What I Really Learned in Med School

We made it to Miami and completed the first 2 weeks of our first rotation! We had one day of orientation with all the students and every single one was from our class on Saba. It was very relaxing and stress-free asking questions and sitting around people who I already know. For those who know the names, Craig, Ankita, Malcolm, Silva and I were there for Family Medicine, Bev and Barintha were there for Pediatrics, and Mayoori was there for Psychiatry.  Craig and I were placed with our first preceptor in Urgent Care. The first day with him was shadowing and then the second day he let us see patients alone. He assigns us each a patient, we read the chart, then go into the exam room by ourselves and do a history and physical exam. We are loving it so much that we don't take a lunch break, we hold off going to the bathroom so we don't miss something, and we looked at each other like "oh hell no" when we were offered to go home early.  I am having a hard time adju