I'll have the Megos, please.

And how would you like it cooked, sir?

Medium to well-done I think.

Oof! Talk about a searing. I was certianly made more than a little uncomfortable more than once. "So why is this pt still with you..." "How is this pt like..." "What was going on with you at..." "How would this have been different if..." And that was just the warm up. Although it was nice to see I anticipated a few of the real wringers - however I didn't come up with a good answer in time and still had to endure the grill.

I'm a little perturbed at some of the band wagon jumping, especially when they were built on assumptions (faulty ones I'm quite certian of, but will need to check out). And yeah I was aggresive. Hills don't get taken or rooms secured when you sit back. And if I'm going to err, I think this is the side to err on.

Jump the gun a little? Maybe - but only in the sense I should have asked one real key question (and then followd it up) before really taking off instead of assuming (and I 'm still mostly certain I would have gotten a "yes", but as one pointed out, perhaps the subconcious was afraid of the "no" at which point, I'd be in trouble). At the very least I was more than praised for the rather indepth analysis I cooked up afterwards.

So, in other less painful experiences, I did manage to get the units I was really pushing for, and I'm quite excited about that. Even ran into someone at the cafeteria today as well I thought I'd never see - go figure, small world.

Lastly, I'm still batting around my research for the year. I'm thinking of perhaps following pt's with severed pinkies for a year and tracking their progress against a clinical pastoral care - ha! Well, maybe a bit more fun population like psychotic or delusional pts.