People in medicine are often both brutally cynical and obscenely optimistic at the same time. (I think it’s a survival mechanism.) Anyway, they keep telling me that this is going to be the last summer of my life, so I’m trying to make it a good one. I recently finally found a project for my primary care research fellowship, and I’m really excited about it. I’ll be evaluating the implementation and usage of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project, a program created about five years ago to address the shortage of child psychiatry services in the state. It is a model for integrating mental health services into primary care, and I can’t wait to learn more about it. I discovered this year that I really care a lot about making mental health care more mainstream and integrated into primary care. Who knew?
In other news, in 6 days, I will have finished my first year of medical school. In about 8 days, I will be leaving for Vietnam. It’s been ELEVEN years since the last time my family was there. And in about 12 days, it will have been 15 years since my dad passed away. Time flies.
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