Wow I cant believe it this is my last required rotation and to be honest one that I could care less about. I have zero interest in orthopedic surgery and when school called to see if I would like to go to Athens to do this rotation. I simply replied no thank you especially when I have spent 2 rotations already away from adam plus athens was simply too far to drive back and forth from home. I told school that I would just prefer to do it in atl if I could not get it in gainesville. So I was surprised when I got to go to Gainesville and it was actually at a place that an old college friend worked at before going to med school.
So day one at Georgia Sports Orthopedic Specialist I waiting outside for the door to open with the other patients as they complained about how it was 9:01 and the door was not open. when I got there I found out that my preceptor was in the OR that day and was told to have a seat. I thought well this is cool I may get a fee day off, but then the office manager came out and led me to the other doctors. They of course like many of my rotations had no idea I was coming and unsure what to do as a new PA was about to start working in a few weeks. So now they had a student and a new PA to train. OH joy!
Although the first day was very awkward, I came back the next day ready for the OR. And by the end of the first week I was loving ortho - who knew!! This rotation was kinda crazy as PA's we spend like 2 weeks discussing ortho and we move on. And some PA schools do not even require a separate ortho rotation.
I dont have any special patients to remember, just special doctors, PAs and office staff. I truly made great friends and loved this rotation! I spent the majority with my time with the new doctor who was AWESOME!! He helped me with my suturing and truly first assist!! He was very patient with me and we seemed to get along great!!
When the time came and my rotation was over I was really excited about going to dermatology but sad to be leaving. They even got me a CAKE!! no one has ever done that for me. There was even discussion of keeping Sara as Dr Fisher's PA. Sadly this was not really true as Dr Fisher was new to the practice and not in need of one yet!
My favorite surgery was proximal humeral fractures - which means "broken shoulder" I got to assist in 3 cases. I also assisted in several distal radial fractures as it was key snow time and many people fell on wrists!!. I had some with bilateral fractures. I also got to do joint injections and casting!
Overall in this rotation I learned that I really love ortho and could def see myself doing it. But I did get a B in this rotation because Landyn was born the day of my test and I was super sleeping after spending all night in the hospital waiting for him to come PLUS they docked me points for missing a day of EOR. WELL WORTH IT!!
I almost forget the crazy lady patient. So we had this woman who I only met at lunch time -she called herself GSOS mascot. The head nurse and her were talking one day about how the nurse wanted to find some old chairs and refurbish. Later that day the woman rolled up in the office with a chair. She left it in the office - told you the woman was nuts.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
Family Practice - November 2009
I am so behind in my posting but not many more rotations to discuss.
Well I was excited to find out that this rotation would be in Atlanta and Adam was going to be in the office the whole month. This means that he does not have to travel. We have realized that we have spent more days apart than together this past year so time together is a blessing. I was heading to midtown for my next rotation and super excited about family practice. ESPECIALLY after a bad Internal Medicine Outpatient remember Lagrange!!
Sadly I spent 3 whole days in Midtown before being shipped back to Toccoa more specifically LAVONIA... no more hubby and back to the in laws I went. The office in midtown was actually an HIV clinic that sees mostly homosexual males. Now before you start calling me names, understand that I need a strong family practice rotation as the majority of my boards ask questions regarding primary care. As I find HIV/AIDS very interesting it should not make up my whole rotation. Also I am not a "homophobe" or have anything against someones sexuality, BUT these guys didnt want me in the room discussing their sex lives. Let me explain, I spent the majority of my day talking to the nurses and staring at the wall because most of the patients did not want me in the room. I learned that male pap smear exist and where the oral gonoccocal cultures were located.
So Thursday morning I reported to Lavonia clinic with Dr. Johnathan Hall. I learned that this office was also Lavonia ER. Dr. Hall was amazing and by the end I felt like his actual PA and was one of my favorite rotations. We were always behind, saw every patient no matter what, and never left the office before 5:30 (last pt was supposed to be 4:30). My most memorable case was on a tuesday (bc Dr. Fernandez was there) and the nurse came up to me and asked where the doc was and informed me there was a patient in the waiting room with a chainsaw laceration. I was like "he needs to go to the ER' I went to the waiting room to find a 20something yr old with this laceration under his chin/neck area. Of course he had a white t-shirt on and it was covered in blood. I told him he needed the ER and he informed me he didnt have the money and if Dr. Hall didnt fix it he was just going to put a bandaid on and go to the house. OKAY fine lets get you out of the waiting room. Dr. Hall cleans him up and starts to suture the wound as I tend to the other filled patients room. We tell them we have an emergency and they could wait or come back. We again worked through lunch and Dr. Hall informed me that it was a close one as the wound came close to important arteries. I saw the patient 2 other times to check on the wound. Just another crazy day at Lavonia Clinic. Dont worry I did see many regular family practice patients but nothing compares to the emergencies. Positive tuberulosis skin test, a human bite, and all the crazy patients from my OBGYN rotation.
Another rotation down!
Sara
Well I was excited to find out that this rotation would be in Atlanta and Adam was going to be in the office the whole month. This means that he does not have to travel. We have realized that we have spent more days apart than together this past year so time together is a blessing. I was heading to midtown for my next rotation and super excited about family practice. ESPECIALLY after a bad Internal Medicine Outpatient remember Lagrange!!
Sadly I spent 3 whole days in Midtown before being shipped back to Toccoa more specifically LAVONIA... no more hubby and back to the in laws I went. The office in midtown was actually an HIV clinic that sees mostly homosexual males. Now before you start calling me names, understand that I need a strong family practice rotation as the majority of my boards ask questions regarding primary care. As I find HIV/AIDS very interesting it should not make up my whole rotation. Also I am not a "homophobe" or have anything against someones sexuality, BUT these guys didnt want me in the room discussing their sex lives. Let me explain, I spent the majority of my day talking to the nurses and staring at the wall because most of the patients did not want me in the room. I learned that male pap smear exist and where the oral gonoccocal cultures were located.
So Thursday morning I reported to Lavonia clinic with Dr. Johnathan Hall. I learned that this office was also Lavonia ER. Dr. Hall was amazing and by the end I felt like his actual PA and was one of my favorite rotations. We were always behind, saw every patient no matter what, and never left the office before 5:30 (last pt was supposed to be 4:30). My most memorable case was on a tuesday (bc Dr. Fernandez was there) and the nurse came up to me and asked where the doc was and informed me there was a patient in the waiting room with a chainsaw laceration. I was like "he needs to go to the ER' I went to the waiting room to find a 20something yr old with this laceration under his chin/neck area. Of course he had a white t-shirt on and it was covered in blood. I told him he needed the ER and he informed me he didnt have the money and if Dr. Hall didnt fix it he was just going to put a bandaid on and go to the house. OKAY fine lets get you out of the waiting room. Dr. Hall cleans him up and starts to suture the wound as I tend to the other filled patients room. We tell them we have an emergency and they could wait or come back. We again worked through lunch and Dr. Hall informed me that it was a close one as the wound came close to important arteries. I saw the patient 2 other times to check on the wound. Just another crazy day at Lavonia Clinic. Dont worry I did see many regular family practice patients but nothing compares to the emergencies. Positive tuberulosis skin test, a human bite, and all the crazy patients from my OBGYN rotation.
Another rotation down!
Sara
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