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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:
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...
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Posted on January 23, 2008 7:40 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
It's been two months since I started feeling empty at work.
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Posted on September 6, 2007 8:17 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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?
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Posted on August 29, 2007 9:11 AM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Please hold while I attempt to develop a new coping mechanism.
Posted on August 27, 2007 11:44 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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?
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Posted on August 15, 2007 9:00 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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.
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Posted on July 12, 2007 5:00 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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.
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Posted on July 12, 2007 9:23 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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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Posted on June 22, 2007 2:44 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
It turns out my impending nervous breakdown is going to happen right on schedule--maybe even a little late.
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Posted on April 26, 2007 9:41 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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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Posted on April 5, 2007 11:55 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
