This is so not work

January 3, 2006 at 5:24 pm | Posted in neurosurgery | Leave a comment

Day one of neurosurgery. Went by like a spring breeze. Rounds start at 6am for the whole team, and there are NO PRE-ROUNDS. Not even for the med students. I love this place already. Then it’s off to the OR for most of the day, and when that’s done, see whatever patients haven’t been seen, hang out a little bit in the residents’ office, and go home. Or stay, if you’re on call. Either way, it’s pretty benign.

It’s like they read my mind…let’s see, what are the things that Jill absolutely hates about medicine? pre-rounding at o’dark-thirty? not necessary. being just a spectator? OK, let’s let her put in an ICP monitor, or at least do part of it. writing ridiculously long notes, just to prove what I know? here, 4 lines is plenty: AFVSS, neuro exam stable, doing well–continue monitoring, placement/surgery in AM. I mean, no, I didn’t get to eat lunch. But the whole purpose of lunch is to have an excuse to get away from work for an hour. So if you like your work, who needs lunch?