Patient Shadowing Analysis

In this paper I will describe the client scenario from my first six days of clinical practice at the medical ward of Eagle Ridge Hospital. I will reflect upon the salient learning experience received during the first 6 shifts at Eagle Ridge Hospital. I will explore the personal meaning of my clinical experience and will identify the plans for the next set of shifts.

Since my summer term freshman year, I have been periodically shadowing Oscar Habhab, MD and Joseph Keenan, DO in the emergency room. Along with gaining more medical knowledge, I continue to shadow them in order to gain a better understanding of the personality required to become a successful physician.

In a clinical setting, medical information changes on a daily basis. Physicians serve as practitioners in the medical community. They provide key information to medical students, residents, as well as nursing staff that help with their growth and development. Simons, Morgan, and Davidson (2012) stated, “in order for physicians to practice medicine successfully and become learners for life, they need to know how to search and manage the medical information they discover within their patient-centered context.” As a practitioner, physicians understand that these skills are necessary in order for their medical students and other medical staff becomes experts in their chosen field.

Shadowing physicians with drastically different doctoring styles and personalities helped me understand more than just the daily workload but also which doctoring style I prefer. I also learned that physicians need to work as a team with other physicians, nurses, medical staff and patients. I glimpsed at their busy schedules and found that physicians worked in the wards and in the clinic, took on-call duties every other weekend, filed their own billing and charting, covered each other, while still making time for their families. Being exposed to this has helped solidify my aspirations to one day become an effective and balanced physician. I aspire to be a physician who remembers the details, takes time to discuss treatment, and has a broad

recommends direct exposure for overseeing staff. Thus, it would be beneficial for them to attend a conference and spend the day at a local hospital shadowing the CLS in action. Bright Beginnings may want to additionally consider procuring a mentor for their CLS staff, being as they are isolated and without community. It may be beneficial for the CLS to receive monthly check-ins with a CLS Mentor to obtain support. This check-in should be coordinated with the managerial team and a part of the managerial scope of development. It would be ideal for Bright Beginnings to become specialized enough to oversee this aspect without the use of a mentor.

I don’t come from a background that is heavily associated with medicine, nor have I ever really been immersed in a medical setting. As a result, I do not have a first-hand experience of what it is like to practice medicine. However, since my early years,

The goals that I hope to achieve through this shadowing is to fulfill a portion of the hours of shadowing required by t Virginia Commonwealth University for a student on the Pre-Medicine track. In addition to that, I believe this experience will allow me to understand if a healthcare related career would be a proper choice for me, it has been my lifelong dream to become a doctor and to be of service to the world from a very young age.

I shadowed Dr. Martin Skie at the University of Toledo Medical Center when I started contemplating a career as a physician. He is an orthopedic surgeon and I had the privilege to shadow during several surgeries, and throughout clinical rotations. I spent over fifty hours shadowing him over the course of a month. I also had the opportunity to shadow Dr. Zachary Ginsberg, an intensivist, in Kettering Medical Center’s intensive care unit. I was able to discuss the patients, their conditions, the lab results, imaging studies, medications, procedures, and the science behind the thought process while shadowing for over one hundred hours over several months. Both opportunities provided insight into different specialties and sparked my interest.Since

In the previous assignment I mentioned that I had reached out to numerous healthcare professionals, but I was awaiting a response. In the meantime, I ended up shadowing my mother who is a registered nurse. After shadowing my mother, I discovered that I did not see myself as a visiting nurse. Luckily, I have another individual who is not only involved in the healthcare profession, but also extremely close to home. My neighbor, Janet, so happens to be a physical therapist and she happily allowed me to shadow her over this past month. Similar to my mother, Janet turned to working as a part-time physical therapist when she had children. She explained that most physical therapists work full-time, but the home health agency VNA Care employs numerous

I have shadowed two physicians during my pre-medical years. These experiences have significantly shaped the type of physician I want to be in the future. Not in the sense of a medical specialty, but rather in the sense of demonstrating a clear compassion and understanding for my patients.

I had previously shadowed 3 other doctors, but nothing was like my time spent with Dr. Sastry. I had the unique opportunity of being both his patient and his shadow. From the moment I stepped foot into the office in 2013 as a patient, he infused my mind with his infectious spirit of medicine and the beauty of healing. He made me feel very comfortable, and I was very grateful for the fact that he cared so much. I was always drawn to the healthcare field, but I didn’t know who to go to for the abundant amount of questions I had in becoming a physician. Due to his affable and invigorating personality, I knew I wanted to shadow him because I believed that there probably isn’t a better physician and mentor who retains such an optimistic view of life and medicine.

Compared to common clinical experience my exposure to clinical practice was different. Aside from the shadowing opportunities that I’ve pursued, the bulk of my clinical experience was as a volunteer at New Walk Medical Center in Norfolk, VA. There I volunteered under the direction of general practitioner, Dr. James Newby, and nurse practitioner, Mrs. Newby. Mrs. Newby drafted and published a system where health care professionals could monitoring and control the diabetes of their patients. This system of care was comprised of three portions done in group settings. The first was an informational session that explained what diabetes was to the patients the dynamics of diabetes, how to navigate through food labels, and choose the best foods in

Joining a medical fraternity led me to opportunities to meet and shadow physicians at Howard University Hospital, and gain a real feel for what my day-to-day work, as a physician, would be. My curious nature will be well placed in medicine. The physicians I met not only saw their patients as objects of analysis, but genuinely cared about the patient’s characters, spiritual and physical responses, hopes and overall health and well

My time shadowing a GP 19 also provided me with a wider perspective on the organisation of general practices, the 20 crucial role of non-clinical staff and the importance of communication skills tailored to the 21 needs of individual patients. To understand the research aspect of medicine I have also spent 22 time in a scientific laboratory which has helped to give me a better understanding of the 23 scientific foundations of medicine. 24 My role as chair of the school Medics' Society is rewarding and has helped with

I have taken stock of myself, considering my skills, experiences, and goals. I have looked to family and friends, some of whom are doctors, for advice. Because of this self-examination, I have decided to pursue a career in health care. The process has been difficult at times but always illuminating. Throughout it all, I have never lost confidence - the confidence that I will actively absorb all available medical knowledge, forge friendships with fellow students, and emerge from my training as a skilful and caring physician.