I just had 3 inpatient hospital interviews and I am thinking of ranking my programs, but I am currently on a cardiology at a busy teaching institution (my first rotation like this) and I am just not good at it. I come in early and pre round on patients, but I just don t feel like I m getting the hang of monitoring my patients or anticipating questions... It s just really disheartening and makes me feel like this is something I literally can t do.... I ve been getting the same feedback all month and even though I try adjusting my approach to learning each patient, it s not working! My question is, is my situation normal for 4th students? Do residents with poor clinical skills going into residency still succeed? What should I do to get better?
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I am not a doctor. But I go to doctor's office a lots. Its unfortunate but thats the way it is.
Most people will be indulgent towards a weird type of doctor (you have to be a very special person to do so long in school) . As long as he is competent and show that he cares.
I changed of doctor very often and I will give you a list of reasons that make me dislike a doctor.
1- money doctor: In Out less than 5 minutes at EVERY visits. Or the type of doctor who say : one problem per visit only, please come back.
2- I want sex: If a Doctor show me that he likes me too much. Bye bye
3- I called out the Doctor on a mistake, alone ... not infront of anyone ...and the Doctor yell at me.
4-Too many mistakes ; the doctor dont care
5- experimental doctor: I had a doctor ( he went to university like you) who tried to heal a urinar tract infection with suggestions. Or another Doctor who wanted to change my pills whitout any other reason than: the new pill had great review from the pharm rep.
Usually pharmacists work in a lab and do compounding and making up of specialized meds. If they are required in surgery they monitor what meds a certain patient should have to get certain results and in emergency they determine what strengths and doses and interactions meds must be to keep the patient alive but they don't have to do rounds and interact with patients. Your description is unusual for a hospital pharmacist. You should be talking with the nurses and doctors only???