By Richard A. Giovane It is Sunday night, one week exactly before I will graduate residency. This entire feeling of being “done” has mixed emotions. I am free to practice medicine how I want. Gone are the days of checking out patients to attendings or doing rounds with […]
By Joe Savarese Have you taken Step 1 yet? No? Okay, well stop procrastinating, save this post for the future, and go study! For the rest of you who have survived Step 1, welcome to the clinical years. This is the point in your life that you have […]
By Michael Spinner Sepsis is a commonly encountered problem in hospitalized patients that may progress to multi-organ failure, shock, and death if not recognized and treated promptly. In an effort to reduce sepsis-related mortality, the Surviving Sepsis Campaign was initiated in 2002 to establish annual evidence-based guidelines to […]
By Michael Spinner As with reading a chest X-ray, the key to reading EKGs is to have a systematic method that you follow each and every time. While there are a number of different methods out there, the following 6-step approach for reading EKGs is particularly easy and […]
By Mark Ard Ever wonder how a fellow student can explain the guideline for managing patients with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) after a short bathroom break? He didn’t have a porcelain epiphany; he used this method!
By Molly Lewis During the first several months of the 4th year of med school, many students pack their bags, pre-pay their rent, and fly off to a new med school to spend four weeks on an away rotation. Sean’s post about DO audition rotations has some quality […]
By Michael Spinner When faced with a specific organism identified in culture (and especially if the antibiotic sensitivities are back from the lab!), it’s typically pretty straightforward to determine the appropriate antibiotic. A greater challenge arises when we DON’T know the causative organism(s) and have to think about […]
By Jocelyn Compton It’s January, and 2014 is here with all its resolved glory! It can be particularly tough to keep your personal health in mind as a third year medical student, and after a sixteen-hour day, spending a half hour working out seems unreasonable amidst patient notes, […]
Fady Akladios In my first year of medicine, a few colleagues and I had a discussion about the best medical specialty to pursue. Most of the arguments made were about how physicians in one specialty have exotic cars or how these other specialists went on amazing vacations. Most […]
By Michael Spinner Choosing the right antibiotics to treat an infection can be a daunting task for medical students given the sheer number of different drugs, infections, and organisms we have to memorize. However, a strong understanding of antibiotics is critical as they are some of the most […]