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Basic science? We doctors don’t need no steekin’ basic science!

RangelMD asks: Do student doctors really need to know anatomy and that other basic science stuff? And Dr. RW chimes in sarcastically, Who needs all that basic science bunk? Naturally, as you might expect from recent posts, I can’t resist putting my two cents in on this topic as well. The discussion was provoked by […]

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How to choose a career in medicine

Via Kevin, MD and The Huffington Post, of all places: While you’re at it, remember to follow the medical student food pyramid. (Of course, the pyramid left out Doritos and Coke, my Breakfast of Champions when I was a first year medical student.)

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Carnival roundup

Here are some good blog carnivals today: Grand Rounds, vol. 2, no. 33 is up over at fellow SB’er’s place, Aetiology, and it’s a big one. This carnival just keeps getting bigger and better. (It’s also too much to read in one sitting.) RINO Sightings has been posted over at the Environmental Republican. And, better […]

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The Skeptics Circle is coming

Just a reminder, but the 34th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle is scheduled to take a sojourn Down Under at The Second Sight on Thursday, May 11. The deadline is fast approaching for you to get your best skeptical blogging to EoR, and that deadline is 6 PM EDST on Wednesday, May 10. So far […]

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A sign of the times

One of the annoyances of becoming an attending is the need to sign up for managed care and insurance plans. The forms are all similar, but they are sufficiently different that you can’t just fill one out and be done with it. Every couple of years, a flood of paperwork comes through, asking for renewal. […]