In Retrospect

A beautiful view of the Queensboro Bridge, the East River, and Queens. Looking at this reminds me of the first few words form J. Cole's Change - "My intuition is telling me there'll be better days." I'll just leave it at that.

Six weeks is a lot of time. 42 days, or 1008 hours, or 60,480 minutes. In an almost cruel twist, it passes like no time at all. Of course, this is the duality of time; both lengthy and fleeting in a single experience.

I look back and see that through this immersion, I've gotten to witness many cases, work day in and day out with physicians, and work through my project. Before I started, I was interested and enthusiastic about MRI - learning about T2 and other image weighting. Now, I have some of the basics of scanner operations down, and I was even able to perform a scan on a phantom just this week! I didn't really know what ablation was, and I got to watch two procedures in the past two weeks. I've learned a lot, and there is a lifetime to go.

Even at that, it came by in a flash. Weekend trips to Williamsburg, Dumbo -- outings to Manhattan restaurants seem to come back all at once.  Clinical experience, research, and the city combined for a complete immersion experience.

For many in this cohort, the stay in NYC is over. Luckily, my work is just beginning. This has been one of my best experiences in recent memory, and I will cherish it for as long as I can. For me, I am just glad that this is a primer to the rest of my time here. I will be forever enjoying the ride.

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