"Welcome to the Endocrinology Department"

A few days ago, I met the family member of a patient we were seeing in the OB outpatient clinic. She told me that she worked in the endocrinology department and invited my to visit. Well, I was so interested in all of the clinics that the department has, that I changed my last weeks postings to all endocrin. She greeted me so warmly when I saw her this morning, I knew it was going to be a great week!

After meeting with the head doctor, Dr. Thomas, I was rushed to Journal Club that the residents were presenting. I was then added to a group of physicians visiting CMC from all over the country attending a week-long educational session on diabetes care. Along with being added to the group, I was told I could attend their lectures and follow their schedule for visiting patients. The new daily schedule also came with a textbook, powerpoint lecture notes and a very detailed daily schedule! This is going to be a jam-packed week, but I am very much looking forward to it!

More to come later, we are off to dinner (yes, it is 4:30pm but we are so hungry at this time!) and I will write more soon!

Shivani

PS- My parent's have the NICEST friends. On Sunday I was taken under the wing of family friends that I have not seen in 21 years since I was in Hiroshima! They treated me like their own when they showed me their university (Vellore Institute of Technology- on the north side of town), treated me to lunch, traditional sweets, mangos and a day trip to a nearby hill station! I felt like I was at home, it was a great feeling. I hope to meet them again before I leave and hopefully the next time I see them, it will be sooner than 21 years!