What else is there to do on a rainy day but read? Over on WSJ we learn 10 reasons doctors get burned out. It is written by a surgeon about surgeons but I think most other doctors will agree it rings true for them as well. Yet even though I agree with many of the […]
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. […]
Another Year Full of Hope and Promises
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 […]
IOM Calls for Further Resident Work-hours Restrictions
Anyone who has read my blog has read many rants and whines about residency and fellowship training. This month, the Institute of Medicine released a report on Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision and Safety basically stating that more revisions to medical resident’s workloads are needed. Apparently, the last revisions in 2003 which did drastically […]
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 […]