What makes it OK
Category: Navel-gazing
Every now and then, I get email from pre-med types who are having a lot of trouble deciding whether to go to medical school.
Posted by Signout at 8:42 AM • 6 Comments •
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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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Navel-gazing:
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...
Posted by Signout at 7:40 PM • 6 Comments •
Something like purpose
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It's been two months since I started feeling empty at work.
Posted by Signout at 8:17 AM • 2 Comments •
No longer able to take
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I am qualified and capable at doing a million jobs that involve no pager, no condescending attendings, and no needy patients. For the love of all that is sacred, why did I choose this one?
Posted by Signout at 9:11 AM • 17 Comments •
Please hold
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Please hold while I attempt to develop a new coping mechanism.
Posted by Signout at 11:44 PM • 10 Comments •
Only human
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If the public becomes a professional stage, I'll have to repress my normal human responses to frustration there, too. Which begs the question, where does the anger go?
Posted by Signout at 9:00 AM • 13 Comments •
More more more
Category: Navel-gazing
Although the ScienceBlogs interviewers call me elusive, I insist that I really am slow-moving, easy to spot, and marvelously accessible, as demonstrated by the thirty pages I received while my intern was in clinic this afternoon.
Posted by Signout at 5:00 PM • 1 Comments •
The rest of it
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As I struggle to wrap my head around everything that's happening with every patient on my team, demonstrating what I actually do is much harder than it used to be.
Posted by Signout at 9:23 AM • 3 Comments •
Onward
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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.
Posted by Signout at 2:44 PM • 11 Comments •
Less flattering
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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 •
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