Hippocrates In San Diego

The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme. — John Buford

June 29, 2008 at 11:54 pm | In Medicine, Work

I’m just finishing another two-week shift at our smaller boutique hospital in the north of the city, covering the final week of the last academic year and the first week of the current year. This is always a challenging time to be on the wards; fresh med school graduates are starting their internships the last week of June so there is a lot of learning happening. And a lot of stress — the interns are stressed, I’m stressed, and the patients are stressed because one day their doctor changes from a confident, knowledgeable and efficient first-year resident to a scared, sheepish, quasi-medical student who suddenly has a long white coat, two new letters after their name, and the power to make serious decisions. If there’s anything I can pass along to you, dear reader, is the advice that you never, ever, EVER get sick enough to require hospital admission around the first of July. The risk of badness happening is several orders of magnitude greater during this tenuous time.

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Sitting here in the new house…

June 4, 2008 at 11:09 pm | In Baby Makin', Blogging, Life, Our First Home, Update

I realized that I haven’t written here for some time (can you hear the record scratching? That’s the sound of… count it… three consecutive posts about how infrequently I post).

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