August 2011
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NYT: An African Chief in Cabby's Clothing →
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slightly shameless self-promotion.
mostly for relatives who read this blog and enjoy cheesy entries about my being in medical school: i attempted to blog for OHSU while i was gone, but since gimbie had no internet during 95% of my stay, they are a bit retrospective. click here and here to visit the OHSU student blog site if you’re interested. woot!
also, istanbul in 24 hours. best summer ever?
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July 2011
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June 2011
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Ten Great Public Health Achievements ---... →
pubhealth:
In its weekly publication (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, MMWR), CDC identifies the ten most significant public health achievements at the global scale in the last decade.
Posting from Addis Ababa just because I can.
After two amazing days in NYC catching up with some of my best friends, a 9-hour flight to Istanbul, a 4-hour layover at Ataturk in which I walked laps around the international terminal sampling duty free perfume, a 5-hour flight to Addis, and another two hours getting through customs and waiting for my ride to the hotel (they thought I was coming in the following night), I’m here. Two more...
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NYT: Don't Quit This Day Job →
I wanted to post this last week when it came out, but I’m just now getting around to it, and I’m sorry I’m not more eloquent but I’m trying to savor my last day in the US: here is the controversial NYT op-ed arguing that physicians—well, just women physicians—are doing a disservice to society by working part time.
Dr. Siebert, an anesthesiologist, argues that...
Oh, by the way:
I finished my first year of medical school!!! I’ll probably have more profound things to say once my brain turns on again (srsly, all I’ve done since Friday at noon is drink beer, go out for food, sleep, work out, and watch random shit on TV), but for now: eff yeah. one year down, four to go.
I’m leaving for NYC —> Istanbul —> Addis Ababa —> Gimbie...