Ins and Outs of Being an Intern

Question

How will things change as I transition from medical student to intern?

Response from Graham Walker, MD
Chief Resident, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York

As an intern, you are the primary patient data collector. It's probably the most important part of the team. Welcome to the role.

Your first days as an intern may seem like just another medical school rotation; you're still writing notes, but what you write matters much more now. Your team will rely on you to know your patients and their numbers inside out, so if you say the creatinine is trending down, it better be.

Transitioning to INTERNSHIP

In less than 60 days, I will be going into internship and most of my posts will also be transitioning about internship and hospital duty. Thanks for your continued support.

MedicalStudent soon to be MedicalIntern... Hopefully...

Post-Exam Remorse and Realizations

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I just made it out of an Exam this day and I just woke up right now. Being in Medical School, the stress of taking an exam and the usual remorse of not studying enough is not an unusual feeling. You can say that it's a cycle that will repeat over and over again and nothing will ever make you become immune of it. It's become of this that I realized a few things that I'd like to share to everyone that you may not or may have realized already:

1. Things don't always work out as you planned in Med School. I've realized this lesson each time I do things and in fact I can fairly conclude that it should be part of a Medical Student's life. It is the norm rather than the exception. There are far too numerous factors that can be in play that will make our lives as uncertain as it's already is ranging from self-deserving consultants, toxic-bringing residents, inconsiderate professors, unsupportive classmates, uncooperative family or your own lazy self. 
2. You cannot give up. After a disappointing exam, you pick yourself up and move on. There is basically nothing you could do about it anyway that you should have done before the exams. It's already too late to undo things that have past and energies are better spent on preparing for things to come. So stop moping, eat your comfort food or have a satisfying sleep, then get over it.