Six weeks of internal medicine done. Six weeks left. *Sighs* It seems that each step in my training to become a physician passes at a progressively faster rate. What's worrisome is that the shelf...

I'm on the gastroenterology consult service at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital (SLEH) for the second month of my internal medicine rotation. Last month, Ben Taub General Hospital (BTGH) provided me with the team-centered, primary...

Yesterday marked the end of my first month of clinics - 21 amazing days of internal medicine at Ben Taub. In February, I'll be at St. Luke's working on a consult service to be...

Today marks the end of my second week of internal medicine. I'm laying in bed huddled under my comforter while contemplating medical scenarios I'm uncertain how to deal with. For example, how do you respond...

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a two-part disease: "congestive" and "heart failure." By definition, heart failure means that the heart is unable to pump sufficient quantities of blood to the rest of the body....

I had to wait till Sunday to write this post. Why? Because the first week of clinics included being "on-call" on Saturday for my internal medicine team. This really is different from the basic...

Today was my second day of clinics. All I can say is... wow. The hours are long and will take some time to get used to, but it honestly feels like the 1.5 years...

Over ten months ago, Dr. Brandt urged my class to "wear the white coat" (coincidentally, she reminds us of this in one of her latest blog posts) on our clinical rotations by dismissing any...