This is what my life at my teaching job looks like:

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I was really pleased to see that these students had put that video montage together. It will be a great way for me to remember them. They are a really wonderful group of people. As much as I am looking forward to placing them in their internships and hearing how they do from preceptors, I will ( Read more... )

(I don't know if I got the right number of 'ch's there. Sorry, Bowie ( Read more... )

As the Holiday season comes to a close, it's important to remember one thing, even if it's the only thing that you remember. Drinking and driving do not mix well. Separately, they are two of my favorite pastimes. However, they should never, ever be done in conjunction with each other. While this is stating a really obvious truth, it really cannot ( Read more... )

In our line of work, the care that we render needs to address the concerns of both the body and of the soul. The troubles of the body are multiple and moderately well understood. In the short half of an hour to an hour that I spend with a patient, I have some ideas and some policies for the treatment of a great many physical maladies. However, the ( Read more... )

 We just enjoyed the most breath-takingly beautiful lightening storm last night at work. I stood out there until I was quite soaked. That's one thing about California. We have wonderful weather, but wonderful storms are a rare pleasure.

When I was a massage therapist, my co-workers and I would often observe to each other that a certain massage therapist attracted a certain type of client. There were several points in my career where I would see a larger percentage of a certain type of client than any other. It's either a manifestation of a universal unconsciousness and energy, or ( Read more... )

I do not want to be woken up by you sickly folks once more unless it will make a really good story in the morning or involve helicopters. I mean it!

Well, I 'called' another D.O.A. recently (pronounced a dead on arrival patient). This is one part of my job that I've written about here before. It's a mixed blessing to possess the legal and medical qualifications to determine a time of death, as well as to cease resuscitative measures ( Read more... )

I'm trying to bring food that I like more with me to work, not to just treat the workplace mealtimes as a chore or an opportunity to eat fast food. As profoundly and deeply happy as a good burrito from a good taqueria makes me, it's not cost-effective in the long-run. I mean, the reason that I spend so damn much time at work is that I am somewhat ( Read more... )

I often think about how incredibly high the stakes are in the field of medicine. A medical professional can do their absolute best and an event can still have the very least desired outcome. Such a person can also make a gross mistake and the patient can thrive. I had a recent call that did not follow the usual course of a call of its type. I still ( Read more... )