I'm told the conversation went something like this: Husband: "I could really get into this climb!" Climbing partner: "Is this route going to be your new project this summer?" Husband: "I think so." Partner: "What about trips, or are you going to be hanging around here a lot?" Husband: …
Yoga for Real People
Is this "real people" yoga? Maybe for some... After a few years of largely ignoring yoga, I've returned to the mat. I was really hesitant to do so, but I'm very happy I did. The backstory: I had been practicing yoga on a fairly regular basis (once or twice a week) since the 90's. It was a part …
Got March Madness? Stop Bracketing Your Life
March Madness month is almost over, and some lucky (and skilled) players are about to reach their ultimate goals. It's also a time when people spend lots of energy predicting brackets and outcomes, expecting certain teams to win. The appearance of the bracket sheets remind me of my pre-medicine days …
Think of it as one, long pregnancy
I knew he meant well, but he could not and would not ever really understand. "Think of it was one, long pregnancy," he said. "I mean, all those eggs were all taken out of you on the same day and fertilized on the same day..." "So it's like they're all part of the same process." At first …
What IVF Taught Me
I recently completed my first cycle of in vitro fertilization (IVF). It is a long and detailed process, requiring lots of resources, money, time, and patience. The first stage involves, ironically, taking oral contraceptives to reset the hormone milieu and force all eggs into a senescent, follicular …
What Anesthesiology Residents Defined As Effective Teaching Applies to Everyone
The journal Anesthesiology recently published an interesting article in their annual January 2014 Education Edition. It's called Resident Assessment of Better-Than and Worse-Than-Average Clinical Teaching, by Bishr et al. The authors reviewed a year's' worth of resident reviews of all faculty …
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