Tips: How to Suck at Calling Consults
We all take pride in trying to call in a good consult. But sometimes you get that feeling. You know the one. The one...
Physical Exam Tips: The Abdomen
Two things are needed for a spectacular abdominal exam: luck and an abdomen. The following review focuses on different aspects of the abdominal exam,...
ICD-10 Primer, Quiz 1: Can You Spot the Y92 Code That Isn’t Real?
It is probably safe to assume that every health care practitioner in America has committed the Y92 or “the place of occurrence of the...
Physical Exam Tips: The Lungs
Examining one lung is hard enough, but two of them??!! TWO??!! UGHHHHH!! This is so much work! If you only have the stamina to...
Physical Exam Tips: The Heart
In this series, we review the physical exam, the intermediate step in a patient evaluation that ultimately leads to imaging. There are so many...
Get Your Questions Ready, It’s Time to Ask Gomerdog!
Meet Gomerdog, our new Gomerblog dog! It's been a while since we've done our "Ask a..." series, so to welcome Gomerdog let's go to...
Tips: How to Read the New England Journal of Medicine
STEP 1: Grab copy of New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) from mailbox.
STEP 2: Pretend to read through the cover contents, enough to cause...
How to Write a Resignation Letter & Burn As Many Bridges As Possible
With burnout at a record high and no signs of improvement in sight, there will be an increasing need for letters of resignation. But...
The Difference Between RICE & Rice
Today, we distinguish between another two often-confused entities: RICE and rice.
RICE is an acronym that stands for Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation. RICE is...