I’m officially finished with my first rotation as a resident… but I’m going to really miss everyone I worked with this past month on nephrology. Each day posed a new set of challenges in patient management, interesting cases during morning reports and conferences, and understanding how consult services interplay with…
Over the last month, I’ve picked up a lot of factoids on the renal consult service which I’d like to brain dump for future reference:
“Glom” (a term we toss around on the renal service) refers to the glomerulus, a nephron’s initial filtering component, which is often implicated in renal pathologies like multiple myeloma, amyloidosis, membranous disease, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, membranoproliferate glomerulonephritis, etc. In the workup of patients with renal disease, sometimes all the lab…
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
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……
Yesterday evening… after admittedly pulling an all-nighter to cram for the departmental exam… I finished my neurology rotation. Between Thanksgiving Break, no weekend responsibilities, and the rotation being only a month long, I only spent sixteen days at my clinical site. While that amounts to relatively little exposure compared to…
Neurology has gone by so quickly! Our hours are great, we don’t work on weekends, and a lot of each day is spent traveling to and from lectures/conferences at the main campus. After morning rounds (which can sometimes take a few hours), my colleagues and I scatter to follow up…