Wednesday, July 15, 2009

please just be aware of this

in an attempt to secure a job post-graduation, i've taken on too many jobs, including an internship at a local medical school that arouses my creative juices about as much as an episode of pbs' miss marple.
this morning i'm finishing up a flow chart for a doctor with entries such as these:

GASTROENTEROLOGY
-Diarrhea/Constipation
-Acute Abdominal Pain
-Dysphagia
-Jaundice
-Nausea/ Vomiting
-Abdominal Swelling/ Ascites
-Elevated Liver nzymes
-GI Bleeding
-Acute/ Chronic Hepatitis
-Acute/ Chronic Pancreatitis
-Colon Cancer
-Inflammatory Bowel Disease

CARDIOPULMONARY I/
NEPHROLOGY
-Chest Pain
-Azotemia and Urinary
Abnormalities
-Palpitations/ Syncope
-Edema
-Acute/ Chronic Respiratory
Failure & Hypoxia
-Shortness of Breath
-Cough
-Incontinence??
-Acute Coronary Syndrome/
Chronic Angina
-Acute Renal Failure/
Chronic Kidney Disease
-Pericarditis/ Endocarditis
-COPD
-UTI/ Pyelonephritis


...this internship better land me a pretty friggin sweet job.
that's all i gotta say...