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Hello,
Third year for me is starting in a few weeks and I am terrified. I am beginning with Ob/Gyn as my first rotation. Being a male student, I have heard numerous times patient's feel uncomfortable interacting with a male patient.
1. How do I overcome this? One of the reasons I was excited for my site, it was a bigger hospital and I expected that I would see a lot more. However, from what I've read on this and other forums and seen on youtubes, male students don't do a lot during their Ob/Gyn rotation, often standing outside or the resident/attending doing everything and they standing like flies on wall.
-- Is this true? I don't want to trust the interweb, however, I want to know the truth!
2. I want to make a strong start on my first rotations, is there some advice you can share to help shape my Ob/Gyn or general rotations into a helpful and an enjoyable learning opportunity?
3. I am an osteopathic student, if any Osteopathic students are reading this, what techniques did you perform in this rotation? The hospital that I am going to doesn't have many osteopaths, however, the head of the program is interested in us maintaining our osteopathic skills. Also how do you bring this into the conversation w/a conventional visit?
4. What is the schedule we are expected to maintain, one of my upperclassmen said 9-5ish, however, I don't want my preceptors thinking that I am in a hurry to leave. So what hours do you recommend?
5. Once again for the Osteopaths reading this, when do you schedule your level 2 PE and CK exam in your third year. Does doing it before the VSAS help and when do you recommend doing VSAS?
Thanks IN Advance!
Third year for me is starting in a few weeks and I am terrified. I am beginning with Ob/Gyn as my first rotation. Being a male student, I have heard numerous times patient's feel uncomfortable interacting with a male patient.
1. How do I overcome this? One of the reasons I was excited for my site, it was a bigger hospital and I expected that I would see a lot more. However, from what I've read on this and other forums and seen on youtubes, male students don't do a lot during their Ob/Gyn rotation, often standing outside or the resident/attending doing everything and they standing like flies on wall.
-- Is this true? I don't want to trust the interweb, however, I want to know the truth!
2. I want to make a strong start on my first rotations, is there some advice you can share to help shape my Ob/Gyn or general rotations into a helpful and an enjoyable learning opportunity?
3. I am an osteopathic student, if any Osteopathic students are reading this, what techniques did you perform in this rotation? The hospital that I am going to doesn't have many osteopaths, however, the head of the program is interested in us maintaining our osteopathic skills. Also how do you bring this into the conversation w/a conventional visit?
4. What is the schedule we are expected to maintain, one of my upperclassmen said 9-5ish, however, I don't want my preceptors thinking that I am in a hurry to leave. So what hours do you recommend?
5. Once again for the Osteopaths reading this, when do you schedule your level 2 PE and CK exam in your third year. Does doing it before the VSAS help and when do you recommend doing VSAS?
Thanks IN Advance!
