In this episode of the Physician Grind, Rigoberto Perez Hernandez shares his initiation into the medical profession
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In this edition of the Physician Grind Narratives. Dr. Rob McMickle shares with us his experience working in the ICU while the Oscars are going on. “The Oscars will come and go year after year; but the most painfully dramatic and honest moments of human existence that require no stage, grandeur, self-importance, or smitten audience will continue to transpire daily in the unit.“
Twenty-Seconds
In this edition of the Physician Grind Narratives, Karen O’Laco shares how the pressures of medical school had caused her to shirk learning opportunities out of fear of being bothersome or judged as incompetent. She shares a story during her surgical rotation when her involvement in the case led to a minor delay that frustrated the anesthesiologist. She discusses how the anesthesiologist’s disdain for her affected her ability to speak up when the patient’s post-operative course takes a turn for the worse.
Thanksgiving
In this edition of the Physician Grind Narratives, Dr. Basrai shares with us memories from his first Thanksgiving as a resident. Dr. Basrai was living in a new city away from his family and friends. He soon learned that working at the hospital on the holiday is not all bad.
Oscar Night in the ICU
In this edition of the Physician Grind Narratives. Dr. Rob McMickle shares with us his experience working in the ICU while the Oscars are going on. “The Oscars will come and go year after year; but the most painfully dramatic and honest moments of human existence that require no stage, grandeur, self-importance, or smitten audience will continue to transpire daily in the unit.“
The Pepsi Center Blew Up
It’s the first day of my first ER rotation as an intern. I had endured months on Medicine, Neurosurgery and the Medical ICU and I am finally home, back in the ER. I am hoping that today will be a somewhat slow day so that I can ease my way back into the swing of things. As I walk around the department I begin to notice that everyone is moving around frantically. I find the senior resident. Without saying a word, he hands me a vest that says physician. "What’s going on?" I ask him. He looks at me and chuckles. The Pepsi Center blew up...
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Tune in for the MAAAAAAIIIIIIIN EVENT of the EVENING!!!!! In the red corner: A 92 years young gem hailing from a local nursing home MR. X!!!! In the blue corner the reigning champion CT “the scanner of the universe” TECH!!!