{"id":8797,"date":"2018-07-15T13:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/?p=8797"},"modified":"2018-07-17T16:06:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T20:06:08","slug":"service-digest-july-2018-special-section-just-staph-aureus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/service-digest-july-2018-special-section-just-staph-aureus\/2018\/07\/15\/","title":{"rendered":"On-Service Digest, July 2018 \u2014 with Special Section Just for Staph aureus<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Hey, medicine is fun!” she said, high-fiving enthusiastically with one of her co-interns.<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m currently on-service for the inpatient ID consult team, and this is July.<\/p>\n

At a teaching hospital.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s where some would play scary music<\/a>.\u00a0After all, the interns and fellows have just started!\u00a0YIKES!<\/em><\/p>\n

But no scary music for me \u2014<\/span> I love<\/em> working with the July newbies.<\/p>\n

Because whatever they lack in experience or efficiency, they more than make up for it with enthusiasm and motivation. They’re on that steep upward slope in the learning curve, and it’s fun to experience this firsthand.<\/p>\n

Plus, there’s plenty of extra help around, and this year we hit the jackpot. In addition to an excellent first-year ID fellow, our team also has a resident with a distinguished\u00a0ID pedigree<\/a>\u00a0and a medical student who has done ID research. If that weren’t enough, we also have a terrific ID PharmD who has his own keen residents.<\/p>\n

Yes, we almost have enough people on rounds to field a decent softball team. We make quite the sight entering and leaving the elevator.<\/p>\n

So what have we learned so far? Here are few items, ranging from obvious to obscure, inspired by a similar roundup\u00a0last December<\/a>.<\/p>\n