Well it’s later than I would’ve wanted it to be but my third semsester is offically wrapped up and here is what I learned and experienced this semester.

1.So we entered a new world this semester starting out with my OB rotation.

Our first really niche rotation. I went in with an open mind and even more gratitude to not have a uterus. Women are warriors.

2. I learned being a male on an OB unit is…uhhhhh….awkward.

I basically have to talk to women my age and ask how their nipples are healing and roughly how much blood is in their underwear.I would do my best to really emphasize that I’m gay to bring down some suspected creepiness. I might as well have come in and been like “Hey girrrlllfriend, I can tell from your chart you need some Motrin and some juicy gossip”. Setting my people back 100 years.

3. Then onto Pediatrics.

I’ve been a camp counsler, worked at a daycare, and a center for children with autism, and am a moderately attentive uncle and I still don’t know shit about how to talk to kids. I feel like I’m mostly like I don’t know what Paw Patrol is and please don’t bite me.

4. Also co-currently we were taking Community Health.

My group decided to work with an organization called Senior Neighbors. It was a cool place and we mostly just chatted and take their blood pressures.

5.  Pandemic Strikes

So I didn’t really get to do much of my peds rotation and Past Rob was so dumb to think it would only be a couple of weeks.

6. The Delay. 

Our cohort had our last classes scheduled over the summer and graduation planned for August but amognst all the news they canceled our current classes and summer classes. Letting us know we would resume in the fall. We all took it pretty hard, we know considering the world at large it’s not the worst news but we still took a moment to cope.

7. The Return.

After having all of April off, we came back in May to make up a class before resuming our delay. We were happy to be back in clincial but after OB/Peds which have a lot of observation I pretty much forgot how to do an IV push or write a decent care plan.

8.Online testing is for the birds.

Taking online tests are even more stressful. There are so many steps to make sure you aren’t cheating and you have to do it on a webcam and you feel like the technocology always seems like its going to glitch out.

9. The plus side is I think my study group has really gotten into step.

Basically my friend Megan just teaches me all the material and I nod attentively.

10. Since we are near the end I spend a lot of time thinking I should know a lot more at this point than I do.

I watch the nurses at work and I think “Am I supposed to know about that? I don’t know about that.” and there isn’t that much school left.