On becoming senior & Germanic terms that make us sound smarter than we really are by Blair Schwartz [Jan 28 08] Ok, I know… It has been quite some time since I wrote anything for Big Medicine. Its not that I lost my passion for writing, nor due to the […]
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A Series Of Firsts by Blair Schwartz [Oct 19 06] It’s been a while since I last posted an entry on Big Medicine, but that is the nature of the Internal Medicine Residency. A program designed to immerse you (quite literally at times) in the art and science of medical […]
Cycles by Blair Schwartz [Jun 28 06] I’d like to take you back to a time in your life. In the time leading up to the day you are filled with a sense of excitement, anticipation, fear and perhaps even a little dread. Your daily activities are occasionally permeated by […]
On the jingling of ‘change’ by Blair Schwartz [May 12 06]–I’m sitting now at the end of medical school and on the cusp of my residency. Truly an impressive time of transformation. As I sign contracts and insurance forms, it quickly becomes apparent to me the responsibilities that I am […]
As a fairly new attending physician, I’ve taken to the habit of asking some of my more senior colleagues for tidbits they wished they had known when starting out. One wise practitioner told me, to never forget to practice some “grandmother medicine”. Having grown up in a traditional Jewish family, […]
A nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day. #25 Be an usher. This episode of The Positive Paramedic is dedicated to two long-time friends – Blair Schwartz and Martha Chandler – each of whom do so very much to ensure the circle of life begins and ends as well as […]