By this time in the year, my personal log system had totally broken down. I still have total numbers of new consults I saw each month documented in my personal files, but I wasn’t very good with documenting the reasons for consultation. Of note, our program had begun to require official logs of consults done […]
ID Consults Roster #9
As I neared the end of the first year of fellowship, I got quite lazy in keeping tabs on my consults. As such, with each subsequent month, my roster became less and less detailed. I still did the consults and required follow-up of course, just neglected to keep tabs for my own insight. This month, […]
Swine Flu (H1N1 Influenza A)
Tune in to any media channel and you will be bombarded by news of a new and deadly influenza virus. When this started about a week ago, I was underwhelmed. I’m less underwhelmed now as I do believe this is something newsworthy, I’m just not alarmed or frightened as I know what flu truly is. […]
IDSA Fellows Meeting: What They Don’t Teach You in Fellowship
I recently attended the 2009 IDSA Fellows Meeting in Hilton Head, South Carolina. It is a meeting designed for fellows interested in clinical infectious diseases. It provided a wonderful opportunity to interact with leaders in the field. Over the course of two and a half days, we were introduced to the nuts & bolts as […]
Taking Responsibility for One’s Own Health
She walked into the office appearing as if she was chewing something. Only a few years older than myself she had already lost her teeth and her mouth was puckered and sunken. I looked at her. It had been several months since our first visit together. There had been many missed appointments. Where should I […]
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