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In the digital era, we're inundated with ways to access information. Take the smartphone for example. With a single, portable handset, we can consult colleagues via voice or video, carry full textbook and journal article libraries, and have…

How do you decide what topic to write about? What software do you use to draw? How much time does it take? These are all questions I routinely receive regarding illustrations I post on social media, so here's my best attempt to shed some…

There are several options to get into a critical care fellowship. Our hospital has programs for those who completed residencies in anesthesiology, surgery, internal medicine (IM), or emergency medicine (EM).

Cardiac arrest is one of the most feared complications in medicine as it tends to usually precede death despite appropriate interventions. However, a controlled cardiac arrest is routinely utilized as part of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) to…

A curriculum vitae (CV) catalogs your working career (including accolades, presentations, publications, education, extracurriculars, etc.) in a chronological order with detail. I think about a résumé as a snapshot of the CV. Typically it's…

It's important for the intensive care unit (ICU) treatment team to construct and communicate our daily assessment and plan with all relevant parties involved in a patient's care. We accomplish this during "rounds" each morning with a team…

It's becoming increasingly important for medical professionals to combat the horrifically inaccurate conjectures circulating in the media. Whether you're a student, physician, nurse, therapist, technician, or anyone else in healthcare,…

In the era of electronic health records (EHRs), writing progress notes (PN) has become largely supplemented by auto-populated fields (labs, radiology, medical history, etc.) and information which has been copied from prior exams and/or…

With the conclusion of my final year of residency training comes a time for reflection. I've written similar posts at the end of my intern year, CA-1/PGY-2 year, and CA-2/PGY-3 year, but this post is far more sentimental as I'm now done…

Let me preface my response to the title by saying that I don't intend to compare anesthesiologists to certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) or anesthesiology assistants (AAs). I haven't gone through CRNA or AA training, so I can't…