The Fear

just a short one...... the fear has started to creep in. there is much i know and much i do not know. as of monday i will the the Doctor in this rural town, yes supervised, but i am expected to know. we had kind of a revision lecture on common conditions and prescribing the medications for them. if there is one downfall about my course is that we don't get enough practical knowledge on drugs and prescribing them. i know i know, something we learn on the job, being around it, but i could have used that knowledge. i guess its a good thing that i am doing this Rotation home, cause even simple, yet complex things like writing a prescription correctly, wasn't taught to us (the UWI students didn't know either). granted i never needed it before now, but still. the issue is that we in med school get so used to a hospital setting that these things don't even occur to us, till we have to do the community rotation. crazy i know.

so now i am here, creating for myself a nice folder for me to take of all the common diseases, their management and details of the drugs. this too is a bit difficult for me since some of the trade names of the drugs are different here. not to mention what is the cost for the drugs here. very important, due to the fact that it makes no sense prescribing something if your patient can't afford to buy it. all these little things are now bombarding my mind, i have so much to do.... and here i am posting this..... i'm gonna get out of here... time to prepare. i'll keep you posted....