tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78485736991767629442024-03-13T02:57:37.175-04:00sidenotenotes outside the margin by a med student searching for the other sidekenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.comBlogger250125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-7006026184040734012013-05-10T08:58:00.001-04:002013-05-10T08:58:30.400-04:00switching to tumblr and the evolution of sidenote<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sidenote has moved here! -> <a href="http://sidenotelife.tumblr.com/">http://sidenotelife.tumblr.com/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I recently decided to <a href="http://sidenotelife.tumblr.com/">switch to tumblr</a> in order to accomodate multiple posters. I wanted to allow readers to view multiple posts on the front page without having to scroll through an entire post. Like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also again, we're on facebook now: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sidenotelife">https://www.facebook.com/sidenotelife</a>. Please support us!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>enjoy sidenote in 140 characters or less @kensidenotelife.</i></span>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-42083969222829307572013-05-09T08:16:00.000-04:002013-05-09T08:16:09.090-04:00ken explains the med school husband pt 1: intro<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a new series of posts to replace what used to be "Relationships in Med School." <a href="http://www.sidenotelife.com/2012/06/relationships-during-med-school-pt-1.html">My initial idea</a> was that relationships are always hard, but they are especially hard at certain times. For instance, during med school. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a time when everyone is broke, busy, and stressed. And there's more. It's also a time when the spouse of med student has to make many compromises. For instance, Katie had to move from her beloved home in Portland, OR to live with me in Charleston, SC. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So med school is a hard time to be in a relationship. That's well-established. But this new series was inspired by a recent app search I did. I searched for 'husband apps' thinking I'd get a list of apps with ways to be a supportive husband, but instead I saw a list of apps for wives to track their husbands, spy on their text messages, and other tools to catch them cheating. This is the depressing reality we live in. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So anyways, I wanted to chronicle some posts about the ups and downs of a relationship during med school, both because it's hard and people need to know about this, but also because the internet is flooded with tons of negative shit about relationships. Celebs getting divorces, famous athletes that are sex addicts, cheap sex being glorified. This is my attempt to flood back with positive shit about relationships. So that's one of my goals for the summer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My first post is about moving. Katie and I got married while we were living in Portland, OR, but we knew we would have to move, and about six months after we got married, we finally got notice that we would be shipping out to Charleston, SC for the next 8 years. There was a lot of helplessness in that decision. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Katie and I have been here for almost a year now, and overall it's been great, but for a long time after we moved I had doubts about living in Charleston. Portland and Charleston are fairly different culturally, and I wasn't sure if this was a place that Katie could thrive. Like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I never considered it that seriously, but there were definitely moments when I thought about dropping out of school and trying to move back to Portland. And there were definitely times when I doubted my decision to move away from the Northwest. Was it a selfish decision to move both of us away from there, when Katie loved it so much? And it's not just that she liked Portland, her family lives in Wyoming, which isn't close to Portland, but it's a hell of a lot closer than South Carolina. So we spend a lot of time on FaceTime hanging out with her nieces and nephew. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Which is fun, but I still feel bad for dragging her away from her loved ones. Am I a dick?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We talk a lot about our next move - mostly because I love talking about possible places to do residency. Denver, LA, Dallas, Boston, Minnesota, NC, NYC, Portland, every major academic medical center is in play. Even UT Southwestern in Dallas. (don't tell my wife) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All that to say, it's a lot of pressure to be in the world of academia because there's a lot of moving. To some extent, I chose to leave the Northwest by applying to certain schools, but at the same time - I applied to 16 programs and only got acceptances at 2. It's not like I had a big list to choose from. I'm sure residency will be more of the same. Unless I want to match in physiatry, I'm sure it'll be touch to pick out the best opportunity. Then another move for fellowship, junior faculty-ship, tenure track faculty member, department chair, chief of pediatrics, dean of medicine, owner of the Boston Celtics. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If there's one thing I've learned from this experience of dragging Katie all the way across the coast - I've learned to be ok with Katie being upset. There are certain things I can't change - like the bikeability of Charleston, or our location in the bible belt. I've slowly started to accept her few frustrations with Charleston, and focus on what I can control. </span><br />
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kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-77742592910492250932013-05-08T08:40:00.000-04:002013-05-08T08:40:09.916-04:00ken asks the audience: What are you doing this summer?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last week's question was: </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What are you doing this summer?</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I asked classmate Paras Patel for his answer, and he'll be continuing to write for sidenote through the summer about his experiences:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know if I have the most interesting summer lined up or
not but I am very excited for the good times ahead. This summer I am going to
Argentina and India. Two opposite ends of the earth for two very different
reasons. In Argentina I am living in a town called Cobalanga. Surprisingly, it
is not on Google maps. I’m living with two doctors and their three little boys.
I’ll be working in the hospital doing weekly rotations in areas like family
medicine, surgery, pediatrics and hopefully some specialties. In the afternoon
I’ll volunteer at my host family’s private practice. My goal is to learn as
much as I can about their healthcare system and have an opportunity to become
fluent in medical Spanish so I can get certified once I’m back in the states. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After six weeks, I’m meeting up with two friends and we will travel to Buenos
Aires, Uruguay and go skiing in the Andes. Two days after I get back to the US,
I’m leaving for the motherland. This will be the first time in 10 years. I am
excited to see how much has changed and partake in my cousin’s wedding
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think this summer will be an opportunity for me to get away from
everything and just reflect over these past 23 years before all hell breaks
loose. I’ve come a long way and I really want to just think about where I’m
going. Ken always refers to “deep conversations” and how often our
conversations are superficial. I agree. It’s been a while since the last time I
had a deep conversation with myself…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Want to provide the commentary? Let me know. </i></span>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-87368834682189084942013-05-07T09:02:00.003-04:002013-05-07T09:07:42.026-04:00Half-baked idea: now recruiting guest posters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sidenote has exploded over the past month or two. Thanks to my amazing fans. It's been cool to see the page views go up and up. I'm assuming I'll see a downtrend if I don't publish another kevinmd post, either way, it was cool to see all those views. At the same time, for now I don't desire a Pauline Chen/Atul Gawande level following. I figure I should wait until I'm actually a doctor and I know what I'm talking about before I build up to that size. For the time, my re</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">al goal is to build community here within MUSC COM2 (crazy, right?). </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So naturally, my most recent half-baked idea is to add guest posters/co-writers to sidenote.</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Let's be honest, my writing is fairly entertaining, but it centers around an extremely narrow wheelhouse. Physician burnout/hidden curriculum/running diaries/interviews. It's what I love, and I plan to keep writing about it. At the same time, if there's anything that the </span><a href="http://www.sidenotelife.com/search/label/so%20you%20think%20you%20know" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'so you think you know'</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> series has revealed, it's that everyone has a story to tell. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>One of the points of sidenote is conveying the med student life.</b> Samuel Shem's great novel on physician burnout, <i>The House of God</i>, keys in on an important underlying truth. The struggle in internship is not just the stress of the job, part of the struggle is how isolating it can be. You move from thinking <i>this </i>(the job, the patients, the red tape) is crazy, to thinking I'm crazy. And when you start thinking you're crazy, then you spiral into mental illness, depression, burnout, suicide. All the good stuff. And that's why the life of the med student - complaints, the highs, the hopes - all of it has to be shared. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is what <a href="http://www.sidenotelife.com/2013/03/ken-explains-hidden-curriculum-we-dont.html">'we don't believe you. we need more people.'</a> is all about. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We need more writers telling the story of life as a med student. We need single students that are out till 5 AM partying, non-traditional students that have had other jobs, female students, black students, students from non-MUSC schools. We need more people. Granted, there are other blog/websites that fit this function, and how is sidenote different? </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you go read other med school blogs - there's some good ones, but it's also a lot of fluff, and not enough people keeping it real. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sidenote has no financial incentive, and it is not tied to any larger corporations. It's just med students keeping it real, and telling the med student life like it is. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please join the movement. So far Paras Patel (M2) from MUSC is going to write about his summer, and two of my friends from Kenyon - Jon Weil (M1) at a TBD med school, and Aaron Yo (M1) at Harvard - are going to be writing about the first year life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you would like to write for sidenote, shoot me an email! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ken dot e dot noguchi at gmail dot com. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's not a bad gig - the past 30d we've had 7000+ views, and I think most of the rising M2 class reads it, so the audience is definitely there. Alternatively, if you know someone who would be great for this, let me know! We need more people telling the med student life. </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">enjoy sidenote in 140 characters or less @kensidenotelife.</span></i>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-12645596571921913832013-05-06T08:21:00.001-04:002013-05-06T08:21:53.588-04:00Relationships in med school pt 18 - so you think you know Tej Dhindsa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsGhGPMnqBel03pLHHc4-YXlV4wExJ4QO6r0JWSOkPVbVikYcBfjfrmnolHXGzpfEQBQmu7_GlCoYlvV7Ux03pTTz7A1v_J_u0pJp_FCgFZpIuenxk7mvJds_ozW6Bxn7zMRyiMjJds5G/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-05-04+at+2.37.50+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsGhGPMnqBel03pLHHc4-YXlV4wExJ4QO6r0JWSOkPVbVikYcBfjfrmnolHXGzpfEQBQmu7_GlCoYlvV7Ux03pTTz7A1v_J_u0pJp_FCgFZpIuenxk7mvJds_ozW6Bxn7zMRyiMjJds5G/s320/Screen+shot+2013-05-04+at+2.37.50+PM.png" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An interview with the one and only, Tej.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An interesting thing is I didn't cut my hair until I was 20 yrs old I'm Sikh just like Balvir, that was probably my biggest life decision to this point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Third, I have a general thirst for knowledge itself for certain things, which is I guess what I'm passionate about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: So tell me more about those things - you said you were born and raised here, what made you want to come back?</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">T</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: W</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hat I learned from it was how differently people can treat you based on something so superficial. You can kind of understand the connotations the hair has but it's also hard to see how closed off society can be to people like that. The good thing about the turban is that you not only represent yourself but every other person that wears one. You had to be morally conscious as possible, which was good for a boisterous kid like myself growing up. My parents were like thank god you would've been off the walls. </span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">T</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: I</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> love medicine, but my real passion is to alter healthcare in a way either through policy or business to just better the system and to better the quality of life. We always talk about controversial things like terminal health, and I've always, it sounds awful, but when you look at the numbers - what if you could quantify life? Say the age cut off was 70 or something, and you could legally pull the plug. It's hard to make the policies, but it's an interesting. idea that might be necessary soon. The problem with health is that it's the only business tied to moral human beings. It's hard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And this is another small idea I'm interested in - healthcare inventory managemenet. Bed pans, syringes, how do we decide where we get it from? is there a certain metric we can use to decide how efficiently we're spending our money? I'm really interested in start ups. I associate them with young kids so they're obviously appealing to me. </span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">T</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love peds cards. I used to love peds cards surgery, but the training is so long, I don't know if it's worth it considering my end goals. </span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">T</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the longest time I said I would die here. I had an exemplary upbringing here, and extremely caring parents. I went to the same school for 12 yrs, it was a family. I want to come back here eventually, but first I definitely want to go somewhere that's a little more diverse - more minds. I want to be around creative minds, so I want a larger city. </span></div>
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<i>who should I interview next?</i></span>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-89031362693480816642013-05-03T07:54:00.000-04:002013-05-03T07:54:19.806-04:00Media Fridays - Atul Gawande on Boston hospitals after the marathon bombing<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/04/why-bostons-hospitals-were-ready.html?intcid=obinsite"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/04/why-bostons-hospitals-were-ready.html?intcid=obinsite</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I felt weird posting back-to-back Atul Gawande articles, but it's a good reminder why we put ourselves through all this. Must be something in the air.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to Amit Om for the article.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">read something good? send it my way. </span></i>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-22209463713847103802013-05-02T08:53:00.000-04:002013-05-02T08:53:05.411-04:00ken asks the audience: how have your perceptions of medicine changed?<div class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This past week's question was: <b>How have your perceptions of med school/medicine changed since August?</b> I asked classmate Mallory Roberts this question, here's her answer:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">How have my perceptions of medicine and medical school changed over the past 8 months? </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">For starters, it’s a lot less scary.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I forget who said “We fear what we don’t know”, but I’ve found this to be very true.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I remember shadowing at Emory University Hospital last year and thinking “Wow…these third year med students seem to know a lot and they don’t seem to be struggling at all…how the hell am I ever going to pull that off?”</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">It seemed that there was some sort of chasm between the superhuman “I-know-everything-and-I-never-sleep” doctor (or med student) and the rest of us.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">But I only thought that because I didn’t know what it was like to be a med student or a doctor.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I didn’t know that you have roughly 150 comrades to commiserate with and an army of faculty to support you.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I didn’t know that there were schools where the students were not self-obsessed and competitive.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The more I interviewed the more I got the idea that I might be wrong, but I didn’t truly believe it until becoming a med student myself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Because we have a tendency to fear the unknown, the first time you do something is always the worst. I remember being really stressed at our first “small group” meeting, because I didn’t understand what they were. I was apprehensive of my first “hospital visit”, because I didn’t know how involved students were supposed to be. Looking back now, I can see that what scared me was simply not knowing what people wanted from me. I’m learning as I go, and trying to get rid of the stress by finding out what is expected and then working towards that. As I get a more behind-the-scenes view of medicine, the reality of life as a doctor, and a med student, is becoming way less ominous. Before medical school I saw academic medicine as being a grueling lifestyle in a world run by intimidating men. I’ve been happily surprised by the realization that medicine can give you whatever type of life you choose. There is no stereotypical doctor, and there is room for women to have significant influence and voice. There are doctors who have families, hobbies, and friends that they dedicate time to. There are men who are smart but humble, and women who are strong but nurturing. There are also a whole lot of doctors, nurses, etc., who are not perfect at their jobs. The more I see of doctors the more I realize they never get that “I-know-everything” feeling that intimidated me so much. They are walking the same trail we are, they just happen to be far ahead of us. Medicine is far less perfect than I imagined it would be, but thank God, because now I know that it’s human. I’ve peeked in to the world of the unknown enough to say that, despite my worries, I can t</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">otally pull this off.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks Mallory!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Next week's question:</b> Who has the best summer lined up? I have a guess.. but if you think you know someone who has the best summer lined up, let me know. People need to know if you're doing something awesome. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">see you on the other side,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>want to provide the commentary? let me know</i></span>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-82311992461566071362013-05-01T09:05:00.001-04:002013-05-01T09:05:55.344-04:00Why pancakes?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsixUbknQpZLICgsne1lGbCpvdVB7NP82AJhN8y38rvnPC24hqo1z_rZETuVTsYnkHQEVw8ellgXRBqqY9GBU5o-SmS-8e2LIYOnk3AkV_qJw1wF5vK2YyoKBQTolud47eyojDTGE2G4KX/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-04-20+at+9.01.40+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This morning a handful of my friends and I will be making free pancakes and coffee for our other med student friends. I've had several people ask us why we do this. <b>I can't speak for the rest of the guys</b>, but I figured I should at least speak for myself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let me start with<b> </b>a <b>sidenote - </b>there's this interesting phenomenon that I've noticed. The most successful addiction treatment, AA, is run and was created by alcoholics. Similarly, black doctors make great role models for young black students. There's a reason for this phenomenon, alcoholics understand the struggle of alcoholics. I like to think they have a unique calling to help alcoholics. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I realized this, I struggled for a long time to find my own mission. Did I care about dying families in Haiti? Drug addicts? Well, I had never grown up in rural poverty or been addicted to drugs, so those were out. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eventually I realized, God sent me to help med students. Med students are my people. My best friends are med students. I love med school. I want to match at a competitive residency. I'm super type A. I love efficiency. I understand the med student life. I live and breathe it. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsixUbknQpZLICgsne1lGbCpvdVB7NP82AJhN8y38rvnPC24hqo1z_rZETuVTsYnkHQEVw8ellgXRBqqY9GBU5o-SmS-8e2LIYOnk3AkV_qJw1wF5vK2YyoKBQTolud47eyojDTGE2G4KX/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-04-20+at+9.01.40+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsixUbknQpZLICgsne1lGbCpvdVB7NP82AJhN8y38rvnPC24hqo1z_rZETuVTsYnkHQEVw8ellgXRBqqY9GBU5o-SmS-8e2LIYOnk3AkV_qJw1wF5vK2YyoKBQTolud47eyojDTGE2G4KX/s200/Screen+shot+2013-04-20+at+9.01.40+AM.png" width="171" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm passionate about so many different sides of medicine. At different times in my life, I've wished I could be Paul Farmer/Roger Mee/Brian Druker. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Realistically, I can't approach any of those guys. Instead I wanted to make my life about serving and mentoring medical students - working in academia. I want to figure out ways to empower med students so they can leave med school and change the world in millions of different ways that I could never fathom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Among the many facets of med student life - one thing I'm particularly passionate about is the role of the hidden curriculum in physician burnout.</b> I believe the quality of healthcare could be improved by producing more passionate and less burned out med students. And that brings me back to the beginning, this is why I make pancakes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the promises I made to myself when I started sidenote was that I would live a life where my long-term goals were a part of my everyday life. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>sidenote - </b>that's a big reason I write this blog. I want to entertain my fellow med students, and share our common story so we can all remember - we're in this together. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I didn't want to start serving med students when I eventually become dean of medicine in thirty years. I want to help med students right now, by helping med students take a break, even in shit-hit-the-fan times like neuro test week. I want med students to come together and talk about life. I want them to come out of isolation and be in community. Even if it's only to come eat free pancakes and drink super strong coffee. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Help me help you. 11:30 AM today in the lounge. Tell your friends. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">see you on the other side,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">from ken</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>enjoy sidenote in 140 characters or less @kensidenotelife.</i></span>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-39611761996422390912013-04-30T08:53:00.000-04:002013-04-30T08:53:07.683-04:00Everyday I'm Shuffling - a day in the life of test week<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We're in the midst of test week. For those of you who don't know, how med school at MUSC works is - we have about 4 weeks of class followed by a whole week of nothing but studying. That's test week. It sounds great, but in real life it's incredibly stressful and crazy. To give you an idea - I'm usually home and asleep with my wonderful wife around 9 or 10 PM. This past week I've been at the library past 11 PM, twice. And I'm not even close to the craziest study week studiers. I swear it's the most anxiety-provoking thing they could have come up with. Anyways, here's what the library looks like at 10 PM on a Monday night of test week. Hope you enjoy. PS - bonus points to anyone who knows all the empty carrels. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OK quick quiz - how many people had Beats?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>enjoy sidenote in 140 characters or less @kensidenotelife.</i></span>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-81420429567036990502013-04-29T09:09:00.000-04:002013-04-29T09:09:09.961-04:00To Rising M1 - What rising M2's wished they knew about med school<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I was going around doing medical school interviews, my favorite question to ask interviewees was: What's something you wish you had known before you started going down the MD track? I considered myself fairly knowledgeable, but I knew that it really takes experience to understand a life. And I wanted to gain from their wisdom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I thought I'd ask our classmates to drop some wisdom on future M1's. Please forward to anyone you know entering medical school. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Don't study before med school. Enjoy your summer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Living in walking distance of campus is helpful and gives you more motivation to go to class.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Review lecture notes on a daily basis instead of just cramming the weekend before a test. Big goal is learning the material for Step 1 rather than acing every test.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Take advantage of the shadowing opportunities and lunch time lectures 1st year. These experiences remind you of the reasons you want to be a doctor and keep you motivated to study (see Ken's post about burn out).</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.sidenotelife.com/2013/02/relationships-in-med-school-pt-7-so-you.html"><b>Sudeep Das</b></a>: </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18.88888931274414px;">Med school is a transition, roll with the punches. its hard but great. don't neglect investing in and getting to know your awesome classmates</span></span><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.sidenotelife.com/2013/01/half-baked-idea-new-m1m2-class-patient.html">Jordan Shealey</a></b>:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18.88888931274414px;">I think I would've like to have known to be patient with myself and the material. I now know it will eventually come together if you keep working hard and push through those frustrating periods (i.e. the first 2 weeks of each block).</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18.88888931274414px;">My advice is to not get caught up in all the hype and scare. Do what works for you and stay confident. Enjoy things one day at a time.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18.88888931274414px;">Before school starts do something wonderful, have an adventure, travel. In school, do things your way, follow what interests you, not what you feel like you should do. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18.88888931274414px;">And don't be disappointed when your cadaver doesn't look like Rohen's; its not about the finish line, its about the process (this reality is still sinking in for me)</span></span><br />
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<b>My advice, one practical and another not as practical</b>.</span><br />
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Practical: I wish I had experimented more with different studying methods. Flash cards, re-writing notes, going to class, home schooling, religiously reading the syllabus, etc. Studying in med school is different from undergrad, and M1 grades are fairly irrelevant. The point is to peak for Step 1. </span><br />
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Less practical: Don't be afraid to go out on a limb and do something different. The hidden curriculum forces homogeneity, so by taking the risk to be a little different, you'll stand out. Hopefully in a good way. </span><br />
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Please share with any friends starting med school this fall. </span><br />
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<i>what do you wish you had known before med school?</i></span>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-24164994777006177802013-04-28T10:31:00.002-04:002013-04-28T10:33:59.040-04:00I didn't choose the sidenotelife. The sidenotelife chose me. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every once in a while I feel the need to update my <a href="http://www.sidenotelife.com/p/about.html">about page</a>. So here's the latest iteration. Hope you enjoy. </span><br />
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2- I don't have a middle name, but I always wished it started with E, so my initials could be KEN. </div>
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I'm a student in Charleston, SC pursuing an <a href="http://www.sidenotelife.com/2012/11/why-mdphd.html" target="_blank"><b>MD/PhD</b></a> at the <b>Medical University of South Carolina</b>. As soon as I graduate, I'm planning to submit my job application for med school czar or medical-analyst at Grantland. Haven't decided yet.</div>
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Sidenote unofficially started five years ago when I spent a summer working in Yellowstone/Grand Teton. That summer I had an epic email chain with my friend <a href="http://www.sidenotelife.com/2013/02/relationships-in-med-school-pt-9-so-you.html">Amulya Iyer</a>. We talked everything from girlfriends, olympics, premed life, to the meaning of life. One night that summer I had a crystallizing moment. I was sitting under the one-of-a-kind Wyoming night sky, drinking beer and thinking about the meaning of life, and I decided I had to spend the rest of my life doing this. </div>
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Sidenote officially started July 10, 2010 when I moved out to Portland, OR. Where young people go to retire. I spent my days as a lab tech at <b>Oregon Health & Science University</b>, and weekends surrounded by hipsters and coffee shops. Naturally, it was the right time for sidenote </div>
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Before all that I went to a small liberal arts college in Ohio, <b><a href="http://www.sidenotelife.com/2012/10/why-kenyon-college-kicks-ass.html" target="_blank">Kenyon College</a></b>. I officially studied the sciences of Molecular Biology and Math, but I unofficially studied the art of talking life while drinking beers. I loved Kenyon. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg44e2QqacFBONGF_a5zo7VXVU_dBdVx71zyYin5Ah2-vykq1HIzoF_1K-nsC8hPV6m7wT-Snam8hgcV8z4b1hBjCQ7yBaysXh1lO_H21S5uXjfqA5THZgNp4e0_IJH0nCsOQbxvzKNVQ-/s1600/P1020098.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg44e2QqacFBONGF_a5zo7VXVU_dBdVx71zyYin5Ah2-vykq1HIzoF_1K-nsC8hPV6m7wT-Snam8hgcV8z4b1hBjCQ7yBaysXh1lO_H21S5uXjfqA5THZgNp4e0_IJH0nCsOQbxvzKNVQ-/s320/P1020098.JPG" width="320" /></a><b><a href="http://www.sidenotelife.com/2012/10/what-is-sidenote.html" target="_blank">So what is "sidenote?"</a></b> Sidenote is about the idea that you don't choose your passions, your passions choose you. And when you figure out what that passion is, you have a responsibility to work hard. </div>
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My passion is to think, and figure out a better world. Specifically, I'm passionate about medicine and medical education, but I'm open to bs-philosophizing about anything. When I look out to our world, it's not pretty. Wars, bullies, abuse, divorce, racism. If this is what the world is supposed to be, I will be disappointed. In my head, I feel like the world was supposed to look a different way. I like to refer to this better world as 'the other side.'<br />
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Sidenote is my attempt to spend my days doing what I love - <b>thinking about how to bring the other side to real life. </b></div>
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If you are reading this blog for the first time, please start with the first post <a href="http://www.sidenotelife.com/2010/07/in-beginning.html"><span class="s1">'in the beginning...'</span></a> or the artist's statement <a href="http://www.sidenotelife.com/2013/03/ken-explains-hidden-curriculum-we-dont.html">'we don't believe you. you need more people.'</a></div>
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see you on the other side,</div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/kensidenotelife"><i>enjoy sidenote in 140 characters or less @kensidenotelife </i></a></div>
kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-25964233924912019872013-04-26T08:54:00.000-04:002013-04-26T08:54:21.388-04:00Media Fridays: Atul Gawande<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2010/06/gawande-stanford-speech.html#ixzz2NQytXYiJ">http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2010/06/gawande-stanford-speech.html#ixzz2NQytXYiJ</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week's Media Fridays is an article that Susannah Brown sent me</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. It's a commencement speech that Atul Gawande (surgeon at Harvard med, wrote <i>Better</i>, <i>Complications</i>, <i>Checklist Manifesto</i>) gave at Stanford called <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2010/06/gawande-stanford-speech.html#ixzz2NQytXYiJ">'The Velluvial Matrix.'</a> Considering how burned out I feel, I thought it might be a good pick-me-up.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">read something good? send it my way.</span></i>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-28567307915867787442013-04-25T08:54:00.002-04:002013-04-25T08:56:16.563-04:00ken explains the hidden curriculum: how OSCE's turn us into robots<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5RN7A0tdKzjaKc0-IJmoldztFJpa0JfdIaEMIIXnIiKmX_10I0UBeL5BLAkEfqlGVoIk4A41FAjDMlSSIs-_tj7vuRYaH-eKvusvHCgz_4ka1tPkfameq2AVz7yioGDxH6VARc8FHwvGX/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-04-14+at+9.41.00+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the end of every block, we have a test of our clinical skills - talking to patients, taking vitals, doing a physical exam. It's called an OSCE, which stands for <b>objective structured clinical examination</b>. In theory, the OSCE is a great idea. There are definitely a baseline set of clinical skills we should have - off the top of my head: washing your hands, properly introducing yourself to the patient, knowing the components of the cranial nerve exam. But the list is a lot longer than a few things, and as always, the hidden curriculum is at work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The hidden curriculum is trying to turn us all into the same robot interviewer. It's brutal watching interviews in small group sometimes - as long as everyone does their job, you literally watch the same interview three times in a row. Here's a sample: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what you brought you in today?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The grasp of the hidden curriculum goes further than turning us all into robotic patient interviewers. It permeates our everyday interactions. I swear I've never asked, "tell me more about that," as much as I do now. It's even ruining my relationship with Katie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Katie's been complaining to me recently because I had been talking weird. Whenever she says something - I'll respond in a weird monotone "pretty cool." My best pretend empathetic tone. And I'll follow up af her comments with, "Tell me more about that." Until Sudeep saw me in action, and commented on my empathetic comments to Katie, it never even occurred to me that this was happening. I was genuinely trying to be compassionate and empathetic, but my compassion and empathy neuronal pathways had been rewired. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my favorite authors is Abraham Verghese (<i>Cutting for Stone</i>, <i>Tennis Partner</i>). Both great, great reads. He doubles as an internist at Stanford, where he's a huge advocate for the physical exam. He believes a good physical exam can establish a strong patient-doctor relationship, and also provide higher quality care.<b> He's developed his skills to the point that he gives patients a physical exam, but while he's giving the exam he goes through the patient interview.</b> This way he can still fit in a thorough physical exam within the short patient visit time limits. Impressive. I imagine in an efficiency oriented world, he's not the only doctor that's mastered this skill. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope I can get to that level of patient interviewing. In the meantime, guess I should stick to my checklists. Thanks Step 2. </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">enjoy sidenote in 140 characters or less @kensidenotelife.</span></i>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-80337919276595349312013-04-24T09:01:00.002-04:002013-04-24T09:02:05.937-04:00Ken asks the audience: commentary on - what is a date?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last week's question was: what counts as a date?</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">TH</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: What is a date? The meaning of the word “date” depends on who you ask. Some of my friends consider the night they meet someone at the bar, share some laughs, and spend the night together as a first date. Some of them consider a date to be a personal encounter of 2 mutually romantically interested people, which begins with a formal invitation including explicit romantic intent. Some say a date is simply an intimate interaction between two people, a shared experience by two people in communication. Some see a date as a catch-up between people, whether the catch-up-ers are romantic or platonic. How many times have you heard “It’s a date!” as a confirmation to planning a get-together with an old friend?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wrote a segment of this blurb on a plane last Sunday, sitting across the aisle from a talkative, particularly loud sophomore in college and her newfound friend, a businessman with a family. By the time we landed, I knew the girl’s hometown, family structure, professional goals, humor style and even some of her personality nuances. I had a formed opinion of the type of person she was. Was I on a date with this girl, unbeknownst to her? Had she and her seatmate shared a date with each other? They were laughing and telling personal stories…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Personally, I think a date is best defined as a feeling rather than an experience. I reserve the term for times I feel a reciprocation of enjoyment. In my world, the criteria contributing to a date are twofold. When 1) I feel someone takes special pleasure and satisfaction in experiencing me as a person, and 2) vice-versa -- a date has transpired. Now, feelings are subjective entities sensitive to misinterpretation and the complexity of the human brain. As humans, our emotional circuitry is ill-defined at best. The scientist in me would prefer a more discrete and objective description of a date. My definition involves the personal feeling that the other person took unique pleasure in experiencing me as a person; however, I can more easily determine whether or not I found enjoyment in my date. I’ve certainly told friends, “We had a pretty good first date!” followed by white noise when I reach out for the second date. In my 26 years I am nearly positive I have incorrectly felt that my date took pleasure and enjoyment in me, when perhaps the reality was that my date was smiling because they were uncomfortable to be sitting near me, or maybe that sweet laughter I thought was in response to my story was really their internal reaction to the ridiculousness of their escape route. Maybe that soft twinkle in their eye and slight twitch of their smile was in reality an allergic reaction to the cucumber in their cocktail manifesting itself at an inconvenient time. Would that make me a clingy, stage-15 psycho? Maybe. But hey, it’s my world – I call the shots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks Christian and Trevor!</span><br />
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I can't get the polling function to work. One day there were 9 results, the other day there were 2, now there's 6. So I have to scrap that, and I'm going to replace the poll with a 'Ken asks the audience' segment on Wednesdays where I'll just pose a question to y'all. This week's question? Something I've been wondering more and more as I reach the end of the year. <b>How have your perceptions of med school/medicine changed since August?</b></span><br />
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<i>want to provide the commentary? get at me. </i></span>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-73175678338329235652013-04-23T18:58:00.000-04:002013-04-23T18:58:00.903-04:00big day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my previous posts was published on KevinMD.com! It's </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">about the hidden curriculum driving med students to be out for themselves. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's </span><a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2013/04/hidden-curriculum-medical-school.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the link</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> if you're interested. </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">enjoy sidenote in 140 characters or less @kensidenotelife.</span></i>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-70977678549946055632013-04-23T08:53:00.000-04:002013-04-23T08:53:48.744-04:00half-baked idea: mandatory taco tuesday sessions @TriangleCharBar<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my favorite things about Christianity is the idea of the bible study. You can tell a bunch of Christians at a church, at a school, wherever, tell them you're going to hold a bible study, and handfuls of people will gather together willing to discuss deep and personal life matters. People will bring their struggles and open up into deep serious life conversation. Since I love deep conversations I thought this was great. <b>For me, my next thought was: how to translate this phenomenon into secular culture? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you've read <a href="http://www.sidenotelife.com/2013/03/ken-explains-hidden-curriculum-we-dont.html">my artist's statement</a>, and <b>sidenote</b> - yes, I consider myself an artist. If you've read it, you know I believe people need to engage in more real conversations, and use those conversations as a springboard to do cool shit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've spent a lot of time thinking about this question: <b>How to translate the deep conversation phenomenon of bible study into secular culture?</b><b> </b>And so far my answer is <b>Taco Tuesdays</b>. Sudeep, Sudeep, Daniel, Sean, and Keith are familiar with this event since I drag them out just about every other week. Taco Tuesdays is my attempt to bring deep conversations into med student life. We usually chat about topics like what sort of legacy we want to leave, our relationships, and generally deconstruct life. I can't speak for all of them, but I usually come out of it feeling a little lighter and tad less burnt out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They have great nachos and burgers, but they're at their best for broke med students on Tuesdays. <b>They have $3 tacos, Corona's, and margaritas.</b> Thus, Taco Tuesdays. Plus, they have an overall great vibe with outdoor seating when it's warm. Full disclosure, I did not receive any supplemental income from Triangle, but if anyone from Triangle happens to read this, I am 100% open to receiving free beers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So anyways, this has been a drawn our explanation, but my <b>half-baked idea </b>is that all med students should have their own Taco Tuesday. Everyone should have a space to share life, drink some beer, reflect a little bit, and talk shit about life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, and let me know if you want to join Taco Tuesdays/start your own Taco Tuesdays. I would love to help. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>enjoy sidenote in 140 characters or less @kensidenotelife.</i></span>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-56120924851989128632013-04-22T08:52:00.000-04:002013-04-22T08:52:08.285-04:00Relationships in med school pt 17 - so you think you know Rodman Singleton<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuU2rLM2MMuAAZywnTy_qo0PZaGsq1lYjarHfSDB-FpRZsYfriTMBsn0mtmQerh5cnYrcXqMqWZGSgDQL8aRgFCHZ5qSzX7_vD7HjDhzjVy3tTlvnIjbjbVg2e9XaN9DZOIGNI3lIiRLu8/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-04-21+at+1.07.01+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuU2rLM2MMuAAZywnTy_qo0PZaGsq1lYjarHfSDB-FpRZsYfriTMBsn0mtmQerh5cnYrcXqMqWZGSgDQL8aRgFCHZ5qSzX7_vD7HjDhzjVy3tTlvnIjbjbVg2e9XaN9DZOIGNI3lIiRLu8/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-04-21+at+1.07.01+PM.png" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An interview with the one and only, Rodman Singleton. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Rodman</b>: I was born in Beaufort, SC. I am very non-traditional as far as med students go. I am a veteran. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: How was growing up in Beaufort?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>R</b>: Although it was rural, what you see now is very different from what I grew up in. Our county was one of the fastest growing - some of the townships grew 1200% in 10 years. It's very different. We always had things to do. It's coastal so it has lots of beach access. It's part of the Gullah Geeche corridor, do you know about the Gullah Geeche corridor?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: [embarrassed] Just what we learned in class..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>R</b>: It's a unique culture. We preserve more of our African heritage than any other African Americans in America. We have a distinct language. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: Do you personally retain that culture?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>R</b>: Yes definitely the cuisine. My family can speak in the dialect very fluently. Before I knew the beauty of it, I kind of rejected it. I was big on language and perfecting English. A lot of people can't even tell I'm from South Carolina. I had a kind of complex. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: And let's go back to the 3 things you told me, what makes you non traditional?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: You're not the only one that's old. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>R</b>: There are kids, [laughs], and I say kids. Paras had a 23rd birthday the other day. Are you serious? I had a high school 10 year reunion. Two years ago. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: What were you doing at 23?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>R</b>: Well, I was on my fifth year in the navy. I was on my second deployment, Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: Tell me more about that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>R</b>: It was interesting. It was ok for a war. I wasn't on the front line, I was doing nuclear engineering. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: And how does that experience help you today?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>R</b>: The navy curriculum has a reputation for being difficult, we actually received a lot of college credit for it, which helped me get there. It really prepared me a lot for the stress of med school, that feeling of being overwhelmed. I had responsibility very early. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: So to change gears a bit, do you consider yourself a spiritual person?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>R</b>: In a nebulous kind of way it has nothing to do with being in med school, but learning all the part of the body and how it remains healthy, I just realize how much can go wrong. I feel more blessed about my own healthy, even with my children, all these things that could go terribly wrong. And I just gained an immense appreciation for health itself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Actually, I have two favorite things. What med school has taught me, it's that I have a tremendous amount of confidence in myself. I had angst coming into med school. Everyone was so smart. But now being here and succeeding, it made me realize how much I was slacking before I came to med school. Had I applied my God given intelligence.. Now I just look back, and the things I thought were difficult, I look back in retrospect and they were not difficult. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: What else have you learned about yourself in med school? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>R</b>: I learned that, apparently, I'm argumentative. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: [laughs] How did you learn that?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>R</b>: People told me. It requires some introspection because people will talk, but if you hear it enough like 5, 6, 7 times, maybe I am that way. I just think I'm misunderstood. I value truth, and knowledge. Maybe that comes off as argumentative, if it brings about truth that's fine with me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>R</b>: I wish I had more time for my family, especially my two children. It's hard making peace for yourself, but in the pursuit of something great you have to make sacrifices, like the times you spend with your children. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I struggled with that the first six months, I felt like a geographic deadbeat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: And how did you come out of that struggle?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>R</b>: My father and I have an interesting relationship, and we sort of became best friends over time. He assured me I wasn't being selfish to pursue medicine. What I'm doing here transcends myself. I had a lot of pressure when I first started med school, and a lot greater than the expectations I had for myself. Where I'm from, there aren't a lot of doctors or lawyer. It felt like a big deal when I got in to MUSC. I had numerous parties thrown for me. Whenever I go back home, everyone's asking me how I'm doing. I represent more than who I am. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>R</b>: Our class has 12.5% African Americans. In a class of 170 people, we don't even make up our share of the population. I'm one of what, seven black males that make up the class? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I remember when I was applying - thinking to myself that I wanted to do something about this, this stigma. And stigma isn't exactly the right word, but there's this perception in the black community that no one serves as an example so that you can't be the example. It's a cycle of stagnation. You don't understand the benefit of example. Everyone knew it was possible because their dads and moms are doctors, but it's not like that where I'm from. In that sense I represent something bigger than myself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: That's really great. Respect. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Any last things you want to share with the class?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>R</b>: We need to be more social. Literally, yesterday. I saw 6 people yesterday and I didn't even know they were in our class. That's my appeal to the class. We need to get together. </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">enjoy sidenote in 140 characters or less @kensidenotelife.</span></i>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-15023585191748853292013-04-19T09:43:00.000-04:002013-04-19T09:43:34.253-04:00Media Fridays - overwork worse than overtime?<a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/doing-the-math-on-resident-work-hours/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/doing-the-math-on-resident-work-hours/</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">"Health care trends over the last two decades have only exacerbated young doctors’ workload. Admissions to teaching hospitals </span><a href="http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1672290" style="background-color: white; color: #666699; line-height: 21px;">increased nearly 50 percent</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"> from 1990 to 2010; in that same period, the number of doctors in training available to do the work </span><a href="http://www.nrmp.org/data/resultsanddata2012.pdf" style="background-color: white; color: #666699; line-height: 21px;">increased by only 10 percent</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">. And because insurers are pushing for shorter hospital stays, only the sickest patients, many of whom require complex care, remain hospitalized."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hospital admissions increased by 50%, # of docs increased by 10%. That's a huge increase in workload. Dr. Chen's argument is that the hour work limits has not affected patient care or doctor mental health because doctors have compensated for the cut in hours with an increase in workload in those hours. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So my question: Is the solution more doctors? More funding for residencies and less pay for attendings? Speculate away. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>enjoy sidenote in 140 characters or less @kensidenotelife.</i></span>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-66512847510023216792013-04-18T08:50:00.000-04:002013-04-18T08:50:03.258-04:00Everyday I'm shufflin - photo running diary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<i style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px; line-height: 22.22222328186035px;">enjoy sidenote in 140 characters or less @kensidenotelife.</i></div>
kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-7818952472100971452013-04-17T09:04:00.000-04:002013-04-17T09:04:05.644-04:00Over/Under Wednesdays - what counts as a date?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last week's over under was about deep conversations. Specifically, it was about whether you have: </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3IrPOHCcM9VHJDk58FKTlhh1jJJao5k7X-wi_wL6A3qU4-UWAqC5qqzD6RchB4GRNsWzcZqZCq-itpQQ3uRHp_ep6f__QjDCgoSMK-1Ou3oddV8y7EAji2h4iiFA8RUQliiZG7slhuU4G/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-04-15+at+8.53.45+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here's some commentary from Abby Washispak and Natalie Vajta:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>AW</b>: <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18.88888931274414px;">When I first read this over/under I immediately thought that I’d like to have more deep conversations. I can’t remember the last time I even had such a conversation, one that didn’t revolve around school material or everyday necessities, like where we should sit during lunch. Which either means I really haven’t had a deep conversation in a long time or I’ve replaced that memory with something more immediate and pressing (i.e. school).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I enjoy deep conversation. I enjoy it far more than talking about school work, that just makes me nervous most of the time, and way more than small talk, because after about the third surface level question I just seem to run out of things to say. Deep conversation reminds me that there is way more going on in the world than the lectures I need to review. It reminds me that the people I see on a daily basis are really cool people, with crazy stories to tell, interesting views on life, and problems just as big, if not bigger than mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess the reason I don’t have more deep conversations, and I bet this is true for many others, is I simply don’t make time for them. Time is a precious commodity, especially for med students. If I had an extra hour in my day, sure I’d rather have a great conversation with someone, but let’s be honest, I’d probably use it to cram another anatomy lecture in my brain. I guess when it comes down to it I see the present situation as more important than talking about deep things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I wonder what would happen if we intentionally made time for deep conversations. Maybe we’d see the people around us as more than just familiar faces, lab partners, or patients. Maybe we’d think more deeply or for the first time about the meaning of our lives outside of our future careers. Or maybe we’d simply be reminded for a few moments that there is more going on in the world than school (and who couldn’t use more of that).</span></div>
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</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3IrPOHCcM9VHJDk58FKTlhh1jJJao5k7X-wi_wL6A3qU4-UWAqC5qqzD6RchB4GRNsWzcZqZCq-itpQQ3uRHp_ep6f__QjDCgoSMK-1Ou3oddV8y7EAji2h4iiFA8RUQliiZG7slhuU4G/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-04-15+at+8.53.45+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3IrPOHCcM9VHJDk58FKTlhh1jJJao5k7X-wi_wL6A3qU4-UWAqC5qqzD6RchB4GRNsWzcZqZCq-itpQQ3uRHp_ep6f__QjDCgoSMK-1Ou3oddV8y7EAji2h4iiFA8RUQliiZG7slhuU4G/s320/Screen+shot+2013-04-15+at+8.53.45+PM.png" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>NV</b>: <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18.88888931274414px;">Summer is so close we can hear the ocean calling our name. Wait, so if we have already made it through around 8 months of school together, is it too late to get to know each other? Are we destined to only talk about current events in our small med school bubble with each other?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love getting to meet new people and even more than that, I love getting to genuinely know people- find out what makes them tick, what has made them who they are today and where they are headed. Towards the end of last semester I decided I was tired of just talking about school with my fellow classmates. So I tried to make an effort to talk about more than just school with people. Now school talk is an easy go-to conversation, in fact a lot of the times it just catches you out of nowhere and even if you didn’t consciously decide to talk about school, it creeps in to your conversation. But what is there to talk about outside of school?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our first month or so of school, conversations were more focused on the standard “synopsis of your life” questions- where are you from? Where’d you go to school- oh do you know (list off people and find out you are connected to everyone by one or two degrees). When did you graduate? What did you do before medical school? Then a little more in depth may consist of- do you have any siblings? What does your significant other do? How did you two meet? Then, done. You officially know all there is to know. Well those are necessary questions but there are over 170 people in our class and all those facts start to get jumbled up.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitG3VVEk5gbvbZgBRqIx_Ex3jIO8hEb42gNn1vB_feqaR3TruJB6BzuJDUmHCW4VLdRhd64e2RzIrlIjH2Ss_VTDjBEgFw7vHVr-MgYJIwkuccX5mLg6O17vAkeb6qaeMNW_QeXLHoyrHP/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-04-16+at+8.15.02+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitG3VVEk5gbvbZgBRqIx_Ex3jIO8hEb42gNn1vB_feqaR3TruJB6BzuJDUmHCW4VLdRhd64e2RzIrlIjH2Ss_VTDjBEgFw7vHVr-MgYJIwkuccX5mLg6O17vAkeb6qaeMNW_QeXLHoyrHP/s200/Screen+shot+2013-04-16+at+8.15.02+AM.png" width="77" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But now here we are, summer on the horizon and yet how well do we really know our fellow classmates? Now I could continue to ramble about our class (its dynamics, everyone’s innate want to serve others and how awesome I think that is, how wonderful I think everyone is, etc) but let me save that for another time- to the actual Over Under of the week- do you have over or under a good amount of deep conversations? I think most everyone would say they don’t have that many deep conversations a week (honestly who has the time, right?) but I think in general, people are in need of more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe we weren’t made to do life or medical school alone. I know it is possible to do both alone and that is some people’s paths and preference, however there are so many great things that come from having a deep conversation with a classmate. I (selfishly) use chances to have deep conversations with classmates as a break from studying, a chance to ask probing questions to get to know people better, and to check in on people and see how they are doing. Medical school is hard and tiring and incredible all at the same time- we have to focus so much on school and so little on ourselves. Conversation breaks and checking up on each other are great opportunities to get some perspective- the people that best understand what you are going through are your classmates. In those moments of feeling overwhelmed, realizing we aren’t doing this alone and we are doing this for a purpose, can bring great relief and peace. Our class is full of people that are going to make a difference in this world and are definitely worth taking study breaks to get to know, discuss how the world works and learn something non-school related. Each person has so much to bring to the table and there are some great, exciting conversations just waiting to be had.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18.88888931274414px;">Apologies for the rambling but thanks for reading and thanks to Ken for letting me guest blog. I’m not quiet sure if I actually even said anything or got a point across but come find me in the library and I am always down for a chat, just make it deep haha.</span></span><br />
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This came out of multiple debates. For instance, my dissection partner and I were dissecting the other day by ourselves - having deep conversations about the meaning of life and whatnot, sharing our values and struggles. And I had to wonder.. here we were - two people, by ourselves, at a planned event (anatomy lab), getting into deep conversation. Was it romantic? I mean, we were standing pretty close to each other. Were we on a date?</span><br />
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a) Must be planned</span><br />
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<i>Want to provide commentary? Let me know.</i></span>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-17041441745323890712013-04-16T08:59:00.000-04:002013-04-16T08:59:03.018-04:00half-baked idea: pass/fail pre-clinical years<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Changing MUSC's grading system to honors/pass/fail was a great first step, but let's take it another step further - <b>full on pass/fail</b>. Several other schools already use P/F. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's a quick list: </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yale, Stanford, Columbia, UChicago, Harvard, UVA. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of those schools, UChicago is 100% unranked, which means the administration does not keep any internal rankings for future dean's letters. And Stanford also uses P/F in the clinical years. Wow that is bold. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So why switch, <b>what's the purpose of pass/fail? </b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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The idea is that pre-clinical learning is important, but only marginally so. In the skyscraper that will compose your medical knowledge, basic sciences are the foundation. At the same time, can't we cut out some of the syllabus? Is it really necessary to know every infant stage of development? How many pentose phosphate pathway enzymes do you remember? I definitely remember zero. I don't even really remember what PPP does. And you know what? It won't ever matter. </span><br />
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<b>I'm for any idea that lowers the stress level of med students.</b> Producing more mentally sane healers <i>has</i> to be good for medicine. I also believe stress level can be lowered without losing quality. Happier doctors will produce better patient care. And that should be the ultimate end goal. Not having smarter doctors.</span><br />
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<b>sidenote</b> - <b>story time</b> - I took the MCATs twice. Before the first time I studied to the max, stressed out, and did less than I expected. I was pissed. I deserved to do well. The second time, five months later, I studied a couple times, then the night before the exam I hung out with one of my best friends and drank several beers. I went in the next day with a good attitude, probably a small hangover, and scored 3 points higher. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This anecdote speaks volumes of the pre-med personality. There's a masochistic side to our personality that wants to feel intense. A part that believes that working hard and being intense makes us deserving of excelling.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, that's not the way of the world. Hard work =/= success, that turns out to be one of the biggest misconceptions of our generation. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The level of cortisol that allows optimal brain function isn't that high. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Getting my results on the MCAT the second time around sold me on the value of not stressing too hard. I'd rather do well than try hard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the right environment I can get pretty cutthroat and I don't mind competing, <b>but</b> <b>I'm also a firm believer that there's enough cake for everyone. </b>For better or for worse, we are in this together. If us doctors are expected to work together, they need to cut down competition in med school. The easiest way to do that? Get rid of grades. Pass/fail. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The obvious problem to P/F is </b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>that students will be less motivated without honors. </b>By the eye test, you'd expect super driven med students to overcome this problem. Most med students and pre-meds that I know are the types that can't turn off their drive. As it turns out, there's good hard data to back the eye test. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFv9K-q39AdyHYpFh4jlImP1CHilrMlDcEpKl4qm1uNw_DX9q0BvfFhtuGZ-wYolc-uwsclD-ShSPd_-_MX3PSEMzNR4L8y29udeoWx3QKKl-KIY64ukDmKCydIDV-gzEcXa-H9tEBAf_/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-04-15+at+7.14.33+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFv9K-q39AdyHYpFh4jlImP1CHilrMlDcEpKl4qm1uNw_DX9q0BvfFhtuGZ-wYolc-uwsclD-ShSPd_-_MX3PSEMzNR4L8y29udeoWx3QKKl-KIY64ukDmKCydIDV-gzEcXa-H9tEBAf_/s320/Screen+shot+2013-04-15+at+7.14.33+PM.png" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>UVA</b> switched over from A-F grading to pass/fail </span><a href="http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2009/05000/A_Change_to_Pass_Fail_Grading_in_the_First_Two.28.aspx" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and compared how their students performed under both systems</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Under both systems, the students scored similarly on tests, clinical rotations, USMLE Step 1, and residency matching. Interestingly, the same number of students still attended class. The kicker - the P/F group scored lower on tests of anxiety and depression, while they scored higher on tests of general health and self-control. On top of all this, the P/F group reported a higher satisfaction with the quality of their medical education. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, both groups of students reported similar stress levels the semester before USMLE Step 1. It's just a question of - is that stress really necessary for an entire two years? or can we just make do with one semester. The result that both groups scored similarly on Step 1 speaks for itself. </span><br />
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I can say personally I would not work any more or less hard under a pass/fail system. <a href="http://www.sidenotelife.com/2013/02/ken-explains-hidden-curriculum-i-should.html">I can also say that I stress out over the honors/pass difference during exam week</a>. If we want docs to start cooperating better, isn't med school the place to start?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Could you see MUSC changing to a full pass/fail system?</span><br />
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<i>enjoy sidenote in 140 characters or less @kensidenotelife.</i></span>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-54304349018762018452013-04-15T08:43:00.000-04:002013-04-15T08:43:59.533-04:00Relationships in med school pt 16 - so you think you know Daniel Baker<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-NT7gcG0AuPq_xhsm1oJLFGzocoikCaDcsvl6j4ZRLO13pO8kr5aEZH8XqTMPgvX659EkHpDjC-529Qtrz7Tkf2s8Ar11WpIPB7mHI-hKLOJ4oL4jI47zXkrfcT4BKA_FhhP7-3IjWNs/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-04-07+at+1.41.09+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-NT7gcG0AuPq_xhsm1oJLFGzocoikCaDcsvl6j4ZRLO13pO8kr5aEZH8XqTMPgvX659EkHpDjC-529Qtrz7Tkf2s8Ar11WpIPB7mHI-hKLOJ4oL4jI47zXkrfcT4BKA_FhhP7-3IjWNs/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-04-07+at+1.41.09+PM.png" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An interview with the one and only, Daniel Baker. Featuring co-interviewer <a href="http://www.sidenotelife.com/2013/02/relationships-in-med-school-pt-7-so-you.html">Sudeep Das</a>. <b>sidenote</b> - at our house Daniel is referred to as the polite boy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Ken</b>: Tell me three things about you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Daniel</b>: First, I would say I'm very independent. Second, my life revolves around sports. Third, I always enjoy a nice craft beer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: What's your favorite beer?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>D</b>: Witkap Pater Abbey Dubelle Ale. It's really light and fun with a sweet raspberry taste.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sudeep</b>: Does that beer define your character? What does the raspberry explain in your life?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>D</b>: I'm really short and don't weigh very much?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: So what'd you do before MUSC?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>S</b>: Well, last year I was working in a peds office in Columbia with a family friend. It was long hours, 6 or 7 days a week, but it was awesome. I got to shadow a lot, he did rounds on his patients in the hospital and I got to follow him around. I really got to learn a lot. I didn't get paid very much, but it was still a blast. Plus, I got to do a lot of hunting, and then I got to go to Alaska, which was even cooler. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: Tell me about where you went to college?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>D</b>: I went to Furman University in Greenville, SC. I studied a lot of chemistry and played a lot of club soccer. Those were my two biggest things. My roommate and I had an obsession with going to fast food restaurants after midnight. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>S</b>: Ever go to waffle house after 2 AM? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>D</b>: No, we did a lot of Wendy's though. Some McDonalds. Oh, and especially Bojangles. We used to do tons of food challenges - the best one was 2 cajun fillet biscuits, 2 sets of boberry biscuits, and a 32 oz sweet tea. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>S</b>: Would you say college was a growing experience?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>D</b>: Absolutely. I think I became.. let me rephrase. In high school there was a difference between who I wanted to be and who I tried to be. In college I gave up trying to be someone else and just tried to be myself, and that was awesome. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: Tell me more about that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>D</b>: Well, college is the first time most of us are away from our parents. Being away from rules. You have to make up your own set of rules, and that's scare but also a cool feeling. To no longer live by someone else's rules, but to live by what you think is right and wrong. In that way college is a great experience, it gives you 4 years to screw up without any major ramifications. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>S</b>: How did you decide what was right and wrong? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>D</b>: The friends I made in college were huge. I made a lot of friends in the freshman fall, and after that I was able to sort out which friends were good for me and which ones would be bad influences. The way I see it, it's all about the friends you make and who you hang out with. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>S</b>: So you say you used to be someone else - who are you now? Will the real Daniel Baker please stand up?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>D</b>: [laughs] If anyone knows, please let me know. He changes on a daily basis, so I don't have a real answer to your question. [pause] If you have new experiences in life, you have a chance to re-evaluate your priorities. You have to decide on your priorities from high school to college, from college to the workforce, and so on. You continually re-evaluate your priorities and the things that stick, that's your core. You have to keep your attention on those things that stay with you. My favorite quote, my dad wrote this to me in church one day when I was like 12: "If you think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, then get your butt to work and get some fertilizer on your side." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: preach.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>S</b>: And what prompted that?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>D</b>: I was probably complaining a lot about life and he probably just wanted me to be quiet. It's hard to go through life doing that, but you have to live knowing that you have to work for it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>S</b>: Any last things you want the class to know about you? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>D</b>:<b> </b>One question you should ask people in the future for these is the coolest medical school interview question I ever heard. If you could take 3 people to dinner who would it be? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>K</b>: And what's your answer? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>D</b>: Jesus Christ #1. He's had an undeniable impact. Whether you think he's positive, negative, fictional, whatever. He's that important. Maybe Pele. Maybe my mom's mom and dad's dad. You can tell a lot about someone from their parents. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">see you on the other side,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>want to be interviewed? let me know.</i></span>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-51396859172602645292013-04-12T08:50:00.000-04:002013-04-12T08:50:52.480-04:00media fridays: What MD specialty has the best job prospects?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/health/trainees-in-radiology-and-other-specialties-see-dream-jobs-disappearing.html?_r=0</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/health/trainees-in-radiology-and-other-specialties-see-dream-jobs-disappearing.html?_r=0">This week's article</a> is an NYT article about the job market for doctors. We've been told it's great.. except the jobs in radiology are decreasing. Presumably, Obamacare will continue to decrease those jobs. Plus, in California nurse anesthetists are starting to replace anesthesiologists and they'll soon be out of jobs too. I was talking about this with Goran and Keith the other night as we tried to decide what residency program we should go down. So my question to y'all: what residency is most likely to continue to have high demand?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would tend to say general practitioners, except they could seen be replace by NP's and PA's. My second guess would be surgeons because their job is so technical that nobody else could do it, even if they were legally allowed to. That said, my final answer is neurologists/psychiatrists because more and more people are being diagnosed with mental illness, and at the same time the basic science research in neuroscience is developing faster than any other field. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyways, your thoughts?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">see you on the other side,</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">read something good? send it my way. </span></i>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848573699176762944.post-11179678421734545942013-04-11T08:48:00.000-04:002013-04-11T08:48:31.155-04:00the a team<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Med school gets a bad wrap for causing depression and physician burnout. To address that concern, here's some data I gathered in an anthropological study of med students on twitter.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, clinical requirements for depression: </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- guilt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- lack of energy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Now the data: anonymous tweets from real life med students:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"I'm not even studying. I'm just that mentally exhausted I can't even watch tv." </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(lack of energy, loss of interest)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9:31 AM - "and with that...im crawling back to bed..." </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(sleep difficulties, lack of energy)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12:41 AM - "guess I should stay up all night..." </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(sleep difficulties)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Somebody save me from this week. Straight burnt out" </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(depressed mood)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"need a study week shirt that says 'talk to me and I'll fucking kill you' ASAP #getmeitnow" </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(loss of interest)</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDSvcvk7ONLL3djgjLYT3iwBC1MsawLSKRYkizyJCSdK2OOiuoSQpMAqrlxIFgk8hmvQ7GhnXZEa1KeXnXzyJ-3on44oKubIkmHtVyDMnojCMciOObCvpn49O0ee5Irq4w1D8ep7rlWnV/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-04-07+at+6.22.56+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDSvcvk7ONLL3djgjLYT3iwBC1MsawLSKRYkizyJCSdK2OOiuoSQpMAqrlxIFgk8hmvQ7GhnXZEa1KeXnXzyJ-3on44oKubIkmHtVyDMnojCMciOObCvpn49O0ee5Irq4w1D8ep7rlWnV/s320/Screen+shot+2013-04-07+at+6.22.56+PM.png" width="268" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Today may be the first time I try RedBull ever. I'm THAT desperate and coffee just ain't cutting it. #studyweek #letitbeoveralready" </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(sleep difficulties, concentration problems, lac of energy)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"To allow myself a night away from the library, I have to answer online practice questions all night wherever I am. #medschoolproblems" </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(guilt)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"True Life: I just ate over half a bag over of Sweet and Spicy Chili Doritos and I could have kept going." </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(appetite)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Just checked my loan interest. Always a fun time." </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(depressed mood)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll let you draw the conclusions. On second thought, I do have one conclusion: more of our class needs to get on twitter. <b>sidenote</b> - I've been thinking of another segment for sidenote called tweet of the week. Basically, I'd just post the best student tweet of the week. Any interest in this? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">see you on the other side,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">from ken</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>enjoy sidenote in 140 characters or less @kensidenotelife.</i></span>kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362121252543635271noreply@blogger.com0