My week

I am currently a week into a clinical orientation and this week I was in the clinic. Next week will be inpatient pediatrics followed by inpatient medicine and finally OB before I start a 2-week OB Night Float rotation.

I have taken care of an 8-day-old up to around a 60-year-old this week in clinic and every person has had a different problem. I have only seen one patient for Diabetes management and 0 for high blood pressure like everyone thinks that is all Family Medicine does.

I also have been receiving a steady inbox of prescription refills, referrals, and paperwork from sports physicals to disability and lab results. The stream never ends from now on I guess.

Full Scope Family Medicine

Full Scope Family Medicine was only a thing I saw once or twice while in medical school and here I am SURROUNDED by Family Medicine doctors that do everything.

I got a lot of pushback even at my home institution and role models on what “Full Scope” Family Medicine was. I only saw ONE rural FM doc go from the ICU intubating a patient, hustling for a cesarean, and then back down to the ER for an admission. That’s when I knew it was “possible” despite many saying Full Scope FM was dead.

I find it funny that these days I am surrounded by these Full Scope doctors now and it’s my new “normal.” Something that seemed unattainable by so many is “just another day here,” I love it.

Motivation

You hear all the corny motivational posts that say to surround yourself with who you want to become and/or are smarter than you. This week I hate to agree with them. I 100% know this residency is going to make me just that.

This is a reminder to you all that if there is something you want, go for it and go for it HARD.

No one outside of your family that supports you actually cares what you are doing. Everyone is focused on their own life and problems. You have the opportunity to go out and actually create the life you want.