Residency week 3

Last week was a whirlwind.

Productivity-wise, I am at least 15% better at typing up notes now and navigating the system. Things are taking less time than they would otherwise take.

Bike-commuting-wise, I still haven't officially begun commuting to work by bike, which is something I plan on starting July 29th. I have, however, managed to sink even more money into this endeavour. I returned some stuff and bought some other stuff, will only provide details on everything if it actually works out for more than two weeks. I'm going to park my bike in the resident's lounge instead of locking it up outside, which brings me to my next point.

I've started to cut myself more and more slack as this last month has progressed. I'm still reading, but not stressing about it as much as I previously did, setting impossible goals. Now, if I get something done, good. If I want to get some sleep instead, that's fine too. The main current concerns for me are organizing my readings around whatever patients I am to see in clinic the next day, or around whatever patients I am to follow in hospital; pathophysiology, management algorithms, co-morbidities, side effects of medications, reading up on any relevant diagnostic tests, and even going through the patient's file and reading about how different radiological scans are interpreted. Nobody in this residency is out for blood, nobody wants to see me fail.

I have spent more money this week than I would like, but it honestly has just been for the picnic that we are having on Wednesday. It amuses me to envision returning all the picnic-related items at Target. I think I will need to bring a shopping cart to my car to fit the 5 chairs, the poker chips, the table,...I don't think we'll be playing with the poker chips though. I'll just set it up on S Note. Which brings me to my next point.

I bought my device. It's the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, and I hope to use it for absolutely everything possible. I just realized I may have forgotten to buy a screen protector for it.

I finally completed all my assignments for my first month, so now there's just reading remaining. Reading and reading and reading...

Today the Medical Assistant came up to me and said that a patient walked in to schedule an appointment with the clinic. When asked if he had a preference for whom he wanted to see, he specifically mentioned my name and said that he only wanted to see me. I guess I'm still doing some things correctly.