End of Dermatology

So dermatology was a pretty light month because I spent most days in the private dermatology clinic in Bellaire. But it was a lot of shadowing which I absolutely hate. Fridays were dermatology clinic at my clinic (where the residents see patients) and that was fun. No shadowing on Fridays and I do all the procedures. I basically do a lot of full skin exams to look for cancer. I got pretty comfortable by the end of this rotation.
I also did at least a dozen shave biopsies and freezing (liquid nitrogen) on pre-cancers (actinic keratoses). And I did a few steroid (kenalog) injections on keloids/hypertrophic scars. So I will definitely continue to do these procedures in my clinic. I'm glad I got the chance to get comfortable with these procedures. Next month I'll get to do other procedures. I'll be on surgery so I'll probably do excisions of cysts in clinic, I & Ds, and suturing in the OR.

Plus most of my weekends were free. Only on call twice this month.
Also, I did the NALS (neonatal) course this month. That was much easier than the PALS course. There's no monitor to look at. Don't need to shock the babies.