Second year of infectious disease fellowship was supposed to be great. It being the last year of my medical training, I was going to relax, take it slow, complete and publish my research, find a job, and just chill. My, have I been mistaken. Second year is certainly easier than first year in terms of […]
The Real Lives of Doctors
While browsing what was available to me on broadcast TV yesterday, I happened upon PBS – Nova Doctor Diaries. I normally don’t care to watch doctor shows but somehow this caught my attention. Maybe it was the striking similarities that I felt I shared with each participant or just how real this reality TV was. […]
All Die Be Die
My interest in HIV/AIDS is in changing people’s behaviours and attitudes about their self-perceived risk of acquiring the infection. At this time, the ongoing epidemic in Africa does not stem from ignorance. People know the basics of what HIV/AIDS is and how it is spread. One can blame our religious and political leaders in that […]
Another Year Full of Hope and Promises
2009. The year I finally finish medical training. The year that everything just turns out right, hopefully. The year I supposedly enter my thirties. I’ll be taking a rain-check. It has been a miserable start. I’ve been on service since mid-December and it has been crazy busy. I thought the holiday season would mean less […]
IOM Calls for Further Resident Work-hours Restrictions
Anyone who has read my blog has read many rants and whines about residency and fellowship training. This month, the Institute of Medicine released a report on Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision and Safety basically stating that more revisions to medical resident’s workloads are needed. Apparently, the last revisions in 2003 which did drastically […]
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