Wash your hands before you pick your nose! Those were the parting words from our microbiology lab director. I started fellowship in the Microbiology lab. 3 weeks of bliss compared to what was to come. The goals were to learn the fundamentals of clinical microbiology, to become better consultants by being able to actually interpret […]
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 […]