Have I mentioned that I love women’s health?
What a blast I have had this past three weeks.
I’m getting clinic experience where I get to meet patients without my preceptor. I introduce myself do any exams I see necessary except the gyn exam. I then present the patient to my preceptor who then comes into the room with me and watches me do the pelvic exam. She has me do any and all swabs; PAP, GCC, and has me do a wet mount and look under the microscope to identify any critters. Way cool!!!
Mondays I am on the floor delivering babies, assisting in Cesarean sections, and post partum rounding. I also go downstairs to a pregnancy care center and visit high risk pregnancy patients. Again, I am seeing patients on my own, presenting them to my preceptor, and doing fun exams like fundal height, fetal heart tones.
During the rest of the week I am either on the floor or in the OR. I am becoming very familiar with the OR. I am scrubbing in and assisting with all sorts of GYN surgeries; vaginal hysterectomies, abdominal hysterectomies, laparoscopic myomectomies, colposcopies, D&Cs. I am suturing, holding retractors, placing Foleys…you name it.
I spent the last two days assisting in robotic assisted cases. WAY COOL!!! You prep the patient like you are doing a laparoscopic procedure with five different ports sticking out of their belly. Then we drive the robot to the foot of the operating table. It looks like an octopus. We attach the robotic arm to the ports on the patient and can then slide any tool we need into the robots arm. The surgeon is across the room in what looks like a flight simulator. He sees a 3D image and can manipulate the robots arms within the patient’s abdomen. The robotic arms are so small and maneuverable. It is amazing to watch tasks like suturing inside patient’s abdomen. Perhaps all those years of my life I have wasted playing video games may come in useful after all.
Sorry for writing so much. I am just so excited to be seeing patients again and having the opportunity to see so many neat things and I wanted to share.
I miss you guys and will see you soon.
- Richard
What a blast I have had this past three weeks.
I’m getting clinic experience where I get to meet patients without my preceptor. I introduce myself do any exams I see necessary except the gyn exam. I then present the patient to my preceptor who then comes into the room with me and watches me do the pelvic exam. She has me do any and all swabs; PAP, GCC, and has me do a wet mount and look under the microscope to identify any critters. Way cool!!!
Mondays I am on the floor delivering babies, assisting in Cesarean sections, and post partum rounding. I also go downstairs to a pregnancy care center and visit high risk pregnancy patients. Again, I am seeing patients on my own, presenting them to my preceptor, and doing fun exams like fundal height, fetal heart tones.
During the rest of the week I am either on the floor or in the OR. I am becoming very familiar with the OR. I am scrubbing in and assisting with all sorts of GYN surgeries; vaginal hysterectomies, abdominal hysterectomies, laparoscopic myomectomies, colposcopies, D&Cs. I am suturing, holding retractors, placing Foleys…you name it.
I spent the last two days assisting in robotic assisted cases. WAY COOL!!! You prep the patient like you are doing a laparoscopic procedure with five different ports sticking out of their belly. Then we drive the robot to the foot of the operating table. It looks like an octopus. We attach the robotic arm to the ports on the patient and can then slide any tool we need into the robots arm. The surgeon is across the room in what looks like a flight simulator. He sees a 3D image and can manipulate the robots arms within the patient’s abdomen. The robotic arms are so small and maneuverable. It is amazing to watch tasks like suturing inside patient’s abdomen. Perhaps all those years of my life I have wasted playing video games may come in useful after all.
Sorry for writing so much. I am just so excited to be seeing patients again and having the opportunity to see so many neat things and I wanted to share.
I miss you guys and will see you soon.
- Richard
Rickard. One more use of the word, "blast" in a blog post will result in you receiving a severe beating from me (with the possible assistance of Bean) the next time we meet. End transmission...
ReplyDeleteGlad you are having a good time though. :)