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Hey all! How do you guys keep your medical knowledge while practicing in surgery? I feel like my knowledge of general medicine (other than surgical topics) is already slipping  and I want to prevent that  for when I want to change jobs to ER or something. Do you read Harrison's? Board books? Just do CMEs? Work a 2nd job? 

 

PS. I was a new grad when I started this job.

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I'm doing a lot of internal medicine CME. I'm also doing a sort of case-based learning on the job... whenever we consult another service for one of our patients (think Neurology, Cards, Urology, etc) I'm making sure I understand why they are asking for _____ test/lab/procedure/medication. When I first started I was so focused on learning my own job role that I didn't dig very deeply into a patient's non-surgical issues.

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I'm doing a lot of internal medicine CME. I'm also doing a sort of case-based learning on the job... whenever we consult another service for one of our patients (think Neurology, Cards, Urology, etc) I'm making sure I understand why they are asking for _____ test/lab/procedure/medication. When I first started I was so focused on learning my own job role that I didn't dig very deeply into a patient's non-surgical issues.

I do this as well. In fact I go as far as to tell the consulting or co managing team (s). You want my help? Sure, let me learn something or use you as a resource when I have questions about my patients... Most enjoy it :).. It's worked out well
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