(taken from my travel blog)
Today was my first day of my orthopaedics internship. Overall it was pretty fun - the main doctor is on vacation this week, so no shadowing and I'm not getting assigned my "big" project yet, but I am currently working on two "in progress" articles that need to be cleaned up, re-researched, and rewritten.
I've done a lot of this type of research work before (aka, grunt work), but it's much more fun when I actually know more of what I'm reading/doing. Once again, I'm surprised at how much I actually did learn in medical school this past year.
I'm working with two other interns: another 2nd year medical student, and a pre-medical student, both from the area.
It's been a little weird - I'm the only one not from the area, and everyone knows that I'm staying at Mr. K's house. Like, "This is B. She's the medical student that Mr. K recruited from Michigan - she's staying at his house." Like I'm some big deal. And maybe I am? But it is a bit weird.
Other than work, it was a pretty quiet day. I got lunch in Cos Cob at this cute little deli. The clinic is right near the marina, so I chatted with some fishermen. I took a new way home and saw a statue of Jackie Robinson.
Anyway, off to bed so I can be extra prepared for tomorrow! I'm trying to cut out caffeine (read: soda), so we'll see how it goes.
