I’m on call and my pager has finally decided to quiet down for an hour (fingers crossed). My phone’s battery life is at 24%. It’s time for a recharge. I find an outlet to plug in my phone, and for the next while I recharge myself too. I kick off
Category Archives: Thoughts
The Healer’s Art
Steve McCurry, one of the best photographers in the world, just put together a gallery on The Healer’s Art. Very moving pictures with excellently chosen quotes. Definitely worth checking out. His pictures always remind me of the beauty in our humanity.
Looking for a CoBlogger for PreMed, MCAT, Med School Topics
As long time readers may know, I am pretty far out from the premed life. It’s been six years since I wrote the MCAT and applied to medical school. I don’t really know what it’s like to be a pre-med today in 2013. I you asked me right now about
Taking Ownership of Your Patients
In many ways, residency is not too different clerkship. You rotate through different specialties, you try to learn how to take care of patients from your teachers. Sometimes, I feel like I knew more medical knowledge when I was a medical student than I do now. During clerkship, I saw
Not a Time to Reflect
I’ve been busy the last few months on service heavy rotations. The workdays run long, call nights are hectic and post-call days are spent mostly sleeping. One difference between residency and medical school is the lack of breaks between different rotations. During medical school, your rotations often would switch from
Becoming a Craftsman
I just finished watching this inspiring documentary named Jiro Dreams of Sushi recommended by Daniel Pink. It documents master chef Jiro’s obsession with sushi and how he often makes sushi even in his dreams. Relating back to residency, the last four months have been a tremendous period of growth for
Tales From the Call Room – The Pager
On those rare call nights when things are quiet on the wards, I often find it hard to sleep soundly. The reason is because there is a big elephant in the room – the pager. The pager is your electronic leash. You learn to hate the pager and you learn
So Good They Can’t Ignore You – Book Review
Readers of this blog may know that I am a long-time reader of the Study Hacks blog by Cal Newport. In fact, a lot of Cal’s posts and books are very insightful and have changed how I approach studying. I would like to think I am a more efficient and
Tales From the Call Room – Sleeping Pills
A collection of short tales from being on call the last few months [3:28am] [medaholic] – Hi, this is doctor medaholic returning a page [Nurse] – Yes. Mr. S has been having difficulties sleeping and would like a sleeping pill. [medaholic] – I would prefer not to give him any
The Death of Blogging
I started reading medical blogs during my premed years. I was originally fascinated by the stories and experiences of medical students, residents and practicing physicians. During this time there were a few blogs I became quite emotionally invested in. Everyday, I would anxiously await new posts to be updated as
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