Nicole's Adventure!: Beach Day

Nicole, MD

I'm no longer an expatriate. I started my 3rd year of medical school in Miami and have finished my first set of medical boards, which I passed! I've been to the little island of Dominica and Miami. I completed my Family Medicine, OB/GYN and Internal Medicine clerkships while living in the beautiful city of Miami Beach, FL. I moved to New York City in the beginning of August 2011, passed my second set of boards and finished rotations in Astoria, Queens in December 2011. I have not been posting as much as I have been extremely busy. It is hard to believe that I finished medical school, landed a pediatrics residency and that I'm finally Nicole, M.D.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Beach Day

Today, we decided to go to the beach. Regrettably, the weather decided not to cooperate. It was overcast, cloudy, and windy. I sat down on the beach for about an hour and a half before heading inside and Farley stayed for about a hour longer than I did. It just wasn't a beautiful day today. In retrospect, we should have gone to Sawgrass Mill's Mall today and the beach yesterday. Oh well!

It was a nice relaxing weekend break. We have our OB/GYN orientation on Monday. I think that OB/GYN rotation will be a lot more work, but I am much more excited about OB/GYN than I was about Family Medicine so I think it will be okay. I am just going to keep a positive attitude, work as hard as I can and try to learn as much as possible.

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Just enjoy my medical tidbits as just that, fun interesting facts that I'm learning during the early stages of my medical adventure and sharing with you. Moreover, the views on this blog on mine and mine only. They are not endorsed by the hospitals or university that I work for nor are they the opinion of any professional organization that I am involved in. They are just my opinions.

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