Feb
10
First Day on the Wards: Part 2
February 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment
You Are Worthless and Weak What is rounding? At it’s most basic, rounding is the process of visiting hospitalized patients as part of a team. The team usually consists of an Attending Physician, a collection of upper level and junior residents and medical students. The Attending Physician, or the “Attending” is the boss. He is [...]
Dec
29
First Day on the Wards: Part 1
December 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Are We Healing People Yet? So there you are, on the first day of third year about to start your clinical training. Two years of lectures behind you, thousands of facts disintegrating in your brain every day, and you are standing sheepishly in your new short white coat at the nurse’s station about to start [...]