Just recently I was listening to a lecture by one of our physicians regarding cervical cancer. He made a statement that really stuck with me: “although we have made many advances towards screening, and treating the progression of cervical cancer, there is still more work to be done.” So I began to ask myself what […]
Delivering Bad News
Delivering bad news is a part of medicine. It has been something that I have had to witness as a medical student and now take a part in as a resident physician. Meeting with families to discuss goals of care or delivering a poor prognosis over the phone to those who cannot visit their loved […]
Intensive Care Unit During a Pandemic
One of the best aspects of my residency program includes the ability to rotate with our intensive care unit (ICU) team to increase our learning opportunities given the acuity of our patients. What makes our rotation this year even more challenging is working through a pandemic especially in California, one of the states experiencing high […]
