I'm here at home, happily "From" my 6th duty of internship... The days have gone by pretty fast, although they seem to drag on forever if you're on duty. Anyway, after an exhausting duty spent running around, pumping and shocking people back to life, its time for a little R&R.
The benefits for interns at CGH are as good as advertised. However, the "one building-one intern" duties are pretty accurate as well. :P
I feel that i fit in quite well at CGH. Sure, the duties are really killer, and the "solo building" resonsibility a bit overwhelming, but I'm sure most of my co-interns would agree that the relazed atmosphere we have is a fresh change from the one we decided to leave behind.
Sure, I've thought of leaving for another institution, especially on the st 2 duties. But I thought better of it, since I got myself into this fully aware that it wasn't going to be easy. And besides, there's a wealth of experience to be gained by working and staying where I already am.
I'm presently rotating in the Department of Internal Medicine. That means we own about 1/3 of the entire hospital complex. That's a lot of ground to cover.. Unfortunately, we are not granted "From" status while in Medicine, all 4 hellish months of it.. And with good reason. When its my turn to be on duty, I'm pretty happy that the From duty peple stay to help out until 4pm when the duty people assume posts. Its a different deal on saturdays and sundays. No good thing comes without a price. The weekends off for the interns is a reality. However, those who are on duty assume posts immediately at8am until 7am the followng day ("skeleton force").
It's getting pretty tiring. I'm glad I'll be moving in to the free accomodations available to us (another ne of the many CGH benefits) 'coz I don't think I can keep up commuting to and from the house any more.. The strain is just too great. I need a place where I can crash after a duty ASAP. :P
We'll just see how things play out. Catch you some other time ;)
