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A typical day

Clinic from 8am, with visits every 15 to 20 minutes. Newborn weight checks, two-month vaccines, ear infections, asthma, a teenager who wants to talk without a parent in the room, and well-child visits where the real work is reassurance. Between patients you take calls from worried families, refill prescriptions, fill in school and sports forms, and chase referrals. Charting spills into the evening more often than anyone admits.