My first months of 4th year have already come and gone. I took the boards a month and a half ago and promptly went on vacation. I had a blast spending time with my family and catching up with a few friends.
On returning, I started my Family Medicine elective. I designed the month with the help of the lovely Family Med department at my school. The first two weeks were spent in a private practice in the 'burbs. I wanted to work with an energetic, young female so that I could try and imagine myself in their shoes. It worked! I had a blast and could almost imagine myself 5 years down the road in my shiny new practice. I spent the second two weeks at the local Family Medicine residency program. I worked with each of the attendings and several of the residents, attended lunch lectures, and even visited a couple of their other sites like the nursing home and OB clinic. I got a better feel for what residency will be like and really liked all the people I worked with. It was a great month in that it affirmed my decision to enter the field of Family Medicine.
Luckily this was a pretty laid back month, which allowed me to work on my residency applications! It wasn't all that hard really, but there are a lot of pieces to put together like getting a headshot, writing a personal statement, choosing which programs to apply to, making sure you have all your letters of recommendation from faculty members. And finally this past weekend I got to submit the thing. It felt like a lot of weight lifted off my shoulders.
Now I am back in the hospital working in the ICU. Today was my first day and I have to admit it was overwhelming seeing such incredibly sick people and not really understanding a lot of the interventions being used to treat them (ie, ventilators). Lots of learning to be had this month!
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