1/14/2019-1/27/2019

I've had things to write about but why I choose to do so many things as a resident is beyond me. I started my Emergency Medicine rotation over the past two weeks, much to my personal dismay. Emergency medicine is one of those specialties people idealize outside of medicine, sort of like they do surgery....

1/7/2019-1/13/2019

I had goals this week. As I said last time, I got some tough feedback, some of which made no sense but some of which was warranted. And I wanted to fix some of those issues this week, specifically my presenting. I know what the general idea must be; you're more than six months into...

11/5/2018-11/11/2018

Another week, another Time on The Floor. I'm always surprised by the amount of pathology we get at our hospital. We get a lot of bread and butter pediatrics of course, your run of the mill RSV and croup and asthma but also things you may not see often in other places, like kawasaki's.  It's...

9/24/2018-9/30/2018

Elective life is a good one. I've really been liking neurology for one week I've been on it, it's been a very interesting thing to be a part of. I will say, coming right off the floor I knew a good chunk of the patients we had before the rotation even started. I like starting...

9/10/2018-9/24/2018

NIGHT FLOAT IS OVER! I slept for 13 hours on Friday, if that answers any secondary questions. Is there anyone who feels like the floor isn't a beast? Enjoying it, totally great. But even if you love the floor can anyone say its not so hard? Because it is. The floor is the culmination of...

8/20/2018-8/26/2018

Nursery is finally done! The last week was insane! End on bang with a full census and just crazy things happening left and right. In from NICU out from NICU, sugar babies, coombs, bilis, light and all that jazz. It was really a culmination of everything we'd experienced over the last three weeks with a...

Emergency Room Night Shift Gothic

Gothic of the Medical Student You enter through the front as per usual. 20 pairs of eyes in the waiting room see into your soul. They demand retribution. There is nowhere to run. The ER doc tells you to see the patient in room 4. There is no room 4. There has never been a...

Out of Context Medical School Quotes

Oh medical students. How our reputations supersede us. Lately, I’ve seen a ton of people romanticizing being in medical school or some variation thereof. We’ve been forgotten as the very human, often ridiculous people who are just trying to survive in a high stakes, high pressure world. I’ve written out quotes I that I still...

10 Things I Learned While Shadowing an Orthopedic Surgeon

Originally posted August 16th, 2015 I’ve spent a good chunk of my summer following a fantastic orthopedic surgeon in the clinic (the hospital wouldn’t approve me for the OR booo). It was so much fun, and I learned a ton, not just about orthopedics but the qualities that a good doctor should have. I’ve seen...

50 Helpful Little Things To Know for Med School

Originally posted June 15th, 2015 Never hang your stethoscope from your rear view mirror Also don’t hang your white coat in front of a car window ID badge is life, ID badge is love Keep a sweater with you somewhere, all the time Save the sleeves, watch out for “pens all over the place” syndrome...