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I'm a Neurology intern currently in my 4th month of residency and I still dont feel entirely comfortable being an intern. I've completed an ICU month, Ambulatory Clinic, GI consults, and currently on an Infectious Disease rotation.I just feel incompetent. I came into residency thinking that Neurology all day everyday would keep me happy, and that the prelim year wouldnt be bad. Dont get me wrong I get my work done and put all my effort into my patients/learning, but sometimes I feel inferior compared to the internal medicine residents who always seem to know more than me. I feel that a medical student would know more than me. None of my evaluations or attendings reflect incompetency. They all say general "hard worker" "gets along with team well" type things. Yet I feel incompetent. I'm still having to look up things and when I dont know my information on rounds i get flustered and just feel like I shouldn' be here. I have noticed that the attendings give slack to rotators, but is this feeling of not knowing normal? Does it get better? Any suggestions?