2. EVERY SINGLE weekend I could go fishing! (YAY! See below)
4. I got to suture, cut out basal cell carcinomas, catch babies, inject trigger fingers, scope, do INDs, drain hematomas, do prostate exams, hernia checks, steroid injections... yada yada. All the stuff somebody should have let me do by now but it hadn't happened until family medicine.
5. I got to see inpatients, outpatients, ICU patients, peeps in the ED, and patients in WalMart. Pretty awesome.
6. My attending is single... so the nurses feel sorry for him and cook for him several times a week. When they found out I am single too... They felt sorry for my by proxy. So I got all kinds of bayou food to take home.... catfish courtbouillon, fried trout, redfish dip, crawfish pasta, venison spaghetti, chicken with lima beans... oh man it was fabulouso!
7. No matter how many times I reminded my patients that I was a med student, they still called me Doc. As did everyone at the gas station, the grocery store, and at the one restaurant in town.
9. We discussed making topwater bait just as much as we talked about medicine (example below)
10. I said it before, and I'll say it again. Family Medicine... practiced rurally.. is the most romantic type of medicine there is. You see babies, peds, adults, and grandparents. ICU patients, mothers giving birth, emergencies, etc. You don't consult cards or psych unless you REALLY need help. You're a cowboy. I absolutely love it.
If you do Fam Med, you should consider working for a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHA). I am told they do loan repayment.
ReplyDeletewow, awesome post! you sound like Zoe Hart on the CW's Hart of Dixie :)
ReplyDeleteI loved my shadowing experiences in rural FM setting. Fabulous - everything from prenatal to terminal in 8 hours.
ReplyDeleteAs OMDG said, there are programs out there including many clinical sites that will pay off your loans with a 5 year commitment to staying put.
Being female raises that ability quite substantially. The clinic I shadowed in is eagerly awaiting my matriculation, residency, and on-boarding with them. (They apparently, have forgotten my biggest hurdle is still that first word!).
GRATS!
Sounds like you are having a wonderful time!
ReplyDeleteI've never seen / heard you this excited about medicine before. I'm glad to head that you're enjoying yourself.
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