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Wed was my last day with Dr. Winzelberg at Carol Woods. It was kinda bittersweet because I really enjoyed working with him. He was really keen on teaching me, had little themed lessons of the day (ie. orthopedic replacements in the elderly, how to carry a convo about DNR forms, feeding issues for dementia patients) and sent articles to me to inform me more about how to treat elderly patients. The last patient I met was a 102 year lady and she had fallen and cracked a rib the day before and was in pain but on the day we visited her, she was ready to go home. Dr Winzelberg and I ended up screaming at this really adorable lady to ask her how she was because her hearing aid batteries had completely died.
On Thurs, I met up for lunch on campus with a high school friend - Jane. We had English 6th period our senior year and now she's in grad school at UNC studying in the Center for Neurosensory Disorders about chronic pain:
I hadn't seen her for 5 years but she looked and acted the same. Goofy as ever =) I forgot to take a picture with her but we intend on meeting up soon so I'll probably snap it then. We didn't have enough time to catch up since I had a clinical experience obligation in the Geriatric Psychiatry Inpatient Clinic in the hospital to shadow a 2nd year resident - Zac:
Very, very nice guy too. He made me feel really comfortable talking to him. It was kinda slow that day since it was his last week of 2nd year but I was able to meet a lady with vascular dementia who had been successfully integrated into a locked assisted living facility. Zac told me these crazy/interesting stories he's had with some patients, patients with paranoia who would call him about a neighbor that was "stealing her stuff," patients with dementia who would wander off and police would bring them into the hospital.
Wed was my last day with Dr. Winzelberg at Carol Woods. It was kinda bittersweet because I really enjoyed working with him. He was really keen on teaching me, had little themed lessons of the day (ie. orthopedic replacements in the elderly, how to carry a convo about DNR forms, feeding issues for dementia patients) and sent articles to me to inform me more about how to treat elderly patients. The last patient I met was a 102 year lady and she had fallen and cracked a rib the day before and was in pain but on the day we visited her, she was ready to go home. Dr Winzelberg and I ended up screaming at this really adorable lady to ask her how she was because her hearing aid batteries had completely died.
On Thurs, I met up for lunch on campus with a high school friend - Jane. We had English 6th period our senior year and now she's in grad school at UNC studying in the Center for Neurosensory Disorders about chronic pain:
I hadn't seen her for 5 years but she looked and acted the same. Goofy as ever =) I forgot to take a picture with her but we intend on meeting up soon so I'll probably snap it then. We didn't have enough time to catch up since I had a clinical experience obligation in the Geriatric Psychiatry Inpatient Clinic in the hospital to shadow a 2nd year resident - Zac:
Very, very nice guy too. He made me feel really comfortable talking to him. It was kinda slow that day since it was his last week of 2nd year but I was able to meet a lady with vascular dementia who had been successfully integrated into a locked assisted living facility. Zac told me these crazy/interesting stories he's had with some patients, patients with paranoia who would call him about a neighbor that was "stealing her stuff," patients with dementia who would wander off and police would bring them into the hospital.
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