<p>My D has said that the gulf between her pre-clinical years in med school and UG was substantial. Pace, responsibility, time commitments all ramped up. But, all in all, it was familiar. Known. Expected, even. This new thing? The clinical training years of med school? She says the gulf between it and the pre-clin years is way beyond any other transitional educational experience she's had. Everything is new and un-known. Like she's landed on another planet. </p>
<p>She signed a real live progress note yesterday. Her name. Blew her mind. She has a patient. She's the first MS3 kid they have had that started with Peds ICU. lol "Well, Dad. It sounded the most exciting." I'm telling ya. Whatever hill she thinks is the highest, that's the one she picks. Every time. Another student picked (and got ) it, too but somehow she started first.</p>
<p>She has to pre-round and then round and then present. There is some lecture still where all the students doing the pediatrics rotation get together. And there's lots of smaller group stuff but......this clinical stuff is the real thing. The rest of the education was just prelude.</p>
<p>She's so excited she could bust. I haven't had two phone calls in a week since she started med school and I have had 3 this week. </p>
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<li>Brag alert- She was told by her resident (intern? MS4? Well, somebody in some position above her) that "That was the best 3rd year presentation I have ever heard, and it was your first. Congratulations." D said it wasn't perfect. Said she made a poor choice on color coding her cards. lol</li>
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