Phew...another semester down!

Where to start. I finished my last two finals today; cell biology and anatomy & physiology II. I don't know how I did it with only 4 hours of sleep but I did it. This was my toughest semester and I know this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Since my last blog about the exciting opportunity to shadow an internist (an MD of internal medicine) I have achieved another personal goal. I completed my 3rd year of Jumpstart (AmeriCorps), a nonprofit early education program. I served a total of 1325 community service hours which is shared between serving 3 classrooms and over 60 preschoolers. Sad to depart from such a great program but it is time to gain clinical hours!

Now back to my shadowing experience. This week will make my 5th week with Dr.**** and she has taught me so much already. I have seen over 20 patients who were awesome and 1 actually remembers me :D so that was a plus. I look forward to every Friday when I walk down the halls of the Hospital while imagining wearing my white coat and stethoscope around my neck while talking to my fellow cohorts. JUST a few more years and my imagination will become a reality.

Until next time...see ya.

First day shadowing

It was as if tomorrow was my surgery date. My nerves were at an all-time high and I pranced around my bedroom with a million thoughts of anything and everything that could go wrong. It was barely that extreme. 

It was the first day of shadowing an internist when I realized... this was the beginning of an endless journey into Physician Assistant School.
I soon became nauseous - probably became bipolar at this point. The hospital setting was not new to me, but for some reason I couldn't control myself. It's my first glimpse to observe the physician-patient relationship and this time, I wasn't the immediate patient. 

Tomorrow, March 21, 2014 @ 1:00 p.m, I will meet the physician, a walking medical encyclopedia, who took the time out of her schedule to have me tail her while she practices medicine! HOW EXCITING...now time for bed, I have a big day tomorrow.