On Wednesday December 7, 2016 my interview with Dr. Reich was a lot more in depth then I would have expected. I came into the emergency room to interview him for 15 minutes but due to the quick pace of an emergency department and the time sensitive cases that Emergency rooms take in, the scheduled 15 min interview to my surprise switched into an hour and a half long shadowing opportunity. Before discussing the shadowing experience I will summarize Dr. Reich’s medical background and the responsibilities of his job. Dr. Joseph Reich M.D., graduated with a medical degree from SUNY Downstate College of medicine. He is a Pediatric ER Attending, in other words his main responsibility is to provide every patient with the appropriate primary care. …show more content…
I was able to observe patients from minimally dangerous conditions like migraines to post-op recovery cases. I learned that the Emergency room especially has to be organized in a way so that patients with the most serious cases get checked first. The patients all go through the same steps to make sure that the doctors have enough information to properly assess the situation. It is important that Dr. Reich knows enough about the patient to make the right decision because a lot of times family doctors refer families to the Emergency room so that doctors become liable for the procedures done on the patient. I look at my experience in the hospital and would definitely consider his position as a possible career. Seeing the kids coming in happy to see the television in their rooms with not a care in the world makes me so happy. For example this 7-year-old child ran into a wall and got a concussion but while the doctor was checking him he was like I cried a lot but I am okay. My position as a pediatric doctor would just make sure that they stay that happy coming out of the …show more content…
Staying on top of newly released medications and new studies is very important for providing the best patient care. The founding education that is required is an the completion of undergraduate courses at a college or university which will get you a Bachelor’s degree. After completing the prerequisites college students take the MCAT and apply to medical schools or osteopathic schools to receive a MD or DO. When Medical students graduate they are general doctors. Most often then doctors will go on to a specialty of medicine. In this case the doctor subspecialized in pediatrics. This is referred to as a residency and takes usually up to 3 years. Residency programs usually occur at hospitals. After these years of training the residents become qualified to become a pediatrician by passing a difficult test which tests for knowledge relating to children and infants (Halm). It is very important that doctors go through several tests of knowledge because they are responsible for human life. One simple mistake can become detrimental for a patient. It is very important to keep in mind that even though the body functions between a child and an adult are similar, certain medications cannot be given to infants because they are much smaller and their bodies are still very sensitive and are going through stages of development. Furthermore, Dr. Reich is a pediatric attending which
During my senior year of undergraduate studies at Wayne State University, I shadowed a pediatrics physician at a Henry Ford Medical Group center in Dearborn, MI. The HFMG is part of Henry Ford Health Systems. The Henry Ford Health Systems employs over 23,000 employees while the HFMG employs over 1,300 senior staff physicians and researchers along with 3,100 non-physician providers and support staff. “The HFMG generates $750M in net revenue, which represents about 33% of total HFHS provider revenues” (Kelley 2011). The HFMG physicians specialize in over 40 different medical specialties and work in 30 different medical centers and 5 different hospitals across southeast Michigan. The specialties include cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, sports medicine, multi-organ transplants and cancer treatment (henryford.com).
The first question I expect to be asked by every interviewer is "why anesthesiology now?" In 2012, after 6 years of post-graduate training, I was thrilled and elated to finally became a board-certified pediatric hematologist/oncologist. Three years later, I am ready to go back to residency. Pediatric hematology/oncology was one of my earliest rotations as a third year medical student and I fell in love with the pathology and, of course, the kids. After that rotation, I, perhaps naively, didn 't give much thought to other specialties and focused solely on pediatrics, going on to complete my pediatrics residency at the University of Michigan, followed by fellowship at the University of Colorado. Now, three years after my transition into post-training practice, I have come to realize the realities of pediatric specialized medicine are not what I expected when I chose this career.
Overall, I retain three goals for this clinical day: Safely and efficently administer medication, enhance my nursing/CNA skills, and determine how to implement infection control into a health care setting. This week reflects my assigned time to administer medication in a health care setting for the first time, with a resident who retains nearly twenty medications. I except this experience will be a great learning experience, but it will also subsist slightly stressful. With the assistance of my FOR, my goal is to administer all of my resident 's medications without complications. To ensure that medication safety, I will perform the six medication rights and three checks prior to administration. Along with medication administration, a goal
While doing my observations, at the outpatient and inpatient settings, I confirmed this is a career suited for my personality and abilities, where you get to teach patients how to recover and start from the beginning, and
The hours of many physicians are long and irregular as the job entails caring for many different patients who have different needs. While working in a hospital, pediatrics is collaborative specialty meaning one must work with other medical specialists and healthcare professionals to improve heath and emotional needs of adolescents. If a child has a heart condition, a pediatrician must meet with a cardiologist to produce a plan that would benefit the young patient’s heart. Pediatricians in a hospital sett...
I think this is the perfect job for me, because I like working with children and I really would like to make life better for children with different diseases and make their life better. They said children are an amazing group to work with, and I really believe that is true. I know it is a hard and long education, but as Ann-Mari Brubakk said, it is all worth it in the end if this is your dream job. She also said it is a job with variation, and for me I think not really knowing what will happen at work every day is good. I cannot wait to start my education and start my professional life as a pediatrician.
It was becoming increasing clear to me that the hospital environment was a community that I knew one day I wanted to be a part of. For three summers, I shadowed one emergency room physician who has been an amazing role model and mentor. This exposure taught me not only a plethora of terms, but to think critically and quickly and to prioritize and reason in ways that had immediate benefit. I also learned a great deal about bedside manner, and how important it is to be culturally and emotionally sensitive to patients. Like my family, this physician noticed so many important things about people- who they are and what matters to them. She knew just when to touch someone on the shoulder, or to step back. She accounted for age and class and race and subtleties that don’t even have words. She viewed each patient as a whole person. One night a woman was brought into the ER after a car crash and needed a neurological exam immediately. She was wearing a hijab. This physician kindly addressed the woman and asked her if she wanted the door closed while she took off her hijab. They both knew the cultural significance, helping this patient to feel respected and less
...Overall, this is an interesting career and if someone would like to enter the healthcare field, without doing the on hands patient care, this a good path to follow.
...to communicate with your patient in order for them to be updated with their family’s sickness. And also have compassion towards them. You are likely to see a lot of injuries and scenarios play out among patients that have been admitted to the hospital. There are many achievements in this field that you may accomplish. And priorities that you have to deal with. For instants your time you have to adjust your schedule.
In order to determine whether or not clinical medicine was the right career for me, I started shadowing Dr. Richard Turner in the ER. Through my experiences with him, I learned that medicine is a problem solving process. As I watched, he would take a patient's history and try to piece together the correct diagnosis by deciding which scenarios were more likely than others. I was attracted by the dynamic nature of each patient's diagnosis and the necessity for an open mind. My hobby of flying has taught me to look at everything in life with a new perspective and to assess the situation from as many angles as possible. Watching Dr. Turner has confirmed my perception of a medical career and the nature of the work involved. Since I love puzzles and problems, the problem solving aspect also increased my desire to become a physician.
This paper’s brief intent is to identify the policies and procedures currently being developed at Midwest Hospital. It identifies how the company’s Management Committee was formed and how they problem solved and delegated responsibilities. This paper recognizes the hospital’s greatest attributes and their weakest link. Midwest Hospital hired Dr. Herb Davis to help facilitate the development and implementation of resolutions for each issue.
Another good aspect of this job is that they only focus on the health of children, rather than all of the age groups. An adult and a child are so different, they are nearly two different species. If a child is brought to a doctor who specializes in all age groups, the child would not be getting the same kind of attention that he or she would be getting, compared to that from a doctor who specializes only in children. Doctors that specialize in all age groups are used to make quick, rough, and fundamental actions needed for the healing of the patient. One does not simply treat a child the same way an adult would be treated.
A. Working in the emergency room I encounter many patients who come in for psychiatric evaluation, wither it is due to suicidal thoughts or depression. Through the constant training that our hospital puts on, I have learned how to better deal with these types of patients who can be difficult at times.
I went to the operating room on March 23, 2016 for the Wilkes Community College Nursing Class of 2017 for observation. Another student and I were assigned to this unit from 7:30am-2:00pm. When we got their we changed into the operating room scrubs, placed a bonnet on our heads and placed booties over our shoes. I got to observe three different surgeries, two laparoscopic shoulder surgeries and one ankle surgery. While cleaning the surgical room for the next surgery, I got to communicate with the nurses and surgical team they explained the flow and equipment that was used in the operating room.
My overall learning experience during my preceptor shifts was amazing. The first day I walked into the Emergency Department for my shift, I was having anxiety through the roof and very nervous. I felt like I did not know anything and it was a completely new environment then I am use to. At this point I feel very comfortable in the environment and felt like I have gained the knowledge to be a competent nurse in practice. I owe a lot of the success I have had in the ED to my preceptor Sam. He was seriously great and very patient with me when I was trying to learn something. He really pushed me every day to be confident and comfortable taking care of patients on my own. I have gained a vast knowledge of skills, procedures, policies, documentation,