First few workdays:
Pictures above are of the bike track I take to work- it follows the train tracks.
First day: met folks at Pegasus- really nice.
Had interview with Medical Council- went fine, but need to produce more (!) documentation. They did expect me to bring my original M.D. diploma (despite its large size and being already mounted and framed). Luckily a letter from the medical school dean will substitute.
Also needed to sign up for malpractice coverage, an IRD number (like the IRS), and get a New Zealand bank account. When people are helping you, they say "right, time to get you sorted", or "we'll help get you sorted". It sounds very comforting in an odd way- like they are going to help you organize your life.
It sounds like I should be able to see patients on my own starting next week. In the meantime I am shadowing doctors, which has been helpful as I have a lot to learn about their system (how to refer, etc) and the EHR- they use MedTech, and which medications they use most commonly.
Examples: amoxicillin for pneumonia; maybe augmentin if COPD/other lung issues
fluoxicillin for skin infections.
The medicine itself seems to be similar to what I practiced in Seattle, though this is more of an Urgent Care setting rather than primary care family medicine.
Post-work:
I have a great community pool and gym just a 5-10 minute bike ride away, so I swam on Monday ($5).
There is a great rock-climbing wall at the YMCA ($12), where I made some new friends on Tuesday, who invited me to the pub afterwards for trivia bowl! it was a lot of fun. I biked home around 9pm (and it was still light out).
Today (Wednesday), after work went on a longer bike ride- following the bike path away from the city center.
Next two days at work I will be doing some MedTech training (the computer system), and shadowing doctors in the fracture clinic- there is a lot of orthopedics at this clinic.
EDF
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