This just in! Important people wear jeans! Holy crap, what could this possibly mean? Well, thanks to The Wall Street Journal we need no longer live in fear of powerful people and their casual leg ware. According to the old Journal "Chosen well, jeans can suggest the wearer is confident and modern. Traditionally cut blue jeans carry a whiff of the laborer about them, so denim on a leader suggests a willingness to roll up the sleeves and dig in. There's also something of the rebel in a pair of jeans. In the boardroom, that can read as creative."
I disagree. I believe that important people are now wearing jeans for one simple reason. They all woke up one morning and decided that they were tired of these mother-$@#!%@^ slacks on these mother-%@$!#@% business trips.
Seriously news, stop wasting our time.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
A quick explanation of the medical education process
So it seems most people have no idea what is actually involved in becoming a doctor. It's OK, I didn't either until I started school. So here is the basic breakdown:
Years 1-2- Basic science and clinical education in the classroom
Years 2-4- Rotations in hospital and private practices gaining hands on experience.
After year 4 you graduate and become a doctor. However, you are not yet licensed to practice unsupervised so you go to residency, or specialty training. This is when you learn to be an internist, or family practitioner, or surgeon, etc... During this time you are paid (but much less than an attending physician is paid). Residencies last anywhere from 1 year (psychiatry) to 7 years (neurosurgery) with an average of 3 for most. After residency there is also the option of doing a fellowship, which allow you to sub-specialize (cardiology, ICU, infectious diseases, etc...)
There ya have it.
Also: D.O.= Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. As a D.O. I will have the ability to sit for M.D. boards (although MD's are not allowed to sit for D.O. boards).
Years 1-2- Basic science and clinical education in the classroom
Years 2-4- Rotations in hospital and private practices gaining hands on experience.
After year 4 you graduate and become a doctor. However, you are not yet licensed to practice unsupervised so you go to residency, or specialty training. This is when you learn to be an internist, or family practitioner, or surgeon, etc... During this time you are paid (but much less than an attending physician is paid). Residencies last anywhere from 1 year (psychiatry) to 7 years (neurosurgery) with an average of 3 for most. After residency there is also the option of doing a fellowship, which allow you to sub-specialize (cardiology, ICU, infectious diseases, etc...)
There ya have it.
Also: D.O.= Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. As a D.O. I will have the ability to sit for M.D. boards (although MD's are not allowed to sit for D.O. boards).
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
A small diversion
I would have lost my mind more times than I can count if it were not for the guy who inspired this comic. Thank you sir.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
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