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Rotation 9: Long Term Care (LTC)
LTC Rotation: H&P LTC Evaluation Reflection: For my Long Term Care Rotation, I presented a 64 year old man who had presented to the ER after suffering neck pain while in dialysis. This patient had an extensive and significant past medical history, and for this reason I chose to present his case. Having had my LTC […]
Rotation 8: Surgery
Surgery Rotation: H&P Surgery Evaluation Reflection: For my Surgery Rotation, I presented a 63-year-old patient, who presented to the emergency room after being sent in by his urologist because of a very high white blood cell count of 22+ as well as a positive c.diff test. The patient had a mass removed from his […]
Rotation 7: OBGYN
OBGYN Rotation: H&P OBGYN Evaluation Reflection: For my OBGYN rotation, I presented a 25-year-old patient, who presented as a 28-week pregnant patient complaining of an allergic reaction after eating shrimp. Per the protocol at Woodhull Hospital, any ED patient who is more than 28 weeks pregnant must be sent up to labor & delivery once stabilized […]
Rotation 6: Psychiatry
Psych Rotation: H&P Psych Evaluation Reflection: For my Psychiatry Rotation evaluation, I presented a 39-year-old male patient who presented to CPEP on his own for visual hallucinations and insomnia for four days. I enjoyed presenting this patient as he was a very good historian and familiar with his diagnosis of schizophrenia. The patient spent a […]
Rotation 5: Emergency Medicine
EM Rotation: H&P EM Evaluation Reflection: For my Emergency Medicine rotation evaluation, I presented a 68-year-old male patient who presented to the ER for stroke-like symptoms. I felt comfortable presenting this patient as a stroke workup is familiar having had some experience with the stroke team on my first rotation in Internal Medicine. This patient had […]
Rotation 4: Pediatric Medicine
Peds Rotation H&P Peds Evaluation Reflection: For my Pediatric Medicine rotation evaluation, I presented a pre-pubescent female patient with a unilateral breast mass. Presenting the H&P of a child was very different from that of an adult and I had a bit of trouble breaking all of the information down accordingly and including all necessary […]
Rotation 3: Family Medicine
FM Rotation: H&P2 FM Evaluation Reflection: During my Family Medicine rotation evaluation, I presented an H&P discussing a patient who had an ectopic pregnancy removed laparoscopically. I felt that this time I was able to adequately describe the patient’s overall presentation as well as a proper physical exam pertinent to the patient’s specific presentations. Also, […]
Rotation 2: Ambulatory Medicine
AM Rotation: H&P2 AM Evaluation Reflection: During my Ambulatory Medicine rotation evaluation, I presented my 2nd H&P for evaluation and critique. While I think my H&P was well done, my presentation may have been lacking in concision and detail. My patient was a young man who had stepped on a nail. He had a self-reported […]
Rotation 1: Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine: H&P3 IM Evaluation Reflection: During my Internal Medicine rotation evaluation, I presented my 3rd H&P for evaluation and critique. While my overall approach and concision was well done, I received feedback that I didn’t fully cover all of my bases. My patient was a fairly straightforward patient who had a tri-malleolar ankle […]
