recently I completed the required 6 weeks of pediatrics at my hospital's residency program. Our pediatrics rotation should really be call Newborn Nursery because all we see are newborns, even during our pediatric clinic hours we see the same babies we sent home just days before with a few 2 year old check ups sprinkled in and on a very rare occasion a sick visit from a 6 year old. But the morning rounds before clinic is the real exciting part: doing the exact same exam, writing the exact same note, and giving the exact same instructions to a dozen babies and moms every morning.
Even though I was blessed to have vacation during my time on pediatrics it was still too much, too many babies, too many bili's, too monotonous. That's how you learn, or so they say, by repetition. I do have my ER warnings speel down in Spanish and English!
During my rotation I told myself that I would take time out from the monotony of the paperwork and Ballard's exams and actually sit in a rocking chair and enjoy feeding one of the babies ... but it never happened, oh well. The take home lesson from the rotation is that I am so happy that I will not be a "Newborn Nursery" doctor full time, is anyone? if so how can they stand it?
Even though I was blessed to have vacation during my time on pediatrics it was still too much, too many babies, too many bili's, too monotonous. That's how you learn, or so they say, by repetition. I do have my ER warnings speel down in Spanish and English!
During my rotation I told myself that I would take time out from the monotony of the paperwork and Ballard's exams and actually sit in a rocking chair and enjoy feeding one of the babies ... but it never happened, oh well. The take home lesson from the rotation is that I am so happy that I will not be a "Newborn Nursery" doctor full time, is anyone? if so how can they stand it?
