Be Better Than Good Enough
Earlier tonight, the current residents finished their final practicals. One at a time, they got up in front of the group and went through their assessment, clinical decision-making and treatment on a patient. They were in the center of the room as the residency faculty, fellow residents and a handful […]
A friend’s mom started sending her brain teasers last week. The first one was a word problem and I was instantly hooked. It took a few minutes to get, but the challenge was welcomed (I love words). The second one required you to complete a pattern of numbers. Now, I […]
The coursework was done and only a few clinicals separated me from graduation. I knew I was so close to the finish line. However, one of those final clinicals was not what I wanted nor what I expected. There were a lot of aspects I didn’t like and I was […]
The other week, I got home and noticed a cocoon in the bush outside my apartment. I looked closer and watched a caterpillar collecting pine needles off the bush. I realized that I had never seen this before. I had never actually witnessed a caterpillar building a cocoon. I couldn’t […]