White Coat

This week we had our 4 day long Geriatrics course. 4 days is nothing, and even though I don't think I'm interested in Geriatrics, I was excited for the course as that is who I'll be working with when I go to Nicaragua in December. We got lots of practice interviewing a few elderly patients in a group and then going to an assisted care facility and interviewing an elderly person on our own. I got to interview Mr. Williams who claims to have done the following when he was younger: road construction, bull rider in the rodeos, Baptist preacher, civilian worker on army base, paramedic, blacksmith, volunteered at prisons, veterinarian, small airplane pilot, and truck driver. Hmmmm......not sure what to believe.....if so, he had a great life. He even said the same thing himself! It was fab to finally get out into the real world and practice some of the things we have been learning in school, PLUS it was our first occasion to wear our white coats.