March’s Inspiration Injection!
Greetings colleagues, Happy March! Please find this month’s Inspiration Injection below or contact us for more information about this arts-infused project. 1. There are lots of big exciting things coming up: CaRMS; elective selection; surviving to tell the tale of B&B, Cardio fun, Gala… great topics to reflect on using art. 2. We’re lucky in […]
If someone were to ask me.
If someone were to ask me how I’m doing right now. I’d have to pause. I’d have to take a moment to go looking for phone books. The old school ones with white and yellow, and maybe pink? – It’s been so long. I don’t even know if they still make them anymore. Or maybe […]
It is.
“It is stage 4” is too difficult to say. His blue eyes look yearningly into those of his patient. “I can’t really help you”, he is trying to say. But not; his words speak of probability, outcomes, options. Indirect, vague. Struggle. The pelvic MRI: mashed potatoes. The cancer in our patient’s rectum reaching into bladder, […]
Thoughts on my surgery rotation
Surgery. We talk about livers, gallbladders, IV fluids and PE’s. What ever happened to that acronym FIFE*? I wonder. Is it purposeful, This lack of reference to life? I’ve gotten good at rounding. Vitals. The 5 essentials: Pain, pooping, farting, eating, walking? Good. A poke here, poke there. Next. I’ve become not a bad assist. […]
February’s Inspiration Injection
Greetings colleagues, Happy February! Please find February’s Inspiration Injection below and see the attached pdf for more information about this arts-infused project. 1. January has flown by – medicine is a real whirlwind, eh? 2. Family Day is a new holiday this year. Besides being a great excuse for a day off, what are your […]
