Ah, the end of another month. And arguably the most enjoyable month of third year. I just finished my OB/GYN rotation, which I enjoyed for several reasons, but most importantly because it was the best-organized clerkship I've been on. I really liked that they told you exactly was expected of you as a third year student, which kept me on task and motivated the entire rotation. And now, for the usual:
Pros:
- You get to deliver babies. Enough said.
- You get to do surgery without having to round at 5am. Win.
- You have the perfect mix of clinic time (real clinic, not just one day a week where you rush through all of your pre-op and post-op patients) and OR time (again, without having to be at the hospital every waking hour).
Cons:
- Treating only female patients. For the rest of your life.
- Working with almost only female colleagues. For the rest of your life.
- Having to explain why you'd ever want to be an OB/GYN doctor to everyone you met. For the rest of your life.
All in all, a very alluring field for the short term, but not a very practical one personally. Oh well, at least it made for one of the most exciting and rewarding four weeks of my life. Even if that mother never e-mailed me that picture we took together after I delivered her baby... what an ungrateful patient!
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