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 […]
The Surgical ICU
At my medical school, we are required to take an ICU rotation during 4th year. Back when I was contemplating surgery and interventional radiology, I put the surgical ICU as my ICU of choice for my 4th-year lottery. Since I decided to go into medicine a little later than expected, I didn’t manage to switch […]
