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SBselfborder.jpg 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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April 26, 2007

Less flattering

Category: Navel-gazing

It turns out my impending nervous breakdown is going to happen right on schedule--maybe even a little late.

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April 16, 2007

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.

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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.

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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.

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The game

Category: Miscellany

It was street, y'all. Team Phylogenetics came out busting chops. "Your mom," said HIV.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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