The Decision Every Graduating Resident Faces
It’s a decision every graduating resident faces: enter the workforce or apply for a fellowship. After more than a decade of higher education, postponing the rewards of a career for another year of training may not seem worthwhile for some. Yet others see a fellowship year as education that will pay dividends throughout their career.
“I viewed a fellowship year as an investment in myself,” …
It’s a decision every graduating resident faces: enter the workforce or apply for a fellowship. After more than a decade of higher education, postponing the rewards of a career for another year of training may not seem worthwhile for some. Yet others see a fellowship year as education that will pay dividends throughout their career.
“I viewed a fellowship year as an investment in myself,” … Continue reading "The Decision Every Graduating Resident Faces"
When Matthew Willett, MD, began his dermatology training, he felt he had to choose between dermatology and his family.
“My kids were old enough to tell me that they missed spending time with me, and that made it even harder sometimes,” said Dr. Willett, who is now a staff dermatologist in Rhode Island.
“Sometimes the kids really know how to play up the ‘guilt game,’” said Jackie … 
On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember painful skin tumors with the following mnemonic:
BLEND AN EGG
Blue rubber bleb
Leiomyoma
Eccrine spiradenoma
Neuroma
Dermatofibroma
Angiolipoma
Neurilemmoma
Endometriosis
Granular cell tumor
Glomus tumor
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On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember conditions associated with angioid streaks with the following mnemonic:
APPLES
Anemia, sickle cell
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Paget’s disease of the bone
Lead poisoning
Ehlers-Danlos
Sclerosis, tuberous
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On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember the cutaneous and systemic manifestations of Noonan Syndrome with multiple lentigines (formerly LEOPARD syndrome) with the following mnemonic:
LEOPARD Syndrome
Lentigines
EKG abnormalities
Ocular hypertelorism
Pulmonary stenosis
Abnormal genitals
Retarded growth
Deafness
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