The Hippocratic time capsule: A letter to my future physician self

Hi. It’s me — the baby doctor version of yourself, writing this during your third year of medical school, deep in the midst of studying for the board exams.
You probably don’t have time to read this, unless you’re stuck waiting to discharge a patient because their CT results were not read “stat” 52 minutes ago. Ah, the sweet irony of the word stat in the emergency room. But humor me, because I’ll make it speedy.
Let’s start with the big question: Did we do it? Did we get into (Read more...)