No Way? Another Update So Soon!

... Indeed.

Well, today I got up around 6:30am. Watched the news/weather for awhile to determine whether I should make the almost hour trip to the clinic I'm at or if I should not risk my life. I decided I would give it a shot and got ready. I got out in my car and gunned the gas pedal and tried to stop as fast as I could in our complex parking lot to see if I would slide. (Don't worry, I watched for pedestrians). I didn't slide so I made the trip, and made it safely! I have to really think if the trip is worth it because the clinic I am at is out in the boonies. There isn't a whole lot blocking the main road I drive down from the gusts of wind or blowing snow. Thus, these roads get pretty bad to drive on, in a hurry. Luckily I am with a preceptor that values my life more than my company haha.

I know I talked about this clinic a little bit, but I am really enjoying my self there. I really like the people that work there. They are all sarcastic just like me and don't mind me being so. I really think that not just as a rotation but especially as a job site that the people you work with make the difference. You may have a not so good boss or have a difficult patient population. Yet if you have co-workers that you are able to be yourself around and enjoy being around it can make your day, at the very least tolerable. At this clinic, even when we are having a bad/busy day we are able to get through it. Most times we are even able to finish with a smile on our faces. Sometimes you just can't ask for more than that.

On a different note, I really feel like I am able to put things together more when a patient comes in with a problem that hasn't been figured out yet. I have even made some suggestions to my preceptor that she wasn't quite thinking of at the time. Part of this is probably because I am coming fresh out of the books. So naturally I have some more of the specific and more up-to-date knowledge on a wide range of areas that a family practice practioner may not have readily available. I think the main thing is I am really learning to take the book knowledge and combine that with clinical knowledge that my preceptor has and mold it into my own style. I am still unsure of what this means. Nevertheless, it is exciting to see how far I have come in these short few months. Though, there is still much more to learn, I am still up holding my passion to dive right in.

See ya,

M-R