Surgery day again. Dr. Chiou performed a total hysterectomy on a 67 year old patient. She had a uterine prolapsed, and due to her age, it was decided that she have a hysterectomy. The surgery lasted for about 3 hours. Several other Attendings came into the OR to observe the surgery.
In the afternoon, Dr. Chiou had outpatient clinic student teaching sessions. This was an opportunity for medical students to have more patient interaction. Dr. Chiou first explained the cases and reviewed patient histories, he then gave the student a few minutes to review the patients chart. Dr. Chiou sat behind the patient and let the student take control. Most of the patients were coming in for follow ups, find out their results. Dr. Chiou asked if I wanted to try, but I respectfully declined because I don’t think the patient would have wanted to hear their medical info in broken mandarin, and then translated again by Dr. Chiou. I wanted to save the patient their time and patience.
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