Psychiatry really is interesting, if nothing else. Unpredictable. And at times, hilarious. Yesterday afternoon I was having my practice OSLER (Observed Structured Long case, where the specialist doctor finds a patient for you to talk to and examine and then watches you do your thing), and there was another "Holy cow-how do I react-what do I say-what just happened-what did he just say to me-am I imagining this" kind of moment. Funny retrospectively, scary as it happened. The patients do keep you on your toes.
On another note, I'm not really looking forward to going on another rural-ish placement to Invercargill next week for the second half of my psych run. Originally I wasn't assigned to go on placement at all, but at the start of the year I convinced a classmate of mine to give up his spot. Plus, he had been assigned to go with a very good friend of mine and I thought it'd be fun to go with her. And then Timaru happened -- five weeks rural placement, five weeks of cooking and cleaning and living in a cold-as house, five weeks of sleeping in a single bed! *sigh* That was enough of an experience, you know? But alas, it is as it is. And I'll be heading down for three weeks on Wednesday. The other reason why I don't really want to be going right now is that I've been enjoying going to this church so much! I've just started to get into the swing of things and now I have to leave for a chunk of time. But, things happen for a reason. And I know in the end it'll be a great experience overall. :) Plus, maybe I'll finally do some much needed study!
... It's been raining a lot lately, which makes me want to stay in my pyjamas all day and snuggle up in bed. Good rainy-day music helps.
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