It's been an amazing week on the blogs. I marked so many posts to re-read, I could barely keep up with the new posts coming down the pipeline. Here's a few that got me thinking:
A great post by Dr. Happy on community based health care solutions.
Kevin MD's goodbye to Tim Russert.
Another Medical Breakthrough! Dragonfly gets her first delivery.
Drug-seeking has been on the blogs at lot. Read these posts at Dr. Happy and Scalpel or Sword?
Small joys in a life in medicine: the Buckeye Surgeon explains why he enjoys weekend rounds. Sid Schwab at Surgeonsblog had a bunch of great posts, such as this one on being human, and this one on physician empathy.
Gnarly observations: Scalpel or Swordexposes the dreaded hand tissue, 10 Out of 10 gets buggy with it and--via Kevin MD--a story of a uniquely contaminated wound. Oh, don't forget Suture for a Living's informative but not-for-the-fainthearted look at the pitfalls of wearing rings.
Many are worried about the rapid expansion of hospitalist programs and responsibilities: Dr. RW states "Hospitalists are taking on too much too fast" and DB Medical Rants points out the pitfalls of staffing hospitalists with short-time and fill-in docs.
Finally, congratulations to all the new medical grads, including HalfMD, now made whole and Graham, our commencement speaker. I wrote this post for you guys.
It's your own mini grand rounds!!!
Brava!!!
Posted by: Peggikaye | June 21, 2008 at 03:52 PM
Thanks for the mention. I agree with the difficulty keeping up, especially the more good blogs I find. Still a nice problem to have. :)
Posted by: rlbates | June 21, 2008 at 08:25 AM