aalapshahmd on
December 26, 2018
PRACTICE (doesn’t quite) MAKE PERFECT
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Repetition and perseverance are facets bored into us from an early age. After our formative years, we must continue to meet expectations for both the capacity o...
aalapshahmd on
December 08, 2018
WOOF.
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Repost @aalapshahdj
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It's been a busy couple of months, but we're back to Wags And Walks, helping with dogwalking and increasing awareness of no-kill shelters in Los Angeles.
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#volunteer #do...
aalapshahmd on
November 30, 2018
HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT, TOO.
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We all struggle with the work-life balance, motivated by wanting more, doing more, having more. And it's easy to let one or two shiny opportunities cloud our judgem...
aalapshahmd on
November 20, 2018
CONVERGENCE SCIENCE (Research Tuesdays):
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Traditionally, ideas behind research or QI projects originate within a single specialty. In anesthesia, we have the unique advantage of working within the cl...
aalapshahmd on
December 25, 2018
ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS:
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Happy Holidays! I got my very first iPad this year! (Believe it or not, I have never used a tablet before.)
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And the first program to be installed on this tablet? iPro A...
aalapshahmd on
December 05, 2018
LIVE WHERE YOU LOVE, LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE.
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One of cool things about the medical profession is that we have to chance to move around a bit for our education. Different training programs in different c...
aalapshahmd on
November 29, 2018
OFFICE-BASED ANESTHESIA:
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The mobile anesthesia unit (MAU), consisting of a portable anesthesia machine and monitoring system, provides a viable alternative to providing anesthesia in certain situati...
aalapshahmd on
November 16, 2018
#tbt the 2017 Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) conference in Orlando, FL. I was honored to receive the David C. Leach Award for our resident-led quality improvement project ...
aalapshahmd on
December 11, 2018
YOUR NETWORK IS YOUR NET WORTH.
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Collegiality is ripe in our journey through medicine. In each other's company, we plow through exams, piece together our clinical expertise there dozens of rotations ...
aalapshahmd on
December 04, 2018
TREAT ME WITH RESPECT
...and I'll respect you as well.
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But, heed not my request, and all deals are off the table. Ya feel me, boss?
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Every minute, a doctor is being cast aside or abused by the he...
aalapshahmd on
November 28, 2018
BLACK SHEEP.
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My 14 years of training have been tough. Not necessarily because of our rigorous curriculums, but rather coming across certain individuals that are resistant to change and improvement...
aalapshahmd on
November 13, 2018
FOCUS ON THE PROCESS, NOT THE OUTCOME.
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Like a video game, we treat a lot of decision-making processes in our personal lives based on a "reward" that we get in the end. There is room for trial and ...