At the end of the June, my pulmonary fellowship- which began as a pulmonary/critical care fellowship- is finishing. From here I’ll move to my first job as an attending, a mix of inpatient medicine and outpatient pulmonary, but not before one final weekend working in the ICU. It is quite fitting that things should end…
Tag: medicine
When the patient calls you “baby”
“Thanks baby, I mean doctor… Doctor baby….” he finished uncertainly. I washed my hands, gave him a quick nod, and walked out of the emergency department exam room with my smirking attending following behind me. Speaking to a group of my female colleagues, it seems everyone has a story or two like this. Starting as…