7 clinical rotation tips from experienced physicians

Imagine your first day of clinical rotations. After hours of studying, you’ll finally transition from learning in classrooms to exploring the floors of real care environments. What should you focus on to ensure your success in patient care? Follow these tips from experienced physicians as you begin clinical rotations and start planning for your specialty. Nearly 150 students attended a clinical skills workshop hosted last month at the 2015 AMA Interim Meeting. Students in the workshop received hands-on training in airway management, blood pressure checks, ultrasound administration, casting and suturing (photos at right and below show students gettings hands-on experience).   AMA Wire® checked in with physicians who facilitated the workshop to discuss key insights students can use during their early days of clinical rotations. As you begin working with patients, be sure to:  1. Practice skills you’ll use across clinical settings. For instance, during the workshop, students participated in a mini-training session with Jessica Millsap, MD, a musculoskeletal imaging diagnostic radiology fellow at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, who taught them how to operate ultrasound equipment. “Ultrasound is ubiquitous … now,” she said. “It’s used in the emergency room, ICUs, on the floors … and perhaps the most prolific use is to put in central lines, so it’s important people know what they’re looking at, and when things look [abnormal], the...
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