The last day of a rotation is always the worst; having to say goodbye to the people who you’ve come to know over the past few weeks or so. Fittingly all the patients I was following from yesterday were being set up for discharge today and I was able to do my part in making it happen. We had some good discussion on pragmatic ethics and also in celebrating the good in patient for whom we can’t give a neat answer for their symptoms.
I still have.a lot of thinking to do, if anything doing this rotation made my decision harder, not easier, but I’m not sure what I expected. It would have been easy if I hated the program, but (1) I have never hated any rotation so why would I start now and (2) I loved the program. I did get a chance to talk with a doctor who made some salient points to help balance out my thinking so I guess I’m just going to need to do some more soul searching.
Big shout out to all the residents who made my experience so awesome and to all the faculty who put up with me.
nANIMOv 