Through the magic of Yahoo, you can now view my schedule online. Enjoy!
On Monday some friends and I got to hang out in the cardiac cath lab. Very cool. Lots of testosterone. One of the attendings bragged about how he could get a catheter in the coronaries in 60 seconds after he touches the skin if he needs to. It also seems he's gotten a few speeding tickets rushing to the hospital. When I have my MI, I want to be in his cath lab.
We had a workshop the other day, and a buddy in a different group heard one of the attendings explain about how a good physical exam is key:
Every now and then I'll get paged down to the ED when some resident thinks he or she found a knee effusion. I'll examine the patient and say "Congradulations, it's a fat pad. You're normal. That will be $500. Oh wait, I'm a rheumatologist...make that $1.49. But with insurance reimbursement the way it is, just flip me a quarter and we'll call it even."
Period 2 has come and gone. Many consider Period 2 to be the hardest in Year 2, and so far I agree. We covered psychiatry, neurology, ophthalmology, and ENT (covered in our pathophysiology, pathology, and pharmacology classes). Passed all gracefully (that is, whithout the need of a curve, which set passing to 56% for neuro). Makes me wonder why I studied so much. I have also passed yet another exam showing that I am at least semi-competent to perform a complete history and physical exam, which sets me up to begin a series of 3 6-week "mini-rotations" in family practice, pediatrics, and internal medicine.