A Day in the Life

group of doctors posing and smiling at the camera under a sign that says IN RECOGNITION OF FRANCES FIELDS ENDOWMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH

A Day in the Life of a Psychiatry Resident

6 am and the alarm goes off. It’s time to get ready for another day! This year I’m excited because I am a PGY2, and the rotations have become more specialized. As I’m getting ready, I am looking forward to work, thinking about all the new pathology I’ll be exposed to during the day.

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A woman holding a child, she sits on a chair and wears a face mask

A Day in the Life of a Pediatrics Resident

I sit in the Fellow’s Room and finish my coffee as I go over the patient list and organize myself for 6 a.m. sign out. I pre-round on my babies checking input and output; vitals; medications; overnight alarms; ventilatory settings; abdominal girths and any overnight imaging or consults.

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A physician on the left smiling, she has long blonde hair and wears a white coat. A young boy on the right, he wears a white coat and smiles.

A Day in the Life of a Psychiatry Resident

7 a.m.: First stop, the inpatient psychiatric unit at the VA to help the new interns with their interview skills, documentation, and of course, moral support. Nursing report – check. Now we round. Psychiatry is a completely different world from the surrounding units. Our patients aren’t lying in bed hooked to an IV.

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