Willamette Valley Medical Center

Hi Fellow Interns,

I am back for Jan term with the sole purpose of completing my internship at Willamette Valley Medical Center. I was able to put in a few hours each week during Fall term but now I am really looking forward to be able to put in long days at the hospital. This past week I was trained to work on the Medical/Surgical floor. Now I have more options to spend time in either the Emergency Department or the Med/Surg floor. I like to keep busy, so it's nice to have more responsibilities and tasks while I'm there. So far, I have kept busy with the various tasks but have not had as much patient interaction or seen as many medical events as I would like. From what I have heard, I shouldn't expect too much from the Med/Surg floor but the ED should be more exciting. During Jan term, I'll be able to spend some late nights in the ED and hopefully see some more emergencies. It's horrible to say that I want the ED to be busy when I'm in there...but I really do so that I can see some of those patient/nurse/doctor interactions during the chaotic times of medical emergencies. Ultimately I would like to get a real feel whether or not I would like to be working in that environment someday.

I'll keep you updated on how it's going!


Shelby