Hospital Shadowing Experience

I have shadowing experience at North Hills Hospital in North Richland Hills, Texas. Under Dr. Kelly, an Orthopedic Surgeon specializing on the knee, I had the honor of witnessing multiple surgeries with the consent of the patient over the course of three days a week for four weeks and I am always astounded each time I observe the procedure. He shared with me his passion for orthopedics and reconnecting many aspects of peoples lives that were lost because of knee problems. I was able to shadow Dr. Kelly because he had performed surgery on my grandmother and the connection they had maintained. I was always interested in orthopedic surgery but it was not until I shadowed Dr, Kelly that I realized how close to home this area of medicine was. During
Woodward an Emergency Physician who also worked at North Hills Hospital. I became connected with him through a family friend who was a nurse and I was able to shadow him five days a week from 12am to 4am. Dr. Woodward graduated from the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2001 and has been affiliated with North Hills Hospital ever since. Being a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Woodward is trained to not only perform the necessary in-patient procedure when looking at emergency patients, such as taking medical histories and diagnosing the physical symptoms and treatment for a patient, he also examines the body as a whole and while finding the interconnected problems surrounding a treatment such as examining an ankle injury and how that is integrated with the muscles and tissues surrounding the affected area, resulting in the best treatment possible for the patient. During the night shift there would be several patients who ranged from foot injuries, to stomach aches and even freak accidents and they were all carefully looked at and examined by Dr. Woodward. What really made this experience stand out to me was his habit of actually touching and observing the area in question whether it be in pain or just a cold. He explained that this further created a bond between himself and the patient, allowing for better care provided and attention given to the patient and a growing