Next week I will be finishing my first tier of patient care at UWS. This means I may go offsite to a community clinic beginning in 2 weeks. The long hours at the campus clinic have finally started to feel as if they paid off.
Thinking back to the first day at the clinic, I remember how anxious I was to start this new role at school. The worry of getting patient visits was present in all of our minds and the fear of screwing up was also there. A few weeks into the system, things calmed down and all the newness began to fade away. Some patient visits were more challenging than others and the confidence in chiropractic grew as results started trickling in.
In previous classes we heard about the negativity the public has for chiropractic medicine, particularly the pseudoscience practitioners and the stereotype of accepting our new role as DC's wasn't easy. It was then we ascended the ladder one more step toward becoming doctors.
Some of us performed the dreaded female gyn lab and others the proctology lab. The pressure to overcome any feelings of escape left us once we began the procedures and once finished with the examination a realization struck home with a big statement in regards to the massive hurdle it truly was. If we can do this type of exam professionally, what can't be done?
I am excited to get into a community clinic and begin the next phase in an outpatient setting.
All for now
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