I wish I had blogged sooner because now my memory of my last day is faint. But I'll try my best to recap.
I interacted with a range of med students. The entire day was spent in Suite G. A patient referred to me as a doctor. The doctor referred to me as her student. The med students thought I was a nurse, and the nurse thought I was as a med student. It was time for the big reveal.
"I'm shadowing", I confessed.
Confessed, because after 2 weeks I had started to feel like I was actually all the above. I started to feel like a nurse, med student, and sometimes a physician's assistant. I mean, I could've been, I functioned as all three. It was great, but now reality struck. I was shadowing. Still an awesome opportunity, but I was still in Undergrad.
There were a lot of cool cases that day and I was absorbing all the knowledge like a sponge.
I saw an examination of a girl who had never had a menstrual cycle and wanted to get pregnant. I didn't think it was possible, but all she needed was some hormones. At this point I can't remember exactly why it was possible for her to never have a period, but apparently such situations are common.
I can't remember in detail all the other cases, but the last day was jam-packed with lots of info. With a few days left till school, my shadowing experience is only a memory now. I truly miss it, and just might swing by the hospital in a few days. Once again, another stepping stone to M.D.
