Guest Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delco714 Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Just my two cents. Big difference in medical knowledge and practicing general medicine! My wife moved from 2 years of sports med to fp. It's rough. I may fair a little better being in urology but not much. My knowledge is ok, but the practice is the rub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmood Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delco714 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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