MY JOURNEY IN GENERAL MEDICINE POSTINGS AS AN INTERNEE
Name: K. Thanmai Roll no: 76 Batch: 2017 I'm K. Thanmai working as Intern and I'm here today to share few experiences of my journey in General medicine postings which was for 2months,from 12-02-2023 to 13-04-2023 My duties went as follows: Psychiatry postings for 15days Unit duties for 1month and followed by peripherals including ward,nephrology and ICU duties for 15days PSYCHIATRY POSTINGS: In those 15days I was exposed to different types of patients and their scenarios. I observed how PG's approach the patient. Their methods of approaching the patients main concern and the way they counsel the patients. I have seen cases like schizophrenia, depression,anxiety disorders,alcohol dependence syndrome. I even monitored a patient who was diagnosed as alcohol withdrawal and was having hallucinations and was irritable. Majority of cases that I came across in these 15days was mostly related to the ALCOHOL where patients get addicted to it in order to escape from their reali