200 Years. Forever Valiant.

2:20 PM

Author | Sara Walker

This month, I'm working as a Family Medicine sub-I (or sub-intern) on the department's inpatient service. Essentially a sub-I is supposed to act like an intern, except for the fact that someone else (usually the senior resident) has to sign off all of the orders that I place. I've now finished my first week on service and am finally (sort of) getting the hang of it. At the very least, I'm starting to remember where things are in MiChart (UM's electronic medical record). With spending good chunks of my Internal Medicine and Psych rotations at other hospitals, it's been a little while since I routinely pre-rounded and put in orders.

I'm enjoying my time here and really enjoy working with the team. It's a smaller group than some: the attending, the senior resident, the family medicine inter, the psych intern, and me. It's really great to feel like these are my patients instead of the intern's patients that I'm helping with. And, it further confirms my desire to pursue family medicine because of the broad spectrum of clinical conundrums it entails and the amazing people you meet.

Our day starts at 7 a.m. in the hospital cafeteria where we meet with the night resident for signout to learn what events transpired overnight for our patients and to hear about any new people admitted. Rounds usually begin around 9 a.m. In between we go see our patients and formulate preliminary treatment plans for the day. During rounds, we present our patients to the team and attending, and make modifications to the plan. After rounds, we return to our team room and put in the orders allowing those plans to come to fruition. Our team admits new patients every day, so the day team admits until 5:30 p.m. and signs out to the night resident at 7 p.m.

This month also marks the kickoff of certain events for the U-M bicentennial. Yes, the University of Michigan turns 200 this year. On my own birthday a couple of Saturdays ago, I was lucky to be released from clinical duties early enough to attend the True Blue concert, celebrating notable achievements over the past two years. (While 7 p.m. is the theoretical time we are off duty, you stay until your work is done, which can sometimes be a bit later.) So, I was thrilled to be released in time to attend the concert with my family. My brother, as part of the Michigan Men's Glee Club, was honored to perform. Other notable appearances were Darren Criss, Andrea Joyce, Jim Harbaugh, and the entire Michigan Marching Band on stage at once for "Varsity and the Victors." Go Blue!

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