Medicine Mondays


February Introspection 1
Hey everyone, it’s Medicine Mondays again. A lot has been happening crypto lately so I’ve been talking about that a lot. However, today I’m going to go back to some of the more “normal” posts and talk about “February Introspection”. February Introspection Depending on where you are in your medical career, I think February offers a good time for introspection. We’ll go through the stages here: Medical Student As a 1st and 2nd year medical […]

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Random Medicine Musings
Hey everyone, it’s Medicine Mondays… and this post is late, which seems to be happening more often lately. For that I apologize. I don’t really have a set topic to talk about today, so I’m going to talk about a few different things which are at least somewhat medicine related. So today is just “Random Medicine Musings” for Medicine Mondays. The Flu I’ve already talked about the Flu in a previous post, The Flu and […]

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The Flu and You 1
Hey everyone, it’s Medicine Mondays again. I’ve been feeling a little sick this past weekend and today. I don’t think it’s the flu, but it might be. So today I wanted to talk about “The Flu and You”. The Flu and You Previously, I tried to remind everyone how important getting your PPD placed was as health care providers. However, today I want to focus on how important getting your flu shot is. The truth […]

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PPD Day
Hey everyone, it’s Medicine Mondays and this post is wayyyyyyyyyy late. Let me try to explain by saying today was “PPD Day”. This will be a very short post. “PPD Day”? Yes, PPD, as in purified protein derivative or Mantoux test, which is used in Tuberculin Skin Testing (TST). You see, my son needs a PPD because he’s moving on to preschool. Luckily, here in Hawaii, PPD testing is free for school children and the […]

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Lazy Monday
Hey everyone, it’s Medicine Mondays and I was going to write about The Match or about Being Home for Christmas. However, I was kind of busy over the weekend, and then I had to spend the morning on a preschool tour for my son and daughter, closer to home. So today will be Lazy Monday Reposts. Rather than do a half-finished post, I think it’s a better idea to just remind you guys to check […]

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Time to Look for a Job 1
Hey everyone, it’s Medicine Mondays again. It’s the beginning of December now and we’re right in the middle of The Match. However, what about everyone else in their last year of residency/fellowship? It’s probably “Time to Look for a Job“. Time to Look for a Job? Well, yea. Depending on your specialty you may have already started looking. For example, when I was looking for a job as a neuroradiology fellow, I started looking really early, […]

Time to Look for a Job #illumedati