All is well good sir. Passed the first step of my medical board exams (USMLE step 1) a few months ago and so I'm flung into my clinical rotations now. The hours are very variable, depending on what service I was on. I started off with 8 weeks of surgery, and averaged around 70 hours a week, give or take. Then I moved on to Family Medicine which seemed almost like a vacation compared to surgery. I worked around 35 hours a week on Family. I just finished that and now I will be starting inpatient Internal Medicine on Monday which I have high hopes for considering IM is the specialty I was thinking of going into. The hours for IM I heard aren't *too* horrible; start time at the hospital is usually around 6 AM so that's not too bad. Rotation schedule for next semester will be Ob/gyn, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry (8 weeks each).
It's starting to move really fast though. I can't believe M3 year is already a third of the way over. It seems like only yesterday I was wrapping up M2 year. One more step closer to that MD finish line I suppose. All in all, I'm enjoying this journey. I get to do things and see stuff that most people don't get to see or do, and learn new things every day. I'm still really new to this whole diagnosing stuff but oh, the stories I could tell... :laugh:
I tried to log on MSN to see if there's anyone on but it says my current version is outdated and I need to install Skype to continue using Messenger. Ain't nobody got time fo' dat! If you got a Facebook account, holler at me yo.
A little more than a year and a half left to go then I will be upgraded from medical student to noob doctor status. I hope all is well with you too! :flowers:
Edit-the old smiley tags are no longer functioning...too lazy to change them :wink:
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