New Jersey College of Medicine - Journal Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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On no other service was the patient-physician relationship more real and no where did we learn more from our patients than on Medicine. Physical Diagnosis offered us the long-awaited first ex- posure to the patient. Having conquered the enigma of Dr. Schwartz's 43-page schedule, we set out for various hospitals around the state to apply our recently acquired skills. As we listened carefully for the nebulous fttt ta da ruh we could not help breathing easier when the patient would interiect, Hey doc, why don't you try listening over here for aortic in- sufficiency? Junior Medicine at the V.A. showed us that we could still learn something from a cirrhotic's l5th EOVAH admission. We waited in trepidation for Dr. Leevy's rounds. One can still hear Dr. Leevy asking, What are this man's urine porphyrins? Although we learned how many milligrams of sodium are in an egg, we also become aware of a question which we shall ask ourselves over and over again in the future- What can we do for this patient? For some, Medicine at the V.A. was the SMA-l2, interesting ward chiefs, and less interesting patients. For others it was disposition problems, cof- fee and donuts, and late night sessions with the microscope. To all it was a beginning. Senior Medicine at Martland gave us an entirely different perspective. As acting interns we were given the opportunity to see and treat acute medicine, female medicine, first hospital admissions, and the chance to really manage the patients our- selves. Dr. Nussbaum's excellent course in Lab Medicine did not prepare us to interpret lab results such as quantity not sufficient, tube too full, or IV running. Our patients presented us with problems of differential diagnosis such as the miseriesf' They also made us acutely aware of social problems such as drug addiction, poor nutrition, welfare, etc. Although it had its frustrating moments, in retrospect, the ward medicine rotation at Martland was where the action was and it gave us the first semblance of professional confidence. One could go on and on mentioning those professors from the Department of Medicine who played such an important role in our education and rightfully so. But let us reflect back to the statement above: What can we do for this patient? and pause at this time to ask ourselves, What did this patient do for us? t 1 Q7 EDDY D PALMER M D

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