Southwest Virginia Graduate Medical Education Consortium

When I was presented with the opportunity to write this post, I spent some time looking into topics that would fit well with this blog. During my search, I came across the question, “Do people who are ‘only trying to help’ sometimes make things worse?” I found this question especially relevant to the work that… Continue reading Only Trying to Help

"You are going to have to quit eating." "If your A1C indicates that you’ve been eating carbs, I won’t be able to continue treating you.” It is not hard to imagine the adverse outcomes for patients if these strategies were adopted to manage their diabetes. Like diabetes, opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic disease.… Continue reading Harm-reduction as a component of opioid use disorder management

“Go ahead and push the etomidate.” A few moments later, after administering the short-acting anesthetic and putting in a breathing tube, I toss the MAC blade away, listen for breath sounds, and give a thumbs-up to the intensivist peeking through the glass door. I came into residency scared, only because I thought I was supposed… Continue reading The Scariest Part of Residency