MedFamily

by Eric Acker

Hosts Eric and Karen discuss the week’s happenings and provide insight on the life of a medical student’s journey to become a doctor will balancing life with a wife and 4 kids.

Episodes

ED Rotation, Continuity Clinic, and 50 MME Max

49m · Published 22 Nov 08:00

ED Rotation, Continuity Clinic, and 50 MME Max We finished our last week of ED and started continuity clinic. We discussed some lessons learned about maximum morphine mil-equivalents in opiate naive patients and got to sort of run a code.

ED Didactics and M&Ms

50m · Published 16 Nov 08:00

ED Didactics and M&Ms Update for the week. Karen does all the appointments and car updates. Eric continues with his ED shifts and attends his first ever and probably last ED didactics where they held an M&M.

New Car, Night Shifts, and Bounce Backs

52m · Published 10 Nov 08:00

New Car, Night Shifts, and Bounce Backs Week 3 of Emergency Medicine and we’ve just completed 3 night shifts and will discuss the different approaches to patient care. Additionally, we talk about the process by which we replaced one of our vehicles. Again sorry for the missed week and late episode.

ED Shift and Interview Thoughts

59m · Published 25 Oct 08:00

ED Shift and Interview Tips Started our ED 4 week rotation in Red Zone this week. We discuss the opportunities in the ED and learned experiences so far. Lastly, we talk about interviews. What to keep in mind while interviewing and things to watch for throughout the process.

Rapid Response To End The Rotation

56m · Published 19 Oct 08:00

Rapid Response To End The Rotation We capped of 8S with some excitement. Couldn’t have gotten through it without my team of interns who all stayed late and helped me out. Team work is great. We discuss this and other topics during this episode.

Consultant Woes and DNRs

40m · Published 13 Oct 08:00

Consultant Woes and DNRs DNRs and sick patients are the norm for 8S. We discuss the conversations that need with family and the some of what DNR means. Additionally, we discuss some challenges with coordinating with consulting services.

Stepdown Revisited and M&M Thoughts

49m · Published 07 Oct 08:00

Stepdown Revisited and M&M Thoughts Sorry for the late episode. We are back on floor rotations and back on 8S so Stepdown. We discuss GDMT and coordinating with consulting teams and MINOCA and whether Plavix is needed afterwards (its not). Lastly we discuss some takeaways from an M&M conference

Exam efficacy and Grade 3 Recommendations

40m · Published 27 Sep 08:00

Exam Efficacy and Grade 3 Recommendations Another week of infectious disease with light days heavy on studying. We talk about rectal exams, breast exams, and HOCM. There may have been some colorful commentary on the pros and cons of performing these exams and some pitfalls.

Infectious Disease Week 1

32m · Published 20 Sep 08:00

Infectious Disease Week 1 Wrapped up another week of continuity clinic and started a new rotation: infectious disease. Additionally, we went to an apple orchard and the kids had thoughts. Our youngest is in the room during this episode so excuse the extra distraction.

Sepsis Sim Lab Takeaways

49m · Published 15 Sep 08:00

Sepsis Sim Lab Takeaways Continuity Clinic week with procedure training, Ultrasound, and high fidelity sim lab. We go over some pearls that Eric learned during the sim lab related to Sepsis and treating cholangitis. Additionally, we talk about the family plans for trips and exploration of our new state.

MedFamily has 236 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 169:19:25. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 27th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on June 7th, 2024 21:12.