Alyssa on the Types of Patients and Care at Michigan

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I actually started out on a woman's health elective, which I didn't think I even would have the opportunity, But I remember when we got the option for our scheduling to rank things, I was like, oh, I really enjoyed women's health. I know I'm not an OB/GYN and I feel like it's still important to get one, that patient population, and two, to know what that outpatient experience is like. So I get to see women, I get to like see even at least a little bit of pediatrics with that and that was very much more outpatient focused. And then in terms of other spectrums, I mean we're seeing all specialties with internal medicine and I think not that that's any surprise. Um, but I think what's been really nice about our curriculum is more the repetition. So it's not like you're just seeing hematology oncology for one week. Kind of like, I think that was my experience in med school and then you only revisited if it's something you're interested in is that, you know, I got two weeks in the beginning of the year and then I got another two weeks at the end of the year and still daunting each time. But I think what was nice is it's really, um, it allows you to like solidify information that you learned um, and also gives you the experience to work with faculty members that maybe you worked with in the beginning too. In terms of other spectrums so I think with inpatient, again, it's the idea of getting the repetition. Then you have the critical care aspect of inpatient. Um So we have both the medical ICU. as well as the critical care, ICU and that wasn't something I experienced during medical school. So it was nice to see how those fields are similar but also different. Um Other scopes within inpatient medicine is I've been so impressed with the amount of opportunity to get from from a procedural aspect. Um I feel like I get the most with that on the intensive care unit aspect. I feel like I've even gotten on the inpatient side on the G.I. liver service. Um And then I think our program is really good and I think this really comes from the senior residents of like advocating if it's something you're interested in and advocating if you know it's a weakness and you want support and guidance um that you know, there's various procedures that you can do that people, I think what's nice is if residents get signed off that they also can teach, you know, the more the younger residents. So I think I've been very impressed with that. And then I think the last aspect I didn't touch upon was that I know I mentioned the women's health elective, which was more outpatient focus in the beginning of the year, but longitudinally um we have heavy inpatient but I think the outpatient primary care aspect is very important in any field and we get that with our continuity clinic. Um So I get that about once every two weeks. Um And I think that's been a really nice supplement because I guess I don't know what's the right phrasing for this is, but even for patients that I've seen in the inpatient setting they have been quite sick. And it's pretty amazing when we get ready for discharge we can actually be elected to be their primary care physician in the resident clinic. So it's a nice continuity of care.