I was excited and nervous to start my Pediatric Infectious Disease elective. I was excited because I think infectious disease is interesting, but I was nervous because infectious disease is a big topic with a lot of information and I wasn't sure how much I would remember. The attending physician I am assigned to is wonderful! He really seems to like teaching. On Monday, he asked what I want to go into and then he talked about what I was interested in infectious disease. He gave me an hour and a half lecture on HIV/AIDS in children! It was amazing!! I learned so much. There are differences in how the disease presents and progresses in children as well as the classification of the infection. When I got home Monday night, I read about HIV/AIDS, but it was just a review because he covered everything I read. I am the only student assigned to him, so this is going to be a great month of learning for me.
There is one resident doing an infectious disease rotation. She is sweet, kind, funny and also a great teacher. I have enjoyed working under her as she is willing to let me do some things on my own, but is extremely helpful and answers questions. She is only doing infectious disease for the next two weeks, so I will probably be working with another resident the last two weeks of the rotation. I hope the next resident is as much fun and teaches as much as my current.
I am really lucky to be working with both this attending and this resident. I was disappointed with my core rotation in pediatrics--there were just so many students. However, in just a couple of days, I was reminded why I have always wanted to be a pediatrician: I love working with babies,children and adolescents, I want to help save their lives and I think that the diseases that primarily affect them are fascinating.
No comments:
Post a Comment