CHC!

Wow! I volunteered today to translate spanish at a local clinic that the medical school students work at. And oh my god!! The things that the medical school students knew! The lady would say that her stomach hurts, and they would take that to mean gastritis.. or pancreatis.. or all these other ungodly things that I don't know how to spell! On top of that, they would know what the acronims (sp?) of meds actually meant.. and they would guess all of the underlying causes for taking those meds!!! And the way they could spit out SOAP notes.. and lets not even talk about the way that they knew how to do physical examinations!! Holy shit.. I was amazed to see how they would take the same things that I was translating to them and spit out a diagnosis!!! On top of that, the M3 student working with us has got to be the smartest guy ever.. and I mean ever! But it was super super cool to think that one day, after all this awful studying I will be like that.. what a great motivator! But the best part was that I didn't choke under pressure!! I was able to translate majority of what was being said! Go me!!! WHoooo hooo! Now back to studying!