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All Die Be Die

3 January, 2009 by GAggreyMD Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: Death, Ghana, HIV, Personal Responsibility, Public Health

Another Year Full of Hope and Promises

3 January, 2009 by GAggreyMD Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: Burnout, ID Fellowship, Medical Education, Medical Residency

I Don’t Like It Here!

17 April, 2008 by GAggreyMD Leave a Comment

Lately, I’ve been thinking of what it means to be a woman in terms of having a career, gender roles, and childbearing and I don’t like it. Several articles and unsolicited comments have set me on this path, namely a recent article titled Women Doctors: Waste of Money? in BusinessWeek that is actually based on […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: Burnout, Women Doctors

Dear Friends, Thank You

3 February, 2008 by GAggreyMD Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: Abx Stewardship, Angry Patients, Burnout, Clinical Practice, Football, Gratitude, ID Fellowship, Medical Education

Brazil Mexico Football Match

13 September, 2007 by GAggreyMD Leave a Comment

Yesterday I went to watch Brazil dominate Mexico in a football match at Gillette stadium. I had known about the match for a couple of weeks and was thinking of going. But it was on a Wednesday night and I had no idea when I would be out from work. Furthermore, I didn’t want to go […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: Football, ID Fellowship

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