During Thanksgiving we played quite a lot of music. We recorded Sweewawa playing the Guqin, a Chinese instrument with over 2000 years of history. We got the instrument about 6 months ago, shipped to us from China via a California online dealer. Sweewawa has gotten quite good on Guqin in a short time -- below is her first musical Guqin offering for this blog, a tune entitled "Drunken Madness" written around 200 AD. Perhaps Sweewawa will add some history of the tune in a later blog post.
Cheers, Dr. Kowawa
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Getting Better all the Time
Song of the Day: Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Quote of the Day: "Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect." --Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thought of the Day: Have been very busy these days on the interview trail many days a week. Have been struck with the fact that the people I meet in all Radiology departments are the types of people I like to hang around -- intelligent, creative, well-rounded, relaxed people with good perspective on life. I know from this that I've chosen the right field. The salary and lifestyle perks of Radiology are nice, but in the end what's important is the people you interact with all day long as a Radiologist.
Cheers, Dr. Kowawa
Quote of the Day: "Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect." --Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thought of the Day: Have been very busy these days on the interview trail many days a week. Have been struck with the fact that the people I meet in all Radiology departments are the types of people I like to hang around -- intelligent, creative, well-rounded, relaxed people with good perspective on life. I know from this that I've chosen the right field. The salary and lifestyle perks of Radiology are nice, but in the end what's important is the people you interact with all day long as a Radiologist.
Cheers, Dr. Kowawa
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Dr. Kowawa, AI
Song of the Day: Blue Sky - The Allman Brothers Band
Quote of the Day: "X-rays will prove to be a hoax." --Lord Kelvin
Thought of the Day: I have been quite busy over the last few weeks with two things: my Internal Medicine AI (Acting Internship) and interviewing. The acting internship is a position originally born out of shortage of available interns during WWII. The AI, or subinternship as it is called in some places, is where a 4th year medical student assumes the role of an intern on the medical team. After WWII ended most medical schools kept the AI concept in place as they realized it not only served as a solution for staffing shortages but also served as an excellent educational experience for medical students. In my AI I make "orders" in the computer system for drugs, therapies, lab tests, etc, and assume full responsibility for my list of patients. The only thing that differentiates me from the other interns (first year MD's) is that my "orders" must be co-signed once entered in the system. It's a very different ballgame from 3rd year rotations and is a fun challenge! You learn medicine differently when forced to make actual decisions about drug dosages, which labs to order, etc. The other thing that has been keeping me busy is interviewing for Radiology residencies. So far I have interviewed at UVa, U. Maryland, and Drexel/Hahnemann. The interview process is fun but pretty draining. For the last few weeks my interview days have been my "days off", so I haven't had much time for relaxing! Will write more about the interview process in the coming days.
Cheers, Dr. Kowawa
Quote of the Day: "X-rays will prove to be a hoax." --Lord Kelvin
Thought of the Day: I have been quite busy over the last few weeks with two things: my Internal Medicine AI (Acting Internship) and interviewing. The acting internship is a position originally born out of shortage of available interns during WWII. The AI, or subinternship as it is called in some places, is where a 4th year medical student assumes the role of an intern on the medical team. After WWII ended most medical schools kept the AI concept in place as they realized it not only served as a solution for staffing shortages but also served as an excellent educational experience for medical students. In my AI I make "orders" in the computer system for drugs, therapies, lab tests, etc, and assume full responsibility for my list of patients. The only thing that differentiates me from the other interns (first year MD's) is that my "orders" must be co-signed once entered in the system. It's a very different ballgame from 3rd year rotations and is a fun challenge! You learn medicine differently when forced to make actual decisions about drug dosages, which labs to order, etc. The other thing that has been keeping me busy is interviewing for Radiology residencies. So far I have interviewed at UVa, U. Maryland, and Drexel/Hahnemann. The interview process is fun but pretty draining. For the last few weeks my interview days have been my "days off", so I haven't had much time for relaxing! Will write more about the interview process in the coming days.
Cheers, Dr. Kowawa
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