Medical School Preparation: Day 15

Bright and early at the Chico Immediate Care Clinic this morning and I met the doctor who runs the place and who is also the orthopedic specialist. I was told that due to HIPPA mandates they can't really let me shadow the actual providers as they treat patients. HIPPA requires patient consent when a non-medical person is present during treatment, and given the number of patients who come through the clinic, it would slow things down too much. However, the load apparently lightens during the summer, so I may be able to work out some proper shadowing during that time.

Meanwhile it looks like Monday mornings and Thursday evenings are going to be my regular hours for a little while.

Today one of the certified medical assistants graciously stood in as a practice patient while I tried to take their blood pressure. I'm quite horrible at it. If only we read blood pressure by way of calculating the percent mass composition and then deriving the elemental and molecular formula of something. I can do that just fine!