August 2010
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Survived my first call today
What an interesting day in psych. Today was my first on-call day and I spent the day in the psych ER and saw osme of the most interesting patients so far. I didn’t come into this rotation with an inclination towards psych but it was just an interesting day speaking to patients with psychiatric issues.
It’s really interesting to meet someone that shows such symptoms in real life. In...
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(Don't) Pump it up
This afternoon, I caught the end of an episode of Dr. G., the medical examiner on Discovery Channel. A 28-year-old stripper collapsed in her home and refused to go to the hospital. She was later found dead in bed. Her brother revealed that the woman used be a man, but recently had a sex change. Dr. G. considered complications from surgery or drugs as a cause of death. While starting the...
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For the love of basketball or surgery →
I’m not a Lakers’ fan but I am a fan of Pau Gasol after watching this.
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Packed and ready to go.
I am in Florida in the process of obtaining my clinical placement after 10 days now. I might have to wait until I get my exam scores back but hopefully I will find out sooner than that. have changed my flight 3 times now as I wait in limbo. At least my sister is here now so we’ll just be hanging out until I get sorted. I’m anxious to get to NY and start working in the hospital. The...
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WatchI read this article and thought what a great idea. I’m packing for an eventual move to NY and I have so much stuff. The more I thought about it though, I really couldn’t do this. I would really only have 3 items to choose from since I would have to have a set of scrubs and a lab coat and I probably wouldn’t want to be wearing the same set of scrubs day in and day out in the...
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Foreign-Trained And U.S.-Trained Doctors Provide... →
jayparkinsonmd:
Some in the U.S. medical community have questioned the competence of physicians trained abroad. But a new study released yesterday in Health Affairs’ August issue indicates that the quality of care provided by these physicians is no different from that provided by physicians trained at U.S. medical schools. In fact, the study—based on data from Pennsylvania, and the first to...
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A Day at the Pool: An Interview with a Retired...
I waited all day as I have waited all week for answers from deans, clinical education, anyone I could possibly think of might offer a glimpse into this rocket science process of sorting out hospital placements for my 3rd year. I slept in limbo only to awaken still in limbo and fall asleep in limbo. I fretted, stressed out those around me and swore out loud even though my tongue-lashing probably...
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