Our country is blessed to have medical regulatory boards that serve to protect patients and their providers. Some other parts of the world do not require a license or special privileges. Those countries just want help from anyone willing, and it does not always end well. So, the United States has a blessing and a curse. Since ...

This week I've been scheduled on nights, and it's been a completely different ER experience. While many of the chief complaints are the same as what I've seen during the day in the ER, the pace has been different. There is no doubt that things can get just as hectic at night as they do during the day, but for the most part, things usually tend to ...

Orthopedics has taken me by surprise! Prior to school, I shadowed a physician assistant friend who worked in orthopedics. Unfortunately, I only saw the run-of-the-mill knee and shoulder scopes. This limited exposure turned me off to ortho because it seemed boring and redundant. Throughout school, there wasn’t a thought in my mind that ...

If you are anything like me, familiarity offers immense comfort. When I enter a foreign environment without any idea of the routine, the faces or whether or not I can survive, I get a little uncomfortable. This would be about 75% of my rotations. However, if I know that what lies ahead is either somewhere I have been before or that there will be ...