June 29, 2018 was the official last day for my hospice and palliative medicine fellowship as well as my status as the trainee. In August, I will start as the trainer. What a daunting task. Sometimes, I'm not sure I'm ready to be in that role. I feel like I still have so much to learn myself. I realized that there is always going to be this sense of need to learn as much as I can. I am excited for my new role and to know that I am not going to have to do too many weeks of back-to-back consults. I will have medical students, residents, and fellows working with me. I will be working to make the home calls a more cohesive group. I will be working on my narrative medicine expertise as well as my role as a mentor. I will be teaching bioethics for the brand new medical students. I am nervous and excited. Before I get too far ahead of myself, though, I have six weeks of rest and relaxation. Or at least not going into work and packing to move to a new house.
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