Less flattering
Category: Navel-gazing
It turns out my impending nervous breakdown is going to happen right on schedule--maybe even a little late.
Posted by Signout at 9:41 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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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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The right words
Category: Pediatrics
With the standardized patients we learned from in medical school, there was often a "money question" that quickly revealed the scripted subtext underlying the patient's complaint.
Posted by Signout at 9:58 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 10, 2007
A little touchy to ask
A couple of weeks ago, a study appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine showing that patients admitted to hospitals with heart attacks on weekends had higher mortality than similar patients admitted on weekdays.
Posted by Signout at 2:33 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 8, 2007
Inspiring and insightful
Category: Grand Rounds
Today's Pediatric Grand Rounds is up at the blog of the ever-inspiring and insightful Dr. Flea.
Posted by Signout at 11:34 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The game
Category: Miscellany
It was street, y'all. Team Phylogenetics came out busting chops. "Your mom," said HIV.
Posted by Signout at 10:46 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 6, 2007
Why he blogs
Category: Media
I'd ask Atul Gawande why he blogs. However, 1) he doesn't blog, and 2) he's already answered, sort of.
Posted by Signout at 12:39 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 5, 2007
Why Do I Blog?
Category: Navel-gazing
The pleasure of writing and of being read, and finding that I can do both at a level worth (apparently) paying for while still training in medicine, has helped me find a committment and a joy in medicine that I never found before.
Posted by Signout at 11:55 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 2, 2007
What we're supposed to do
As I've become angrier and angrier with our decision-making process in cardiology, I've become more and more distant from my patients and their families.
Posted by Signout at 10:02 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
