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On Being a Doctor |2 October 2018

A Strawberry Milkshake

Jenny C. Dohlman, MD

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  • Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (J.C.D.)

    Corresponding Author: Jenny C. Dohlman, MD, 1493 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02139.

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When you are an intern, the hours between 6:00 and 8:00 a.m. are a busy time. Learn about overnight events on the patients you are caring for. Hear the stories of new patients who came to the floor overnight. Check on labs, vitals, new imaging studies. Meet new patients. Say hello to old ones. Perhaps meet family members who come with their own set of worries and questions. Listen to hearts, palpate ankles. Beckon foreign-language interpreters. Hear new symptoms as well as old ones. “Are you feeling better, worse, or the same?” “Yes, I can get you some ginger ale.”...
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Dohlman JC. A Strawberry Milkshake. Ann Intern Med. 2018;169:504–505. doi: 10.7326/M18-1730

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2018;169(7):504-505.

DOI: 10.7326/M18-1730

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