It’s the middle of a regular workday. Consult for “VRE in urine” here, consult for “staph in blood ?contaminant” there. What a bore. I go about my business. Dragging, since I haven’t eaten breakfast and I really should make it to the cafeteria for lunch. Routine consult pops up on computer screen for patient in […]
The Care of the Patient (Peabody)
I recently attended an excellent Grand Rounds on Palliative Medicine. The speaker quoted Dr. Francis Peabody’s “…for the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient” while apologizing for using a quote that “we’ve all heard over and over, I’m sure”. Well, I’m guess I’m one of those in medicine who […]
Life as a Typical ID/HIV Physician
Medscape conducted several anonymous online surveys of physicians and came up with a snapshot of the typical infectious diseases (ID)/HIV specialist. It’s pretty cool to see how those of my specialty compare to others. · 34% of ID/HIV specialists who responded to the surveys were women. · 58% of the ID/HIV specialists were born in the United States; an additional […]
Life as an Infectious Disease Consultant
It’s been almost two years since I pondered over my career path. The job search was just something else. Juggling different priorities to see which opportunity would meet all the needs and most of the desires was not easy. 2009 was just so miserable. Truly. *Shudder* When I signed that three-year contract to work “in […]
IDSA Fellows Meeting: What They Don’t Teach You in Fellowship
I recently attended the 2009 IDSA Fellows Meeting in Hilton Head, South Carolina. It is a meeting designed for fellows interested in clinical infectious diseases. It provided a wonderful opportunity to interact with leaders in the field. Over the course of two and a half days, we were introduced to the nuts & bolts as […]