Archive for April, 2008
Ah! A discovery!
I found a medical school that holds My Creed. Awesome.
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The new code blue
Dear Beer Company,
Please remove the phrase “code blue” from your commercials, I don’t care what color the mountains turn when the beverage is chilled, your “catch phrase” causes health care workers everywhere to go into a tizzy every time they view your commercial. The workers tend to start chest compressions and intubate the nearest object [...]
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The Dr/Team Dynamic
I am finding it harder and harder to maintain a good dynamic of patient care teams. The MD I work under is excellent at getting people to do what needs to be done without making them feel like they are working “for” him but rather with him.
My question is this. How do you deal with [...]
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Six Word Memoir
My six word memoir, I haven’t been tagged (because nobody reads this thing), and won’t tag anyone else for the same reason.
Here it is.
Such struggle to sacrifice one’s life.
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Donate
Chances are someone you love will need a pint of blood sometime within their life.
If you can, donate blood. Seriously, it’s not that bad. What are you scared of? Needles? I promise you, it’s a lot scarier to need the transfusion.
And while you’re at it, let your family know that you are an organ donor. [...]
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Funny stuff.
A mocking bird is barking at my poor puppy. He is barking back. It’s amusing.
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Tags: weenie dog
School Blows.
I had another blog here, but I deleted it. I don’t usually do this because I like to look back and see development. Really I am a bit ashamed about the old post, so instead of leaving it up I am just going to interject the lesson I learned instead.
I am responsible for my own [...]
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Tags: Lessons Learned, PoDunk University
My Creed.
To cure sometimes,
To treat often,
To comfort always.
Imagine what a turn medicine would take if the whole upcoming generation of medical practitioners held this creed. I like to thing the change has already begun.
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Tags: The future of medicine
SixtyFive Roses.
It’s always inspiring to see a family pull through some hard times (with some help from the big guy, of course). Read this.
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Dr.Wannabe
I love my clinic patients, most of them are indigent, and living in a mission which seeks to help them turn their lives around. Most of the guys I see have some mental illness or substance abuse problem that they are trying to kick. The program they are in is phenomenal, and they are awesome. [...]
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Quote of the Day- E. Joseph Cossman"Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal."
- E. Joseph Cossman
