The first year medical students at Baylor Med just embarked on their wonderful journey in medicine. I still recall how much fun I had at orientation and getting acclimated to “being a med student.” In retrospect, it’s clear that while the basic sciences and rotations at any medical school are…
With three weeks of residency now in the bag, I’ve reached another milestone – my first paycheck as an intern! Oh how I’ve missed you, federal/state taxes. :-P
As part of the ACGME requirements, residents and fellows had to attend a lecture on sleep deprivation for noon conference today. The speaker discussed the importance of sleep, physiological changes which occur in the context of deprivation, and techniques we can utilize to improve the quality of our limited hours…
The best part about working over the weekend (hah, what a grown-up thing to say) is that parking is easy, there aren’t any conferences to pause workflow, and I have an excuse to eat Fruit Loops at the hospital “because nothing else is available.” :-)
Day 2 of residency was way more stressful than the first. After morning report, rounds, and noon lecture, I was left alone to run the renal service with an awesome med student. Our attending was in-and-out of meetings but did a fantastic job being available to address any questions and…
I’m currently writing this post while sprawled on my bed in a haze. My first day of residency is over, and while it wasn’t bad, introducing myself as “Dr. Kumar” to patients just sounds… weird. Couple that with not having to have my notes/orders “cosigned” by anyone… carrying several pagers……
Baylor Med’s new anesthesia interns will begin our first rotations on Monday, and I couldn’t be happier to be among them! Throughout our (much drawn out) orientations in June, I’ve realized how lucky I am to be surrounded by these individuals. While most are from Texas, they come from all…
Today is my last day of orientation before beginning residency on Monday! After thinking about which aspects of patient care will be relevant to all my medicine-heavy intern rotations. I arrived at something which has undoubtedly become a lost art as imaging modalities and labs have become more sophisticated –…
Friday’s “intern bootcamp” was honestly our first useful day of orientation. We spent the day reviewing ACLS by running mock codes, learned how to place central lines with and without ultrasound, and practiced common inpatient scenarios. Although anesthesia interns won’t be officially be cross-covering for medicine teams overnight, the scenarios were…
Earlier this week, my anesthesia intern class received our white coats and pagers. While we ripped through the packaging to try on our (ridiculously over-sized) coats, there was a resounding sentiment of: “Whoa, now it’s getting real!” It’s crazy to think that we’re doctors.