Despite all the preclinical training you receive, interacting with your first patient is a very different experience. Your first experience interacting face-to-face with a patient may have been intimidating, relaxing or utterly uneventful, but you are never going to forget that adrenaline surge you experienced before facing your first patient. Here’s a doctor who has shared his experience of his first patient. Doctor : I saw my first patient during my second semester of medical college. I felt a surge of excitement as I entered the hospital.
however, just as a young man walked into the hospital for a physical examination, my morning confidence was gone with the wind and I had a shaky start as I stammered awkwardly: “ Good afternoon!” A pause. He simply stared at me saying nothing. I thought inwardly, “ What now? What should I say? ” My mind started racing and I decided I would…
