I took care of a patient who came in to the emergency department because when they woke up that morning they “didn’t want to get out of bed”…I didn’t realize that was abnormal.
@GamerEMDoc There were some places where I almost exclusively interacted with residents. Residents really underestimate the impact they have on a rotating student’s perception of their program.
@NoobieMatt Both serve important roles. But just because an ambulance crew doesn’t say they’re “establishing command” on the radio when they show up, doesn’t mean they don’t know how to manage an incident.
@arielleerdz EM interviews, for the most part, are about getting to know you as a person to see if you’d be a good fit for the program and to make sure you aren’t a weirdo.
I had a professor in college who started the first day of class by saying, “You have to risk failure in order to succeed”. I later dropped his class because I was definitely going to fail, but I still think about that quote any time I’m afraid of doing something hard.
@eotles I math all the time. If I see 20 patients, I have 20 notes. Then subtract from the total every time I finish a note. Then add back to the total every time I see another patient.