With the coming of Healthcare Decisions Day, I thought it would be nice to share how I help empower my patients to make thoughtful decisions about their own health. While it’s not always easy, I feel like it is very important to make sure your patient is properly educated about the topic at hand. This […]
Clear as Mud
At least a couple of times a week, I’m asked the same question: do you have any idea what specialty you might want to go into? The answer to that question is becoming longer and more convoluted by the day. Prior to medical school and in my first year, I was sure that I would […]
Rise and Shine!
Waking up patients is one of those skills I never realized I needed until I started 3rd year. Each morning the patients need to be woken up so that we can pre-round and get updated on all the overnight events. On my first day, one of my senior residents told me, “this is a hospital […]