About 4 o'clock this afternoon is was more like MAYDAY! (as in SOS) I had my clinic this afternoon, and they all started to back up on me about then. I hate to leave patients waiting on me, but I can only move so fast. And the person who is in charge of how many appointments I have and what times they're at (not me, obviously) has a very different philosophy of how a clinic should be run. I think one should have more frequent appointments early in the session, with fewer appointments late in the day. I know that's a common sentiment among residents, so I'm confused as to why our clinics are all set up the opposite. Especially given the propensity of our pts to have transportation issues that end up making them late sometimes. I'm just a first-year resident, so I don't have that full a schedule. Here's an example of my afternoon: one appt. slot at 1:15, one at 2:15, two at 2:45, two at 3:00, two at 3:15, two at 3:30. It's a good thing they stop making appts. at 3:30, or else I'd never leave.
Today, being the first day of a new month, was the first day of a new service. This month I'm an OB/GYN. So far, so good. One of the third-year residents had her third little girl this am. I was struck again by how weird it is for one of us to be on the other end of the doctor-patient relationship. She used one of the private OBs, so it wasn't as weird as it might have been, but she is still a patient in the hospital where we all work, so it's still weird.
All these babies and pregnant people brings up one of the continuing mental debates in my life. I've been married for five years now (well, almost) and seems like everybody around me (including residents) is popping out the kids. I like kids; I want kids as much as the next feller. But I am a resident, and it is a lot of work to have a kid. Argh. I do much better when I just don't think about it. Good luck on the labor & delivery ward, huh? :-P
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