospital , i get this sense of satisfaction. The nurses, med techs, lab techs, nursing techs and the patients that see me all wave. Many of the techs nodd their heads at me. A sense of purpose. I get this sense of reward , that all this hard work has served its purpose, all the sacrifices really worth it.
To the patients that come to me , and just by the sight of my white coat, a sense of their pain dissipates. "How can I help you?"
That comes immediately. Then the sense of tripidation that they have at first melts away. The barrier is removed. They then reveal their pain, their cc (chief complaint) and I then begin my SOAP procedure (Subjective, objective, assessment, plan).
There is so much to learn, too, so many new cases we see everyday, so many procedures that i've never seen before (just read through theory) and now having the chance to see it being performed and actually performing it. It is liberating. I get to see the kind of doctor that I want to be. I have learned so much, different analytical skills, different treatment techniques just from associating with the attendings, the residents and the chief resident.
Just yesterday, when I was doing my rounds , I stopped by the Laboratory. I saw 3 filipino men there. I guess they were medical technicians. They were older (early to mid 50's, i assume). They looked at me, saw my white coat and my id-tag that said, "Jackson Park Hospital , Medical Intern". They smiled at me and one said, 'Kummusta!'. I guess he knew I was filipino. lol.
I nodded. Prim and proper, as they say, one has to be prim and proper.
Dr. M told us, "Carry yourself with respect and decorum. Remember that this lifestyle is what you will be living for the rest of your life..."
So it is. And I am loving it. Its stresses, its pains, its learning qualities, its interesting situations, and most of all, the constant new things to learn..daily."
That was my week in a nutshell. My view so far. And I end this with my thanks to God. To My Lord who Gives me the Strength to do what I do, bear what I must bear, and never leaves my side when I need Him Most. To God be all the glory, honor and praise....my shield and my staff, my rock in whom I stand firm....
AMEN.
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