A few months ago I took my recertification boards for internal medicine (IM). I remembered cramming and doing MKSAP at the end of third year medical residency which coincided with the beginning of first year infectious disease fellowship for my initial certification which I passed on first try. Now here I was ten years later. […]
What Can Infectious Disease Physicians Learn from Hospitalists?
I just returned from IDWeek in New Orleans where one of the running themes was on the future of the infectious disease specialty. In brainstorming what we could do differently one question revolved around what could infectious disease physicians learn from hospitalists who have become an attractive specialty in just two decades. The New England […]
Secretly Recording Doctors
Increasingly, I realize that I’m being audio-recorded when I’m interacting with my patients at their hospital bedside. I say realize, because the majority of the time I’m never asked. Sometimes it’s the patient recording. Other times it’s a family member in the room. In both scenarios I get upset. I feel violated. When it’s the […]
What It Means To Be ON CALL
I wonder what my family and friends think I’m doing when I tell them that I am on call. I suspect that they envision me drinking tea at home waiting “to be called”. Well while there might be a hint of truth in that, it’s not entirely the case. Let me explain. Being on call […]
…But a 99F is a Fever for me
I’m coming down with something and that’s not good. Norovirus is circulating in the community and in the hospital. While I am proud of myself for recognising that there was something amiss and of raising the alarm thus instituting timely infection prevention measures to limit the spread of it in my hospital, I certainly do not want […]
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