residency

i bought an ipad and started drawing

Friday, June 4th, 2010

i’ve never been a draw-er.  my brother is the artist in the family.
but i’ve been wanting to learn how to draw digital art.  i thought about wacom tablets but my hand to eye coordination from a thing on the table to a picture on a monitor is not very good.  and i thought about the [...]

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10 things your hospital won’t tell you

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

check out this article on MSN about 10 hospital “secrets.”
in short the list goes like this :

“Oops, wrong kidney.”
“Getting out of the hospital doesn’t mean you’re out of the woods.”
“Good luck finding the person in charge.”
“Everything is negotiable, even your hospital bill.”
“Yes, we take your insurance, but we’re not sure about the anesthesiologist.”
“Sometimes we bill [...]

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i’m on night float for the next two weeks

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

what is night float ?
it’s a rotation during residency where you are assigned to night duty with no day duties.  when a sick person in the ER needs to be admitted to the hospital overnight, the night team facilitates that transfer of care.
at my program, first years have a call room at the hospital while [...]

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the best iphone apps for residency

Monday, May 10th, 2010

you’ve got to check out my posts for the top iphone apps that i use personally in my Family Medicine residency.

top iphone applications that i use in residency
ipod / iphone medical applications

i still use the majority of the apps ive listed in those two posts.  but i wanted to update you on my experiences thus [...]

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