"I tapped her knee, attempting to elicit a reflex, and accidentally shocked her into another personality."
<-- it's a good idea to read your charts.
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A hot off the press emergency medicine resident in the heartland. Trained abroad; an incorrigible wanderer. Join me as I readjust to American life and try not to (further) damage my patients, one shift at a time. . .
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- cardiology
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- chickens
- clinical rotations
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- cross-culteral communication ; international health
- dermatology
- doctors
- ducks
- earthquakes ahhhh
- emergency medicine
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- ethics
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- firsts; ICU; residency
- frequent fliers
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- improvisational medicine
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- intensive care; ICU; residency
- international medicine
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- Israel
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- medical school
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- neonatology
- non-compliance
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- ovarian cancer
- overheard on rounds
- packing up my show and taking it on the road
- pain and suffering
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- pediatrics; emergency medicine
- people are special
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- preventative medicine
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