(this is the view from my bed - very peaceful - getting up for clinic next week is going to be difficult)
I was thinking this morning about other people's false expectations of me. It happens a lot because I'm older than average and tend to be more confident than the average learner at my stage of training.
Example 1: in first year during an observership I was mistaken for a resident. The nurse quickly told me Dr. Funny Pants was late and I should start clinic without him then left before I could correct her. I had no idea what to do so I sat there like a goof for a few minutes until the clerk showed up and helped me out.
Example 2: First day of clerkship I was on CTU - right up there with general surgery as the rotation most feared by clerks. I had 5 admissions to do while on call that night. The resident we were working with kept getting more and more angry until I yelled "you know this is our very first day right??!!" She didn't.
Introducing myself with my level of training
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