Internal Medicine Sub-I – Day 3

First (couple) day jitters are gone and I am definitely feeling a bit more confident in my presentations and also just with talking to and caring for my patients. Two of my patients are primarily Spanish-speaking and it’s kinda crazy to see how far my Spanish has come from 10 months ago. It’s still not perfectly fluent, but I can mostly get through brief interview and updates with patients without the use of a translator (though I always offer or have one on standby). I also spoke with a patient and their family today, and they told me how impressed they were with me which was a nice bit of affirmation that always just hits different than being give positive reinforcement by residents or attendings, for some reason it feels more real.