Hmmm, i’m pretty slack on writing posts. Guess me having a blog has more to do with having a geek boyfriend than with being a good writer with hypes of inspiration. I keep on trying though; don’t want to give up yet. Maybe my internship will provide me with some good stories.
After waiting 2.5 months, I finally started my internship. First 5 weeks we practice on other students and on trained patients. It seems kind of weird having study mates examine your body. Since year one the physical examinations are coming closer step by step, like the final exams in high school, dark and heavy. But, as we say in Dutch, “one can get used to anything”. And yes, even getting a breast examination of the guy you just had lunch with is not that weird at all.
Today i did my first genital and rectal examination (just for the record, not on study mates but with trained coaches). I’m very happy to practice it before i have to examine a real patient in the clinic. So to everyone doing this, thanks a lot for teaching us!!!!! On behalf of me, and my future patients maybe even more! Previous to this lesson I was a bit nerves about the genital and rectal examination. What to expect? Isn’t it weird to do, it seems to be so intimate? Well, i can assure any one, for the examiner it is just as technical as examining any other part of your body, and just as normal.
Ok, enough of all this physical stuff now. I’m off to study some more before i go to bed. Early start tomorrow as I have to be in the hospital 7:15 to practice vena punctures (drawing blood).
