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I’m a big fan of at a glance measures that provide disproportionate insights into the big picture. When visiting the home of fellow physicians, one of my favorite metrics is the height of the toilet reading journal pile in the bathroom. Pile is an interesting word to describe this phenomenon. In addition to connoting a heap of items lying atop …
I worked both days over Christmas and the early morning shift on New Year’s Day. The period in between was spent visiting my folks in their coastal California enclave. We had a wonderful time seeing my parents and visiting numerous aunts, uncles and cousins in the area. Children were spoiled, mom’s famous Kahlua flan (even more indulgent than it sounds) …
While working multiple shifts over Christmas, I cared for two men my age with acute life-changing intracranial bleeds that left them half-paralyzed. In between those shifts, I spent my remaining energy reading Peter Schjeldahl’s personal history piece in the New Yorker, “77 Sunset Me.” (It appears online as “The Art Of Dying.”) Mr. Schjeldahl has been the magazine’s art critic …
The Stock MD is a relative newcomer to the virtual doctor’s lounge of physician finance bloggers, but you won’t mistake his voice for any other doc out there. He did not so much cut back from medicine as cut it out completely. A not insignificant number of physicians describe choosing medicine over an equally attractive alternate career early in life. …
Second day of winter during a weekend-long shift batch. Our ED augmented staffing for “surge mode” starting this month to accommodate an expected influx of patients that has materialized reliably every year during flu season. The kids have already left for Sunday School (thank you, brilliant wife, for arranging carpool!). My wife heads out the door to what will be …
I developed respect and affinity for Dr. Cory Fawcett, the “repurposed” general surgeon, at Fin Con 18. Cory’s an unusual combination of a down-to-earth personality with an entrepreneurial spirit that continues to impress me, and we’ve stayed in periodic touch via email since the conference. I follow his blog, have reviewed his books, and even tried online locum tenens course …
Over the Thanksgiving holiday I came across this article detailing the fallacy that the University of Washington’s Emergency/Safe Ride Home Program has become. It made me thankful…to longer be in residency. The ACGME, which accredits residency programs, created a common program requirement for fatigue mitigation processes: It is expected that programs adopt fatigue mitigation processes and ensure that there are …
Barcelona represents the best of Spain.This is no accident – the city manages to check every conceivable box on a traveler’s wish list. You like food? Street food? Foodie food? International cuisine? Fusion? How about easily accessible beach towns (Sitges)? Shopping your thing? How about a mall on the ocean? Fashion? Art? Parks? Sidewalk cafe culture? People watching? Architecture? Culture …
My daughter recently entered the sixth grade, which in our district marks the the first year of intermediate school (a.k.a, junior high). The transition was brusque. She graduated from a tender, loving elementary school where duckling students imprinted on gracious teachers they all hoped to someday emulate. Although there were occasional grumps and malcontents on the faculty, the overall experience …
San Sebastian (Basque name: Donostia) is an embarrassment of riches kind of town in Spain. Located on the Bay of Biscay down the shore from the border with France, a gentle scallop-shaped beach is protected from waves by an island that protects a quaint ocean inlet. San Sebastian established its resort bona fides in the 1860s when Spanish royalty (taking …