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Signout is hospital slang for the transfer of information between patient care teams. It is also the name of this blog, which represents one of the less dysfunctional ways in which Dr. Signout copes with her participation in a U.S. medical residency program.
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June 3, 2008
Any other name
Category: Internal Medicine
Let's say, for the sake of argument, that my first name is Trixie.
I spent most of my first year of residency introducing myself as "Trixie Signout, the junior resident on the team." I got called "nurse" a lot, then started introducing myself as "Dr. Trixie Signout." I wanted people to feel comfortable calling me by my first name, I said. I didn't want to seem classist, or superior.
Posted by Signout at 9:21 AM • 7 Comments
May 20, 2008
Together forever
Category: Recipes for Disaster
I love to cook. I have a blog. Today, and probably a few more times in the future, I will post about cooking on my blog. Questions, concerns, and hangups may be directed to the management.
I once had a friend who didn't understand the fetishization of chocolate. He so resented its common acceptance as The Best Sweet that he systematically avoided it in almost all of its forms.
Posted by Signout at 8:55 AM • 6 Comments
May 12, 2008
Formidable and noisy
Category: Pediatrics • Whoopsie
"What I want you to do," I said, "is breathe in deep, then blow it all out like you're blowing out birthday candles."
He focused his eyes in concentration and blinked a few times, then did as I'd said, aiming for the finger I held in front of him.
I listened to his back with my stethoscope. "Again," I said. "Again. Again. Good job! Again."
Posted by Signout at 9:32 AM • 3 Comments
May 5, 2008
Change my story
Category: Internal Medicine
A few months ago, a new patient walked into my clinic at four o'clock on a Friday afternoon. She was a fiftyish woman who had recently moved to the area from a different state. On the plane ride up, she had developed a fever and cough, and the day after arrival, had been admitted to the hospital with a huge, cavitating pneumonia. She was seeing me in follow up to her hospital stay.
Posted by Signout at 9:10 AM • 3 Comments
February 26, 2008
Something to do with this
Category: Media
Hey, look! A new book about residency. Man, my thing is so five minutes ago.
Posted by Signout at 11:25 AM • 4 Comments
February 23, 2008
I don't have much of a moral
Category: Pediatrics • Whoopsie
It's been a while.
I've been in a demoralizing, soul-sucking stretch of rotations for about two months. Suddenly, sleep has become more of a priority than ever before, and documenting the details of my crappy life seems less important and ultimately, less useful than ever. Still, you people seem to want to taste of every plateful of shit that's placed in front of me.
Posted by Signout at 3:52 PM • 13 Comments
January 30, 2008
I don't mind working nights
Category: Emergency Department
Friday, Thursday, Sunday--when you're working the night shift, they're all just words. Days run into other days and their names become meaningless, signifiers only of times when the mail comes and when it doesn't.
I don't mind working nights for a couple of weeks at a time. There's a kind of camaraderie among the members of the night shift, a smirk we share when we catch each others' eyes in the elevator and the coffee line. We all know that what we are doing is not normal, and in some way prevents us from being completely normal. And, we say with that smirk, it's cool.
Posted by Signout at 9:08 AM • 5 Comments
January 23, 2008
Upside down
Category: Navel-gazing
Most of my memories of Charles are upside down. When I was a kid, that's how he carried me around--on his back, giggling; under his arm, waving at his knees; or thrown over his shoulder, poking at his armpit. I remember him as big, gentle, and quiet, with his mouth where his eyes should've been.
Posted by Signout at 7:40 PM • 6 Comments
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