OK, the first day is done. I know I can do this job and the people (all women) are perfectly nice and relatively normal, as you get in any academic/hospital office -- especially if they're all women.

The job involves kind of managing the process for substitute doctors who have been credentialed through the university to be placed at sites all around the state. In addition to being "credentialed" through UNM, they have to be credentialed or "privileged" at each individual clinic or hospital (or hospital "system"). That means that although a university may say "yes, this doctor is who she says she is and she did attend these institutions and does have this job experience" (all verified as part of the credentialing process), the hospital or clinic has their own application process to be allowed to work specifically for them.

All this stuff takes a long time! So whether on-call specialists, or newly minted doctors in their 3+ year of residency, or someone who has just graduated from residency, they all want to work, to be substitute doctors if they don't have a regular appointment. Plus they make pretty good money. And the lengthy process can cause frustration, to say the least, among a group of people not known for their humility!

That's who I get to wrangle and assist. I'm actually looking forward to doing this job, I know I can do it, and well.