After a few months of training and preparing to start my first rotation- it's here! I started my first rotation at the beginning of October. I'm currently on my General Pediatrics rotation, which in the adult medicine world is internal medicine. It's nice being on the floor interacting with parents, nurses and physicians, and I feel like I'm forming good relationships with the residents and med students. It's also a little stressful knowing that the team and the patient are depending on me to make sure medicines are appropriate. But that's why I'm here- to learn how to do that better!
Last weekend my parents came into town. It was so good to see them, and we were able to do a lot of touristy things here in Philly. We ate at a little Italian restaurant on Friday night (and I used my first Groupon). On Saturday morning we ran by the Schuykill by boat house row and up the steps at the art museum. We also got our picture taken by the Rocky statue. In the afternoon we saw the Liberty Bell, went to Penn's Landing (the shore of the Delaware River which separates PA from NJ), and had cheesesteaks at Jim's. Sunday my mom's flight got cancelled, but it worked out so my parents could go to my church and then we had lunch together at Whole Foods. We also randomly ran into one of the other pharmacists I work with, so I think that was fun for my parents to see that I can run into people I know in the 5th largest city in the nation!
It's back to work this weekend, but I'm so excited about my friends that are coming to Philly soon!
