IM: Departmental Exam

We had our departmental exam in IM today. To prepare for it, we were given 29 essay questions, 12 of them worth 30 points and 17 of them worth 20 points. From those, we were randomly given two 30-point and two 20-point questions on the exam. I had trouble remembering every single tidbit (these questions had about 6-8 parts to them), but I know I passed, hopefully with an A. That's all I wanted. I also ran into Molly and Erwin outside Everett (Molly looks like a happy mommy-to-be), and Erwin asked if we were meeting for ice cream tomorrow (Heather's idea). The question is where: Marble Slab or Coldstone?

I chatted briefly with Dustin N. before the exam; he'd just finished his rotation at Methodist and had inherited my old team. When I asked about my Vietnamese patient with liver failure, he told me the man had died 2-3 days after he began his rotation =( I was very sad to hear that, even though I'd known that his health had taken a downhill spiral b/c his liver was failing fast. But death in three weeks...that's rough. Dustin didn't have a good experience at Methodist; apparently my team got more strict after Annie and I left (especially once the month changed and Sharif returned to the team), and on top of that, Dustin reported that our team said Annie and I were slackers. How so, when I did everything they told me to do? (though I admit, I didn't go above and beyond like others in our class probably did) What makes me mad is that if they really thought we were lazy, why didn't they tell us so, instead of saying, "Oh, you're doing a great job" and stuff like that? We got zero feedback about our work! Well, that settles it: if that's the way they feel, then I don't want to go back there. I'd originally considered applying to Methodist for residency, but that's gone now.