This site has seemed awfully medical heavy lately.
This is making me worry about the balance in my life. Surely there are other things in my life!
Or so I'd think...
Someone told me that you should always try and keep at least one day a week completely free of 'work'. I wonder if I should do that. What would I do to fill the space of one completely free day a week?
I think if i were to compartmentalize my life better, I'd be more productive and feel like I had more time.
I think one thing we should all think more about is urban planning. I don't think the cities of today are designed in a 'people-friendly' fashion. The current car-dependent style of living has an impact on our health, our retail habits (ie. Big Box stores), and our social networks. I think I will spend some time tonite thinking about what I can do about this.
Friday, January 14, 2005
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Some people!
I've noticed that the tenants of my apartment building have begun the annoying habit of holding the elevator to check their mailboxes.
When I got on the elevator in the lobby after work today, I was greeted by the sight of a man and his wife, coming up from the parking garage. As I entered the elevator, the man exited it to go check his mailbox around the corner. Meanwhile, the wife held the elevator while her husband was away.
It was somewhat annoying to have to stand there in an immobile elevator while some stranger checks his mailbox.
It's happened to me several times now, and the extra moments that I must spend waiting are beginning to vex me.
The man and his wife live on the 14th floor. I live on the 7th. Before I left the elevator, I made sure to lean against ALL the buttons between the 8th and 13th floors.
My logic is simple.
They waste my time to do something that makes them happy (ie. get their mail).
I waste THEIR time to do something that makes ME happy (ie. the thought of them having to stop at every floor).
I'm not ordinarily prone to such acts of pettiness. Truly.
When I got on the elevator in the lobby after work today, I was greeted by the sight of a man and his wife, coming up from the parking garage. As I entered the elevator, the man exited it to go check his mailbox around the corner. Meanwhile, the wife held the elevator while her husband was away.
It was somewhat annoying to have to stand there in an immobile elevator while some stranger checks his mailbox.
It's happened to me several times now, and the extra moments that I must spend waiting are beginning to vex me.
The man and his wife live on the 14th floor. I live on the 7th. Before I left the elevator, I made sure to lean against ALL the buttons between the 8th and 13th floors.
My logic is simple.
They waste my time to do something that makes them happy (ie. get their mail).
I waste THEIR time to do something that makes ME happy (ie. the thought of them having to stop at every floor).
I'm not ordinarily prone to such acts of pettiness. Truly.
Monday, January 10, 2005
Thrown into the deep end
Happy 2005 everybody!
I started clerkship this year. All that means is that the practical part of my education is now in full swing. I'm all hospitals all the time!
Currently, I'm at St. Joseph's hospital doing internal medicine. The learning curve is very steep. Steep enough to be a learning cliff really...
My official title is Clinical Clerk. The way it works is that everyone is on a medical team. Each team has maybe 25 patients. Those patients are divided among two or three clerks (who have 3-5 each), two junior residents (7-5 patients each), and a senior medical resident (who looks after the rest). It is also the job of the senior resident (SMR in cool medical talk) to make sure that us learners are actually doing good things to patients. Finally, each team has a staff man who oversees the entire thing.
Every morning you look in on your patients, examine them, see what tests have come back, discuss things with people,
and then
order new tests, drugs, treatments etc....
it's all great fun. i'm becoming quite attached to my patients.
I notice that a lot of people in hamilton speak Italian. I'm going to try and pick it up.
I didn't make any resolutions this year. If anyone can think of any good ones, let me know.
I started clerkship this year. All that means is that the practical part of my education is now in full swing. I'm all hospitals all the time!
Currently, I'm at St. Joseph's hospital doing internal medicine. The learning curve is very steep. Steep enough to be a learning cliff really...
My official title is Clinical Clerk. The way it works is that everyone is on a medical team. Each team has maybe 25 patients. Those patients are divided among two or three clerks (who have 3-5 each), two junior residents (7-5 patients each), and a senior medical resident (who looks after the rest). It is also the job of the senior resident (SMR in cool medical talk) to make sure that us learners are actually doing good things to patients. Finally, each team has a staff man who oversees the entire thing.
Every morning you look in on your patients, examine them, see what tests have come back, discuss things with people,
and then
order new tests, drugs, treatments etc....
it's all great fun. i'm becoming quite attached to my patients.
I notice that a lot of people in hamilton speak Italian. I'm going to try and pick it up.
I didn't make any resolutions this year. If anyone can think of any good ones, let me know.
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