The job search is finally over. It was a long and arduous process and if I could start all over, there would be many things I would do differently. I settled. I chose the practice that made the most sense economically, financially, and legally. I forego my desires and most importantly a chance at a […]
IDSA Fellows In-Training Exam Preparation
I’m back on a slow service. It’s so painfully slow I’m chronically tired from lack of work. I know. Too much work and I complain. Not enough work and I complain. At least I have time to read and study. We have the first ever Infectious Diseases In-Training Exam coming up. Sigh! I thought I […]
Back to Reality
The past few months of infectious disease fellowship have been arduous. This is my new reality. I feel I’m doing all that I can to just keep afloat. I finished residency thinking “finally I can narrow down my breadth of knowledge”, but I have since realized that infectious diseases is still a very broad speciality […]
Cannot Sleep!
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 […]