A couple of days ago, a colleague at work mentioned going out on the lake with friends and trying to catch a glimpse of this years Perseid meteors shower. I’ll admit, I had no clue of what she spoke. Turns out that every year around this time our dearly beloved planet Earth passes through the orbit […]
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 […]
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. […]
NYT: Medical Student Burnout
This past week, I attended my first ever Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) conference. It was a joint event with the American Society for Microbiology’s (ASM) ICAAC, a feat that has not been done in recent years. To say I was overwhelmed with the educational options and my senses numbed by the extravagant pharma […]
Dear Friends, Thank You
Dear Friends, I just wanted to thank you so much for your thoughts of me on my birthday! My room-mate apparently spread the word that I was in a “bad mood” – like when am I not in a moody state? Anyway…. I got SLAMMED with consults at work on Friday. SLAMMED! No, I don’t […]