Why hello blogosphere! It's been a whole month, which means time for an update. Somehow we are already 6 weeks into the school year, 2 and 1/3 classes complete. Things are starting to heat up, my friends. We have already begun our Board review class (ok, so we just had one intro session, but it still feels alarmingly early...Boards are in July!) and Careers in Medicine. I can feel the momentum. In 2.5 weeks we will launch into systems-based classes and before you know it the holidays will be here and then a steady march to my funeral...er, the Boards.

New to the mix this year is my rural family medicine preceptorship, which is going just fine. My preceptor last year, for those of you who forgot, was in a suburban family medicine practice. I was hoping to expand my family medicine horizons by moving to a rural practice: a setting where I have come to believe one can practice a larger scope of medicine, including more in-office procedures. So far, I have not found that to be the case. Other than a slightly more rural patient population, not much has changed. Either my suburban preceptor saw an unusual amount of diversity, or I have been duped. Maybe I haven't gone rural enough. Whatever the case, I still enjoy family medicine and I am happy to be in a unique setting (we have a cornfield right outside the back door of the office!).

I hope you all had a relaxing Labor Day weekend! I enjoyed mine with good friends, a Flying Squirrels game, a trip to Virginia Beach, exploring in Richmond, and not enough studying. Time to catch up, and quick!