Surviving Your First Night of Call

Your first night on call as a medical intern is unlike anything medical school prepared you for. In this episode of Intern Bootcamp, we break down exactly how to survive, emotionally and practically. We cover the emotional reality of that first night (and why feeling like a fraud is completely normal). The Intern Survival Series Week 1: Surviving Your First Night of Call    • Surviving Your First Night of Call   Week 2: 10 Calls Every Intern Gets    • 10 Nursing Calls Every Intern Will Get (An...   Week 3: Sick or Not Sick - Evaluating the Sick Patient    • How to tell if a Patient is SICK (and what...   https://citizensurgeon.co/signup The 5 things you need to know about every patient before you take call, How to triage a chaotic overnight shift using the Urgent / Soon / Can Wait framework, when and how to call your senior resident, and how to give a clean morning handoff so the day team trusts you from day one. Whether you're a surgery intern, medicine intern, or just about to start residency, this one's for you. 🩺 Intern Bootcamp drops every week. Subscribe so you don't miss Week 2: The Top 10 Nursing Calls and How to Respond. https://citizensurgeon.co/signup Check out these AMAZING timestamps: Start 00:00 The Most Important Thing to Consider 03:00 How to Prepare for Call Night 04:45 An Effective Handoff 08:38 How to Handle Calls and To-Dos 12:30 Morning Handoff - SBAR 18:10 MUST HAVE SURGERY BOOKS Sabiston's Textbook of Surgery https://citizensurgeon.co/Sabiston Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy https://citizensurgeon.co/Moore Netter's Anatomical Atlas https://citizensurgeon.co/Netter Schwartz Principles of Surgery https://citizensurgeon.co/Schwartz Fischer's Mastery of Surgery https://citizensurgeon.co/Mastery Zollinger's Atlas of Surgical Operations https://citizensurgeon.co/Zollinger Top Knife (MUST MUST HAVE) https://citizensurgeon.co/topknife SOME RECENT READS The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod - http://citizensurgeon.co/MiracleMorning Atomic Habits by James Clear - http://citizensurgeon.co/AtomicHabits BE MY FRIEND Sign up and join the CITIZENSURGEON Community: https://citizensurgeon.co/signup My Website: https://www.citizensurgeon.com​​ Instagram: http://citizensurgeon.co/instagram​​ Twitter: http://citizensurgeon.co/twitter​​ Koji: http://citizensurgeon.co/Koji​​ WHO AM I? I'm Dr. Erik Pearson, FACS and I am a board certified pediatric surgeon living in Las Vegas. I make surgical education videos on all topics in general surgery as well as talks on lifestyle design as a surgeon, book reviews, and studying effectively. I also write a weekly newsletter called the Saturday Six where I identify Six different discoveries of the week. You can get the weekly newsletter by signing up to the CITIZENSURGEON Community! WHERE TO GO FROM HERE: Check out my Favorite Books in Surgery: http://citizensurgeon.co/Books​​ Check out The Learning Center: http://citizensurgeon.co/learn​​ Check out the Surgery Basics Playlist http://citizensurgeon.co/Basics_PL​. DISCLAIMER While my aim is to help educate you for the ward, the surgical ICU, the operating room and your exams remember these videos are not a replacement for your reading, your medical school and residency preparation and most important your own decision making. If you have medical questions definitely consult a medical professional. Good luck and enjoy! Affiliate Links - There are a few links in the description that may lead to a kickback to me to help support the channel. Stock music ID: SBA-348402884

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