I Work Hard For My Money
Today was a long, but wonderful day. If you’ve been keeping up with my posts, you might be ever so slightly annoyed by my continual love of my psychiatry residency. But I really just can’t help it. It’s soooooo very, very awesome. I love what I do. I love taking care of my patients. I love all of the great didactics and learning experiences. I love being a doctor. So far, I have only made one small mistake involving drawing labs on a patient that weren’t 100% necessary. But I’m sure that I will have many more mistakes to come. And I’m learning how to accept this. I also now have a medical student that I’m responsible for. I thought this would be scary, but it turns out that I love to teach! I even have a new title: “Clinical Assistant Professor.” How cool is that? I like working hard. I don’t mind working long hours, when I feel like I’m making a difference. And the best part? I GET PAID to do this! That’s really the icing on the cake at this point.
Tomorrow, I go in for my first 12 hour call in the CPEP (Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program), which is basically a psychiatric ER. I will have many more calls to come. I love my job. I love residency. It’s actually a little crazy, because I thought that at this point in my training, I’d be overwhelmed and tired. But it turns out that I’m just happy and content and tired. So far, at least. We shall see how it progresses. But for the time being, I’m happy to work hard for my money. And truly love what I’m doing!
Photo: At the laundromat!