As many of you probably know, the end of June/beginning of July is an exciting time in the medical world: it is residency and fellowship start time. Statically, this is when you do not want to be in the hospital!!! There is a statistical difference in the error rates due to all of the newbies in the hospital.
Anyway, as a medical student, the idea of being an intern is exciting and a little intimidating. I know that I will be ready when the time comes, but sometimes I wonder how anyone is ready to be a doctor. No matter how many years of training you have, when something is new (your intern year, your fellowship, finally being an attending) it is a little intimidating. The other day I heard a few interns that gave me hope: they didn't know exactly what to do either! One had told the patient that they were going to hold his warfarin, the other had written a scrip for the warfarin and a third had told the patient that he would check with "the team" and get back to the patient with the plan. I think they decided to talk to the resident before making the final decision.
I can do this. I too can be an intern and work my way things to figure out what needs to happen....this is just another example that physicians in training are really in training and I am not expected to know everything in just a year and a half.
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