It was 9 am at the VA hospital, and twenty of us sat in morning report exercising our diagnostic minds. A patient case was presented. We heard the presenting symptoms, the relevant history, the physical exam, and the laboratory values. We discussed how each new finding changed the probability of each potential diagnosis. In the […]
Transitioning from M3 to M4 Year
I took my last shelf exam back in June and finished my last M3 clerkship accordingly and all of a sudden, I was now an M4, just like magic. Prior transitions from one year to another were marked by orientations, but this one happened overnight. I definitely don’t feel any different and I certainly am […]
