She'd mailed me a package that arrived in Uganda a few days after I left, so one of the ladies at AIM was kind enough to bring it in a suitcase and repackage/mail it back once she was in the U.S. It would've been fun to get this in Uganda, but it was especially meaningful now. I wonder if my big Christmas box from my family will EVER arrive in Mbarara. My mom spent way too much money on that.
So, I'm working now as a scribe at an urgent care/family practice clinic. Scribes input information into the computer chart system for the provider (doctor or NP) during the Hx and exam. I also fax prescriptions to pharmacies, order lab or x-rays, and put in billing info (per provider orders). I'm learning to connect generic medicine names with the frequently heard-of names and to correlate those drugs with the diagnosis of the patient. I'm also learning medical lingo, such as cerumen impaction, which means wax-stuffed ear canal. My favorite term is nevus--what a funny word for a mole!
