I read a lot online, not only blogs but several regional and national newspapers. My favorite items from the past weeks are listed below, and reveal some of my odder interests.
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: November 7th-13th, 2008" »
I know I'm not alone in being profoundly relieved at the end of the presidential campaign. While grappling with the enormity of the democratic process, I have also been attending to other critically important tasks such as considering a format change for the Weekly Wrap. A lot of my preoccupations involve reading beyond medical blogs, so I'm going to try adding in non-medical links just so you know what I've been reading in general.
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: October 31st-November 6th, 2008" »
There are some cool people blogging these days. Here's a few examples:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: October 24th-30th, 2008" »
I'm having a busy week in San Francisco, attending the UCSF Care of the Hospitalized Patient conference, tackling research at the UCSF library, and running around with my nutty mother and her nutty Pekinese dog. The Wrap is therefore on the brief side, but still finger-lickin' good:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: October 17th-23rd, 2008" »
I try to keep a rural filter on the Wrap, but not everything rural makes it on the list, and a lot of posts of non-rural origin do. Truthfully, rural as a way of life has a broad range. The true filter on this list is my own experience--fruity, funny, and frustrating as that may be--of being a rural doctor. Thus:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: October 10th-16th, 2008" »
Strangely enough, now that I'm enjoying my mini-retirement, I spend less time reading blogs than I did when I was working. Of course, I'm tackling the Herculean task of getting my house in order, which tends to obscure all such pleasures. What time I do find to read blog is enlightening as always. To whit:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: October 3rd-9th, 2008" »
Medical bloggers have been keeping me informed of new trends and interesting cases, and it has been a privilege to summarize their work in the Weekly Wrap. However, sometimes I notice a lot of overlap between the Wrap and Grand Rounds, so I've decided to narrow the focus of the Wrap to topics of interest to rural life and rural medicine. Such as these:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: September 26th-October 2nd, 2008" »
I have been feeling the peculiarities of living in a small town recently, so this week's Wrap focuses on rural-themed posts:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: September 20th-26th, 2008" »
I have a long weekend off and I'm planning to take a brief break from blogging. Because of this, I'm posting the Wrap a few days early and only including my reading through 9/18/08, but believe me there were some plenty good posts published during that time:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap In Brief: September 13th-18th, 2008" »
Every week I bookmark thought-provoking and amusing blog posts. Here's the latest crop:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: September 6th-13th, 2008" »
The Weekly Wrap is back! I haven't gotten fully up to speed on my daily blog reads yet, but there's been plenty to keep my mind busy:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: Aug 30th-Sep 5th, 2008" »
I learn so much by reading medical blogs. I think I'm evolving into a better doctor because of what I read. One of the reasons many of us entered medicine is for the opportunity for lifetime learning. Here's how I've been improving myself this week:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: August 9th-15th, 2008" »
Some weeks the blogs I read mirror my own preoccupations, serving as a kind of virtual mood-ring if you will. This week, several posts addressing different aspects of professionalism caught my cast of mind exactly:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: August 2nd-8th, 2008" »
Let's hear it for the work of medical bloggers! Vitum Medicinius wrote a post this week on why reading medical blogs is useful. Here's a few reasons why:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: July 26th-August 1st, 2008" »
Every week, there are so many great blogs to read I barely have time left to write. Some of my favorites this week:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: July 19th-25th, 2008" »
All bloggers stand on the shoulders of giants. Here are some of the shoulders I've been climbing up lately:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: July 11th-18th, 2008" »
Once again, the Cup of Blogging runneth over. Here were some of the posts I appreciated this week:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: July 5-10, 2008" »
While I've been writing narcissistic posts about why and how I blog, other bloggers have actually been keeping up with the latest in medicine:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: June 28-July 4th, 2008" »
Another great week in the medical blogosphere. Here's a few posts that lit a fire under me:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: June 21-27, 2008" »
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:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: June 14-20, 2008" »
Every week, I add new medblog feeds to my reader. There are so many interesting bloggers writing these days. Here's a few posts that got me thinking this week:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: June 7-13, 2008" »
Here's a few posts that got the little grey cells working this week:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: May 31-June 6, 2008" »
Here's my weekly summary of some blog posts that got me thinking:
Continue reading "The Weekly Wrap: May 24-30, 2008" »