Wow, this last month has been so busy! Although I'm only working on three courses right now (repro, pharm, and clinical skills) the latter is worth three credits and is very heavy. I haven't been able to keep up with my readings let along updating blog posts.
Yesterday, though, we finally received "the list" - that list we've been waiting to see, that tells us which regions have placements available for this first clinical placement we are preparing to go into. We've got a little over a week to decide what our top 4 choices are, and then a maximum of a month to hear what the verdict is. Wow, what a feeling of foreboding! The options available are about what I expected..but it's definitely complicated by my intentions for summertime (and the possibility of having to take a placement in summer vs winter) and my distance from, well, anything substantial aside from one practice. Here is hopIng that it will all work out for the better!!!!
Wow, that is stressful! The lottery system seems fair, but I'm sure it's hard to have no control over such a huge part of your life. Hope you get what you want!
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FutureMidwife - sorry, just saw this now! Generally they dont want you to live more than 30 minutes away from your home practice. There's at least a little bit of leeway on this though in rural placements; not so much in urban ones (to the best of my understanding).
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