For the past two weeks, I've been doing shift work in the Children's emergency department at St. Joe's. I only had to do seven 12-hour shifts over these two weeks, and the rest of the time I had off. While I definitely very much appreciate all the free time it has given me, I have also learned that I like more regularity in my schedule. What's worse is that these shifts are 11a-11p, which has shifted my internal clock back several hours. Returning to a normal routine will be a bit painful.
Most of the patients presented with fever, ear aches, runny nose, cough, vomiting, diarrhea, or a combination of the above. It is flu season, after all. This got to be routine, boring. I also saw a few kids with minor broken bones. There were a few other truly interesting cases, which I'll write about later.
But all in all, I have come to the conclusion that I definitively do not like general pediatrics. Good to know. How does this affect my level of interest in pediatric neurology, a course of training that requires two years of general pediatrics? I still have to figure that out.
Bad enough working with your own kids... With time you will have children of your own cannot imagine going to work and having to deal with others' kids. Eventually, either way you go, you will realize why most animals yet their young!!!
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Gary