In spite of all the personal excitement I have had over this past month, the joys of moving to a new city with my wife, finding an awesome job, and meeting new patients, the death of a friend puts everything else into perspective. I typically view moving to a new state as a big deal, […]
Doctors Don’t Have All The Answers
I think one of the greatest things we can do as doctors is admitting that we don’t have all the answers because we don’t. And if we think we do, we don’t. We never will. Years of training and experience, even though it may feel like it, won’t endow us with swathes of knowledge. There’s […]
Considering an Internship? Well, it’s More Like 1 Year in 12 Hours
Board-certified specialists, general practitioners, and ER veterinarians often will say things like, “an internship is like 5 years in 1 year” or “an internship gives you 5 years of experience in a 1-year timeline.” But after 2 months of internship training, I feel like an internship is more like an entire year’s experience in a […]
