No, said Aziraphale, it's ineffable.

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On the 6th month of intern year… (the lessons it’s given to me)

medicallybrunette

1. I may have an MD but I STILL have no idea what I’m doing.

2. I’ve found my crying spot in every rotation #blessed

3. Senior resident friends are the only means of survival

*Them: It gets better.

Me:

4. Med students, we 100% forgot to dismiss you. Me so sorry.

5. I write the notes. I write all the notes. I iz a typing machine.

6. In Peds, your patient is 100% the mother. Don’t at me.

7. I get way too much joy from saying “snitches get stitches” under my breath during lac repairs

8. Studying sucks. Studying after a 10 hour work day is nearly impossible.

9. Wine

10. Newborn nursery. Better than birth control. 10/10 would recommend.

11. Night shift. Aka:

12. Vacation. ~~A time for adventure.~~ A time to sleep.

13. Evals. The new burn book.

14. I no longer carry things in my pocket. Why? Because I’ve embraced the fact that I know nothing, Jon Snow #uptodateisbae

15. I’m exhausted. I’m overwhelmed. I’m stressed all the time. But I hear it gets better so I’m hanging in there. Intern year pushes you in ways you never thought possible but you’re not in this alone. So if you’ve been crying yourself to sleep, then waking up in the middle of the night panicking over the order you forgot to put in before you left, you’re not alone. I’m right there with you.

Merry Christmas to All, and may we all stay in the fight.

cranquis

You guys, seriously though – it does get better. Especially after the winter holidays of intern year. It will be MEASURABLY better by the end of intern year. Not awesome, not easy, not suddenly simple – but better.

The closest I ever came to quitting my residency was in December of intern year. That was when I actually said the words “I think I need to quit” to my program director (who, bless her empathetic soul, just let me sob it out on the phone for a while, then scheduled us to meet in a couple days – by which time I had realized I wasn’t a COMPLETE idiot [just a bumbling one] and allowed her to talk me into sticking it out – thank you, Dr. O!).

And now, 15+ years later – I can barely remember what or who was the straw that almost broke my intern back. I love being a doctor (ok let’s be accurate: there are more things I love about my role as a doctor than I hate about the US health care system etc etc), and I’m so glad Dr. O ~~changed~~ knew my mind.

Hang in there, interns. It gets better.

See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

On the 6th month of intern year… (the lessons it’s given to me)