Finally made it to 1 month in my externship!!
Guess what that also means? Evaluation time!! I have to get evaluated when I reach 70 hours. I will hit my 70 hours tomorrow (Friday). I asked my co worker to tell her opinion on how she thinks I would do on the evaluation. She was being honest about it and she explained her reasoning for what she gave me. There are about 6 to 7 categories and there is a grading scale from 1-5. 1 being not good and 5 being excellent. There were only 2 categories where she gave me a 4 but she said that I have gotten better but she still took it into consideration. I was total ok with what she gave me and I was understanding as well. I think I will do great though.
This week I have been doing a lot better with rooming patients without errors or needing any assistance. Also, I have been getting better with the summary to the doctor to let them know what’s going on with the patient. And any extra things that the doctor needs to know. I have also gotten better with using the computer and phone calls. I had to call a patient and I didn’t make a lot of errors or was nearly as nervous.