Friday, December 4, 2009

Summary of urology rotation

Monday : Rounds at 7 am(arrive by 6.30 am to get charts and vitals)
Surgery 7.30am - 5 pm

Tuesday : Same

Wednesday: Rounds at 6 am(arrive by 5.30 am to get charts and vitals)
Weekly conference at 8 am
Clinic at 9 am till 1 pm or later
surgery till whenever

Thursday: Rounds at 6 am(arrive by 5.30 am to get charts and vitals)
Weekly quiz on powerpoint presentation at 8 am
surgery till whenever

Friday: Similar to Mondays

Sat, Sunday: FREE!

My summary of the 4 days in Kidney and Pancreatic Transplant

1st day: Rounds at 7 am
Self reading on cytomegalovirus
Rounds at 12.30 pm with the attending
Liver recipient meeting at 4.30 pm

2nd day: Rounds at 7am(arrive by 6.30 to get vitals)
Scrubbed in on my first Kidney Transplant
Watched 2nd kidney transplant for the day
Surgery finished at 9pm

3rd day: Rounds at 7 am
Scrubbed in on a exploratory laparotomy to find primary carcinoid tumor(was asked by the surgical onco team to go scrub cos there weren't enoughs students) - it was GREAT!

Went home at 4.30 pm. Tried to go see the christmas lighting ceremony at rockefellar center but i can't even enter the 49th Street :(

4th day: Rounds at 7 am
Scrubbed in on a Hyperthermic something something. basically it's a surgery that gives direct chemotherapy into the peritoneum. It was cool! FInished at 3 pm. Had lunch.
Went to check some vitals, then watched another transplant.. finished at 9 pm. Was told there was a procurement tonight!!!!
Ate dinner, went home to sleep for half an hour, went to the ER at 11.30 pm. Got on the Ambulance to this hospital. Arrived at 12.45 am. waited. waited. waited. The time now is 4 am. Still no procurement

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