Posts regarding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which started in 2019/2020.
Posts highlight the changes, innovations, and adjustments made to and in medical education, graduate education, medicine, science, and research during and in light of the ongoing pandemic and often tell the personal stories of faculty, staff, medical students, graduate students, and alumni who have played and continue to play an active role on the front line of the response.
Coronavirus has certainly changed the way that I practice medicine. I work in family medicine, at a clinic that is the teaching site for family medicine residents. We are one of the busiest primary care clinics in Vermont – learners, preceptors administrators, providers and patients are always moving through our doors.
Notes from the Front Line: Family Medicine Adapts Read More »
It was mid-afternoon on a sunny day when I heard the excited shouts of children in the neighbors’ yard. From my bedroom window, I could see parents hugging one another and chatting as their kids started a spirited game of freeze-tag. It was as pure and picturesque as a party could be – except for the crushing reality that we were in the middle of a pandemic.
Larner Responds: The Power to be Superheroes Read More »
Flexibility is a must for any emergency physician. We never know what the next ambulance is going to bring. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us into a new paradigm. Instead of seeing pediatric patients, I’m in an outdoor screening area trying to treat low-risk individuals who may have COVID -19 in an effort to keep the ED as sterile as possible.
Flexibility is a must for any emergency physician. We never know what the next ambulance is going to bring. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us into a new paradigm. Instead of seeing pediatric patients, I’m in an outdoor screening area trying to treat low-risk individuals who may have COVID -19 in an effort to keep the ED as sterile as possible.Read more…
Notes from the Front Line: Flexibility & Courage in the ED Read More »
