You may have noticed that there haven’t been a lot of new posts appearing on the blog lately. That is because your site administrator has been suffering from a bit of burnout. Burnout has been a hot topic lately in the world of resident education. If you are getting ready to graduate medical school and start internship, it’s worth taking
» Read moreWell, it’s that time of year again in academic medicine: July 1st. For those who don’t know, this is the time when all of the learners in academic medicine move up: the chiefs graduate, new interns come in, the old interns become the new PGY-2s, etc. What does this mean? Well, it means that on June 30th, I am doing
» Read moreAs a generally curious and inquisitive person, I tend to ask a lot of questions. The learning curve as an intern in steep, and time to read and research is often limited. It’s hard to find the answers that you need quickly, and you have a to-do list at least a mile long. As a new intern, I fell into
» Read moreOne of the students working with me on L&D recently complained that she wasn’t getting to do enough cervical exams. She felt that she should be personally checking her patient’s cervix every two hours. Now, for patients undergoing cervical ripening or in early labor, I don’t check every 2 hours – I space exams about 4-6 hours apart, depending on
» Read moreI was recently part of a very interesting conversation about the balance between education and service in a residency program. The question was whether clinic hours are considered education or service. Is clinic always educational, because there is potentially something to learn from each patient? Is it always service, because there is only so much to learn from doing yet
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