Removed, observed
Category: Hematology-Oncology
I tried to focus on the needle I was moving in and out of her back. Wasn't I in the exact space where I needed to be?
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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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Category: Navel-gazing
This morning, as I wrote "R1" next to my name on my last progress note for the last time, I could swear I heard a cheer swell behind my eardrums.
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June 19, 2007
Wear
Category: Miscellany
Huzzah! The winner of SEED Magazine's Threadless t-shirt contest has been announced. Finally. You wear, you like!...
Posted by Signout at 9:25 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 18, 2007
What logic we can get
Most normal people, I imagine, are asked to understand that good people make mistakes maybe once a day. In the emergency department, providers are asked to understand this about 10 times an hour. It gets old fast.
Posted by Signout at 9:45 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 15, 2007
Thank you for waiting
Category: Miscellany
There's one week left in intern year, and damned if they're gonna let me forget what I am until the very last minute I'm it.
Posted by Signout at 11:32 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 6, 2007
Abortion sucks
Category: Adolescent Medicine
It's hard to overestimate the distance between most lawmakers and the fifteen-year old girls with skinny hands and ruined lives.
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