Chinatown clinic

So yesterday was an interesting day at clinic. The usual suspects were mostly not present because of exams and other things going on. So it was just me and another girl who were the "veterans." It was pretty hectic with a lot of people coming in for flu shots and a ton of 3rd years, very few mandarin speakers and a lot of indonesian speakers. That's usually a good thing, but there was a majority of mandarin speakers yesterday coming in for the flu shot so we were short interpreters. I took charge of the front desk and helped coordinate where everybody should be going and what they should be doing. So I was running around half the night, juggling a dozen different things and I loved it. I may be exaggerating slightly. It was exciting and the night passed quickly. I had such a good time I sort of wish every night was like that. I guess I got a taste of a little power and am loving it. But that's the nice thing with Chinatown Clinic, it's the ONLY Drexel clinic that's entirely student run. Students get the supplies, students run the clinic every Wednesday, students see patients, students draw blood, students do EVERYTHING.

There's a change in leadership at the clinic each time a 2nd year passes on to 3rd year and they're not able to maintain a regular commitment to the clinic. At that time, responsibility falls to the incoming 1st years and new 2nd years. All I know is there's a lot to learn about the clinic and we're not exactly in an open sharing environment, meaning we have to ask for the info, otherwise they're not given.

I'm pretty excited about taking on more responsibility at the clinic. Clinic's probably pretty high up on the list of things that are fun about med school, next to friends, fun and food. The 3 F's of med school.