My Shadowing Experience With Weill Cornell Advanced Medical Care

However, I was uncertain of which career path I wished to pursue. I was given the privilege to shadow various healthcare physicians around the area, which could help determine which field of medicine was for me. Of the specialties I had observed, I found that anesthesiology was the most intriguing and I was immediately attracted to it. In order to acquire more information about the speciality, I applied to volunteer at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in the anesthesia department. I began assisting the anesthesia technician with her daily responsibilities. She eventually introduced me to many anesthetists there. After shadowing many anesthetists, I quickly learned that much of the patient interaction was with the anesthesiologist assistant or the certified registered nurse anesthetist rather than the anesthesiologist. I was thrilled to see the anesthetist comfort the patient as well as his family before the surgery. I, then, realized that I did not want to become a physician but rather an anesthesiologist assistant because I wanted to provide that administrative and comforting experience for the patients and their loved

Over the last few weeks, I have had the opportunity to experience some of the best and most difficult times of being a medical assistant. I have had hands on experience with patients of all different ages, races, religions, and personalities. These last few weeks have not only taught me patience, acceptance and boundaries of others, but I was able to learn more about myself as well. My externship experience has opened my eyes to the realities of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, physically and mentally, as well as the importance of family and friends. DePaul Medical Center and In Faith Psychological Services were the best locations I could have chosen for my first look into the life of a medical assistant.

Shadowing physicians with drastically different doctoring styles and personalities helped me understand more than just the daily workload but also which doctoring style I prefer. I also learned that physicians need to work as a team with other physicians, nurses, medical staff and patients. I glimpsed at their busy schedules and found that physicians worked in the wards and in the clinic, took on-call duties every other weekend, filed their own billing and charting, covered each other, while still making time for their families. Being exposed to this has helped solidify my aspirations to one day become an effective and balanced physician. I aspire to be a physician who remembers the details, takes time to discuss treatment, and has a broad

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The second week of my preceptorship brought many new experiences for me, and I can honestly say that each day I spend with my preceptor is better than the last. This week I focused on time management of a full patient load with continued documentation practice as well as admission and discharge procedures. I’ve had brief experiences in my past rotations assisting with discharge teaching and admission assessments however I have never been able to fully take charge and complete the process from start to finish, so this was a great learning opportunity for me.

Since my summer term freshman year, I have been periodically shadowing Oscar Habhab, MD and Joseph Keenan, DO in the emergency room. Along with gaining more medical knowledge, I continue to shadow them in order to gain a better understanding of the personality required to become a successful physician.

In a clinical setting, medical information changes on a daily basis. Physicians serve as practitioners in the medical community. They provide key information to medical students, residents, as well as nursing staff that help with their growth and development. Simons, Morgan, and Davidson (2012) stated, “in order for physicians to practice medicine successfully and become learners for life, they need to know how to search and manage the medical information they discover within their patient-centered context.” As a practitioner, physicians understand that these skills are necessary in order for their medical students and other medical staff becomes experts in their chosen field.

During my time shadowing Dr. Chung, I was able to experience many things that I was unaware of when I started pursuing medicine. I was able to observe Dr. Chung from the early mornings when he came into the hospital to check up on his patients, to watching him perform a various procedures, including a coronary angioplasty, to the late evenings when he was contaced by his patients on his cellphone to go over post-op instructions.

Working alongside physicians, I have seen over 5,000 patient cases and documented each individual history of present illness, review of systems, physical exam, medical decision making, and diagnoses. I have viewed hundreds of X-rays and EKGs and recorded physician interpretations. Observing and charting specifications of emergency room procedures provided a stimulating element-- from an application of a sugar tong splint on an athlete for an acute ulnar fracture, to a scalp laceration repair on an elderly patient after a fall. One of my most exhilarating cases is seeing a PA save the life of a COPD patient as he performs a chest-tube insertion for a pneumothorax. Furthermore, my predilection for the PA role is corroborated by the aspect that PAs get to spend more time with patients. In one particular scene, a compassionate PA offers a heartfelt consultation to a suicidal veteran with PTSD. These invaluable experiences have markedly expanded my medical knowledge base and further bolstered my interest in the role of a physician assistant.

The duties I complete as a medical assistant give me a unique opportunity to learn and be immersed in medicine as a member of practice’s health care team. I take every opportunity I get to shadow Dr. Bell and take the time to actively learn from him. He continuously goes out of his way to utilize teachable moments to help me learn more about medicine and the factors surrounding it, such as the complex relationship between insurance providers and healthcare professionals. He is always receptive of any questions I may have about exams, procedures, and treatments and routinely asks my

Through this course I decided to shadow one of our PA’s at work on my day off, to see first hand what she is doing as a PA in primary care. I had worked with PA’s in an emergency room prior to my current job, but the dynamic is so different in a faster paced environment such as an ER. The PA I chose to shadow is named Cassidy Heisler she is a relatively newer PA so it was beneficial to learn from someone about the basics of PA school and how she thinks and problem solves with her patients. As I stated above primary care is very different than ER, Cassidy and I discussed this as well and she stated “it is because you are following this person and caring for them all the time even when you are not there” at first I was a bit confused with this, but when you think about it more it makes sense, a PA is prescribing the patients medications that they take everyday and managing the patients pre existing conditions correctly with those medications, so they are indeed caring for the patient twenty four seven. This was something that I had never thought about prior to shadowing

These shadowing experiences have been very insightful. Scheduling my shadowing experiences proved to be a bit of a challenge. Within the state of Maryland, public school students in third through eighth grade take the annual PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) assessment. The PARCC Assessment consists of reading and mathematics sections. The assessment for each grade level consists of at least 7 units. Typically one day is designated for each unit. Thus, while planning these shadowing experiences, I ensured that I did not visit on a testing day.

The purpose of this journal is to reflect on my experience and skills gained during my clinical placement at Ben Taub Hospital. On my first clinical day, I was excited and nervous at the same time. My first placement was in the PREOP/PACU area. I was assigned to help a patient who had been in the PACU area going on 2 days. Normally, once the patient comes from surgery they are only in the PACU area for a short period of time before they are discharged home or given a bed in another area of the hospital. This particular patient still had not received an assignment for a bed. The physicians would make their rounds to come check on him daily. The patient was a 28-year-old Hispanic male, non-English speaking, he had a hemicolectomy. He had a NG tube, urinary Foley catheter, and a wound vac. My preceptor had just clocked in and she needed to check on the patient’s vitals and notes from the previous nurse. Once she introduced me to the patient and explained while I was there, she then asked me to check his vitals. (Vital signs indicate the body’s ability to regulate body temperature, maintain blood flow, and oxygenate body tissues. Vital signs are important indicators of a client’s overall health status (Hogan, 2014). I froze for a quick second. I have practiced taking vitals numerous of times and I knew I could do it correctly. I started with the temperature first, when I was quickly corrected on a major mistake I had made by my preceptor. I HAD FORGOT TO WASH MY HANDS and PUT

Shadowing has been an incredibly satisfying experience for me. During the months of June- July 2016, I assisted in many medical areas including pediatrics, family medicine, pediatric emergency, obstetrics and gynecology. I have seen many different patients from an infant born with HIV to a teenage girl with severe bed sores who doesn’t want to leave her bed because she feels disabled in her wheelchair. Over the course of 17 hours, I shadowed five doctors, who gave me a personal glance into the day in the life of a physician. During this time, I assisted in taking patients to their rooms, ordering tests, and interacting with patients on a medical basis. Throughout the entire experience, one patient stood out to me. This patient was a regular

I had the chance to shadow Carlson through a family friend that she works with. I have always been fascinated by emergency medicine, so I was naturally very excited to shadow her. Through email Carlson told me her shift was from 10am - 6pm. She also told me to wear comfortable shoes, since her job is very faced-paced. I arrived at Parkland Medical Center at 9:55. I checked in at the front desk in the emergency room. I waited for fifteen minutes, the lady at the front desk said she was caught up with a patient. “Already?” I thought, I knew then I was in for a busy day.