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moominmuppetLast night I had some of the best patient-instructing students I've had in ages. This was especially thrilling after the night before, when I had a student who managed to be simultaneously incredibly timid and unsure of herself, and yet also argumentative. Good grief -- pick an issue, and I'll deal with it, but that's one hell of a combo.
She was so frustrating; every few minutes she had to argue about how what we were doing was different than what she'd seen in clinic (where they're doing the fastest, most bare-bones exams they can to take care of the necessities), and I'd have to explain again about how we're teaching the full ideal exam, blah, blah. *headdesk* And really, just don't fucking argue with me about whether you're going to remove that speculum from my body, with which I've been teaching for seven friggin' years, in the manner in which I instruct you. *double headdesk* And she had nails, which we didn't catch on her way in because she was late, so I had to have her stuff her glove tips with cottonballs so as not to get scraped. Argh!
But the students last night were the absolute polar opposite, and both were excellent in the same ways, which suggests to me the program that's teaching them is doing things right (they're from a different group than the girl from night before). Although there was still fine-tuning I could do, especially on some of the physical details of the full pelvic that don't get practiced all that often in day-to-day life, their patient interaction skills were so off-the-chart that Steph asked me if I was kidding when she saw their evaluation forms. It was just one of those awesome, rewarding, fun sessions that leave me in an "I rock, they rock, we all rock" kind of mood.
We're also looking for more patient-instructors, so if you're in the Cleveland area, or know someone who is and might be interested in exploring the possibility, please email me at sarah.whitman.young at gmail. Pay is $20/hr, we work weekday evenings, 6pm-7:30pm, M-Th. Most people work one or two sessions a week, and you schedule for when you're available -- it's very flexible that way. We don't expect that everyone who checks out the program will decide it's for them, but if you're interested, you can come in and see what we do, and get a better sense of whether it's something you'd want to pursue. If you have any further questions before you officially express interest to the woman who runs our program, you're also welcome to email me with those.
We're also looking for male instructors for the GU exam. Same pay, but the sessions are 7:30pm-9pm instead.
As those of you who've been following my journal for a while likely already know, I'm absolutely passionate about this program, and what a difference I feel it makes in the kind of care future patients receive from these future healthcare providers. We're always just on the edge of not having enough instructors to keep it going, though. If you think it's something you'd be interested in, please do contact us.
She was so frustrating; every few minutes she had to argue about how what we were doing was different than what she'd seen in clinic (where they're doing the fastest, most bare-bones exams they can to take care of the necessities), and I'd have to explain again about how we're teaching the full ideal exam, blah, blah. *headdesk* And really, just don't fucking argue with me about whether you're going to remove that speculum from my body, with which I've been teaching for seven friggin' years, in the manner in which I instruct you. *double headdesk* And she had nails, which we didn't catch on her way in because she was late, so I had to have her stuff her glove tips with cottonballs so as not to get scraped. Argh!
But the students last night were the absolute polar opposite, and both were excellent in the same ways, which suggests to me the program that's teaching them is doing things right (they're from a different group than the girl from night before). Although there was still fine-tuning I could do, especially on some of the physical details of the full pelvic that don't get practiced all that often in day-to-day life, their patient interaction skills were so off-the-chart that Steph asked me if I was kidding when she saw their evaluation forms. It was just one of those awesome, rewarding, fun sessions that leave me in an "I rock, they rock, we all rock" kind of mood.
We're also looking for more patient-instructors, so if you're in the Cleveland area, or know someone who is and might be interested in exploring the possibility, please email me at sarah.whitman.young at gmail. Pay is $20/hr, we work weekday evenings, 6pm-7:30pm, M-Th. Most people work one or two sessions a week, and you schedule for when you're available -- it's very flexible that way. We don't expect that everyone who checks out the program will decide it's for them, but if you're interested, you can come in and see what we do, and get a better sense of whether it's something you'd want to pursue. If you have any further questions before you officially express interest to the woman who runs our program, you're also welcome to email me with those.
We're also looking for male instructors for the GU exam. Same pay, but the sessions are 7:30pm-9pm instead.
As those of you who've been following my journal for a while likely already know, I'm absolutely passionate about this program, and what a difference I feel it makes in the kind of care future patients receive from these future healthcare providers. We're always just on the edge of not having enough instructors to keep it going, though. If you think it's something you'd be interested in, please do contact us.
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Date: 2007-05-25 04:13 pm (UTC)There are patient-instructing programs in most states, although usually only one or two. They're most often directly affiliated with med schools; our program is unusual in that it's independent, and we work with multiple different student groups. Usually, you can find out by calling the schools and finding out if they use "standardized patients", and whether they have specialized gyn standardized patients. In some programs, you're only a model, and a preceptor is doing the teaching. Some programs use teams of instructors taking turns instructing. Again, we're unusual in our level of autonomy there. It's definitely worth checking out, though, just in case there happens to be a program nearby that works in a way you'd like.