Med-Derm, MD

Tag: doctoring

  • Personal Statement – Dermatology

    Watercolor is becoming my favorite medium for painting in its ability to ignite the senses while simultaneously capturing a moment in time. Acrylics are much “safer” paints as they dry quickly, layer easily, and can hide any mistake in a stiff coat of titanium white. Watercolor is unforgiving in that every touch to the canvas is…

  • Where Credit Is Due

    Just like that, my intern year is over. My replacement came to the workroom to introduce himself today, and I signed out my critical care patients to him. “You’re going to do great- I’m so excited for you,” I said to him, and I meant it. Before leaving, I finished my notes and I placed…

  • “I’m Healthy”

    On the way home from the hospital I wait for the bus. My day was longer than I would have liked and it’s dark. My fatigue is stacking and somehow this blunts the paranoia that normally would have me avoid public transport after hours. Not ideal, but it can’t be helped tonight. A stranger approaches…

  • National Doctor’s Day

    Instagram is telling me it’s National Doctor’s Day. I scrolled through my photos and tried to find something recent that’s “doctorly” and came up blank. Most likely because I’ve had some more pressing things on my mind… The question of what to do about childcare has been this enormous, frankly stressful project over my maternity…

  • Magnesium

    My senior texts me that we’re starting rounds at bedside of her patient, who just had a rapid called for SVT. They pushed amiodarone. She responded and converted. Crisis averted… for now. Her magnesium is a little low this morning. Magnesium is commonly low in heart patients. It’s a side effect of one of the…