Hi guys
just wanted to open the discussion for how everyone is coping in second semester. I've just returned from rural prac where I was treating every single patient without hesitance. I loved it and felt like I was finally ready to enter the workforce! But now I've come back to perth and started my latest prac and gone back to not being really able to treat the patients but just having to observe! I understand why things are this way but I'm finding it kind of frustrating becuase I feel like i've taken a backwards step!! Just wondering if anyone else is feeling the same now that we're coming to the end of the road!
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Sure have. Is this a different field though? like cardio to musculo or something? I'm feeling that right now , not knowing enough or feeling slightly incompetent but in the end its okay as it forces me to continually study. We're still learning so don't feel too frustrated.
Hi lil, that does sound very frustrating!! I guess as students we have to always take that backwards step depending on the caseload, supervisor or complexity of patients. I think its fantastic you gained so much experience and confidence on rural and my only suggestion is to use that to test yourself - imagine how you would go about treating a pt (even when asked to observe) and see if its similar to how the supervisor does it. It might get quite boring but i think it would be better to be in your situation than to be in 2nd sememster and still have the feeling of being daunted by a prac/patients!! At least it shows just how much you have learned over the past few months :)
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