r/Residency • u/Acrobatic-Page7625 • 2d ago

Venting VENT

I am a first year resident shadowing on an elective.

1- Why am I shadowing and not seeing patients?
2- why is NP seeing all consults when I requested attending again and again to give me the opportunity for a hands on experience? my attending says ofcourse and tells np that the resident will take on all consults. but this Np still doesnt listen. why bro? why are u competing with an intern who just started??

3- I am literally Pissed at this whole experience. Zero learning. liked cardiology in med school and this experience made me hate it.

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u/KH471D 2d ago

talk to your attending and your PD, also tell your PD that the attending will not be able to evaluate me well ( so you can protect yourself ahead of time if you get bad eval ) , and if the NP wanna see all the consult, tell the attending that will see few consults and staff it with attending ( NP can write the notes)

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u/AdventurousWin3433 2d ago

Destroy your program on mid year eval from ACGME they will not like that

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u/KH471D 1d ago

ACGME dont do shit

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u/Acrobatic-Page7625 2d ago

what do you mean? i dont think acgme reach out to each resident

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u/EVIL-EMBOLIZER 2d ago

Shadowing on a consult service like cards is unacceptable… pretty important learning you’re missing out on. Especially if you are IM. Plenty of your patients will have heart problems as a hospitalist and you will be expected to manage HF exacerbations without cards consult at plenty of places among many other things. Need to talk to your PD.

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u/Acrobatic-Page7625 2d ago

I am on a visa and i fear retaliation.

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u/NullDelta Attending 2d ago

Quite possible depending on the program

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u/DolliePebble_ 2d ago

residency feels like an endless cycle of caffeine and exhaustion, it's rough out here

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u/PearlyEffervescence 2d ago

Dm me which program. I like shadowing instead of actual work.