The Things I Must Do to Become a PA

Done with my first week of OB/Gyn. Although it was not exactly as I had hoped, it also wasn't bad either. Especially since my preceptor has Friday's off. That is unless we are on call. Speaking of call, over the next 4 weeks I have six 24 hour on call days in addition to the regular schedule. When I say on call, I mean getting a 2 am wake up to go to the hospital for a patient in active labor. It should be fun and hopefully I will get to deliver lots of babies. This week was a bit awkward to say the least. My preceptor just had me observe for the most part. Therefore, I was that guy that all my patients saw when they looked down between their legs just awkwardly gazing at their most private regions. It is much different when I am actually performing the exam. I dare say that I don't look or feel like a pervert when I get to do it myself. The awkward moment award goes to a few encounters I had on OB day. That is when we see all of our OB patients, which means they typically bring the man along. As I'm sure you can imagine by now, there I am standing at the end of our patients bed trying to look intrigued but not to enthralled. All the while, I am getting eyeballed by the young husband just looking for a flinch in my facial expression. Need I say more.

I'm scrubbing for my first total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingoopherectomy on Monday. That means we are taking out the uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries and cervix. That should be fairly interesting.

Next time you are in an awkward situation at the store or over at the in-laws, just remember me. My situation would be hard to top, unless of course you haphazardly exposed your nipple to a church friend.