So my Internal Medicine board exam is at daybreak, it’s 3 am, and I have been tossing and turning in bed for the past hour. I cannot say I’m nervous, but obviously my body is telling me otherwise. I cannot sleep! I went to bed at a decent hour, 9 pm, not crazy early, but […]
Infectious Diseases Here I Come
Orientation at my new hospital is this week. I’m going to be an Infectious Diseases fellow (ID fellow) for the next 2 years training to become an Infectious Diseases specialist (ID specialist). Why does everyone wrinkle their nose when they hear this? And why do other medicine folks keep asking me why on earth I want […]
End of Residency
It’s almost too good to be true and although I’m still in training pursuing a fellowship, the end of residency is a major milestone. We had a graduation ceremony about a month ago. A lot of spouses, fiances, significant others and children were around. Just a sprinkling of parents and siblings though. The graduation ceremony was […]
Code Blue Bells in Ghana – The Final Countdown
As I type this Europe’s The Final Countdown is doing its rounds over and over again in my head and being mixed up with TKZee’s Shibobo. Oh, it’s already my last week in Ghana. Sobbing! How soon? So soon! I’m already in mourning. Soon I will be wrapped up in many layers of clothing, shovelling […]
Isolation Precautions at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital
As a budding infectious diseases specialist I am interested in infection prevention. I am doing a two month rotation at The Fevers Unit at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana. It’s a separate building on the campus where people with HIV/AIDS are taken care of. The focus of my rotation is to get more experience taking care […]