We asked a number of our residents to describe what a typical day looks like. We are grateful to share their stories in this series of diaries. This week I’m doing a Night Float rotation so I get to sleep in. I wake up around 11AM and make some breakfast. I tune in for our noon […]
We asked a number of our residents to describe what a typical day looks like. We are grateful to share their stories in this series of diaries. Spring 2021Inpatient VA Despite the countless days that have turned into months of similar schedules, waking up early still has not gotten any easier. Regardless, I slide out of […]
We asked a number of our residents to describe what a typical day looks like. We are grateful to share their stories in this series of diaries. I’ve chosen to outline a dayshift as a senior resident in our Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU), my favorite rotation at University of Iowa Health Care. 6:15 am – I push […]
We asked a number of our residents to describe what a typical day looks like. We are grateful to share their stories in this series of diaries. Clinic Week 7AM brings a ringing alarm and exciting realization – it’s clinic week (better known as Y-week). After four weeks of wearing green scrubs on inpatient, the decision […]
We asked a number of our residents to describe what a typical day looks like. We are grateful to share their stories in this series of diaries. I typically arrive to the hospital between 6 and 6:15 am. While sign-out is not until 7, I enjoy the extra time alone in the morning to sip coffee, […]
We asked a number of our residents to describe what a typical day looks like. We are grateful to share their stories in this series of diaries. Each day at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics has a different flavor, rhythm, and pace that offers its unique learning opportunity. While slower-paced days offer time for ‘chalk-talks’ […]
We asked a number of our residents to describe what a typical day looks like. We are grateful to share their stories in this series of diaries. Every five weeks, we have our Y-week, which consists of five half-days of our continuity clinic, two half-days of subspecialty clinics, one half-day of education, one half-day for quality […]
We asked a number of our residents to describe what a typical day looks like. We are grateful to share their stories in this series of diaries. Inpatient Cardiology Teaching Service – November 9, 2020 5:30 – Morning. My alarm goes off. I’ll admit most days I hit the snooze button for 10 extra minutes […]
We asked a number of our residents to describe what a typical day looks like. We are grateful to share their stories in this series of diaries. As the trees start to change colors in the fall, I reflect on how far I have come in just a few months of internal medicine residency. As […]
We asked residents in each class to provide an account of what a typical day looks like. Below is an entry from second-year resident Dr. Jason Cascio. We are grateful to all the residents who have participated in this series. Inpatient shifts begin at 7am, and I live close enough to the hospital that I […]