In the weird calendar of academic medical centers, July 1 is the “official” first day of school.<\/p>\n
In our ID program, however, we shifted it to July 5 a few years ago to avoid the interruption of the July 4 holiday at the beginning of the year. On July 3 — today — our incoming first-year fellows round with our ID fellows who have completed 363 days, acting as observers.<\/p>\n
If ever you wanted tangible evidence that the first-year learning curve has a very large area under it, this is the day. Because the soon-to-be second years know a ton, the newbies … well, let’s just say there’s a reason they do an ID fellowship, and it’s to learn clinical ID!<\/p>\n
In addition, fellows who have spent a year doing ID consults nearly every day also have learned a few things that they truly\u00a0hate.<\/em><\/p>\n Here’s one: A late afternoon consult.<\/p>\n (That was easy.)<\/p>\n But rather than my<\/em> providing the list, I would love to hear from you — two targeted questions:<\/p>\n Responses — anonymous and otherwise — welcome! And here’s a video:<\/p>\n\n