Describing an Observership on Residency Applications

Each time you experience something fantastic in life all by yourselff - to others it is only as good as you can describe it to them ..be it a great movie you saw, or an awesome car you drove or maybe that amazing good-looker that just walked by your seat ;-)

I did answer the question about how to describe an observership on the CAF on the forum and then I thought I might as well put it up here as well ..so, here's a sample of some things to add:


- Followed residents and attending closely on history taking, physical exam and assessment/plan in inpatients and clinics
- Participated in case presentations on morning rounds and contributed to management discussions
- Diligently attended didactics, noon-conferences and weekly grand-rounds
- Assembled and authored a case report with a resident on a patient with Wegener's granulomatosis
- Achieved good diagnostic and management expertise in common cases like COPD, CAD, CHF, ARF, GI bleeding and CVA [dont use acronyms like I did here ;-)]
- Gained practical expertise in the use of Cerner Electronic Medical Record systems, Epocrates drug lookup, etc.
- Developed excellent professional rapport with patients, nurses, residents and attendings


Plus you can add stuff about any poster presentation, help on research work etc. too

No bluffing ....but think back and creatively expand on what you accomplished during the time, you often will find more if you look back ;-) As for those who still doing observerships or about to start theirs, use this post as pointers to what you could be doing during your rotation...

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