However, I did want to make some resolutions related to health care and this blog. Thinking about the upcoming year, I will decide what sort of specialty I want to do and apply to residency programs. It seems like there are a lot of big decisions ahead and I want to try to get the most out of this year. So I have come up with a few resolutions that I can hopefully work on throughout the year:
- Learn about health care policy and debate. Ok, so this is a huge topic, but I feel like a poor excuse for a medical student when people ask me about how healthcare reform is going to affect doctors. Also, I know very little about health insurance. And I've been ignoring the news for way too long, but I think I am reaching the point where these things are going to start to matter much more in my daily life.
- Fight the urge to be lazy. Sometimes on rotations I have opted to sit out on a clinical experience because I was too tired or I wanted to study instead. This sounds like I am a horrible person, but I think that most med students face a point when they are overtired, overworked, and stressed and they don't put in as much of an effort as they could.
- Enjoy the process. I only have one and a half rotations left in third year! It is kind of scary that this could be the last time that I see a surgery, deliver a baby, or work with adults (if I do Peds). I need to just try to learn and see as much as I can.
- Remember why I went to medical school. It's a long road and I'm in the middle of it now. It's important to keep the end goal in mind to remember why I started on this crazy journey in the first place.
- Keep posting to this blog. So it can be hard to write posts after coming home from the hospital, but I want to be a bit more consistent in posting.
Happy New Year!!
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