Clicked back in…Holiday reading and thoughts on medical writing

Hey everyone… Welcome to 2014. I’m back from holiday. I like to say ‘holiday’ rather than ‘vacation.’ It sounds more Euro. Plus, if one truly seeks word precision, saying holiday when describing time in Key West works. Everything about that place is celebratory and festive. Let’s talk about reading and writing. First, I’m not going to do a top-ten DrJohnM posts of 2013. WordPress sends you a tidy email of your most popular posts. I didn’t look at it. I do enough self-promotion as it is. It feels funny re-posting stuff that is already out there. Second, I have to tell you about my holiday reading. At my age, and with my slow start in all things literary, holiday offers a great chance to push forward in acquiring wisdom. Five years ago, when I decided to get smart (for real smart, not doctor smart), I spent an entire Christmas holiday reading Walden. Actually liking Henry David was a tipping point. Now, I see holiday periods the same way a crit rider sees a downwind leg of the course: a time to make hay. You have to understand, doctors–especially heart doctors–don’t get much time off the science campus. The shock collar keeps us learning about ion-channels, murmurs, doppler flows, and now, appropriate use criteria and managing Commodore-64-like EMR systems. There’s not much time to learn about real human life. Oops. Sorry. That wandered a bit. Back to the books and writing. I’ve been looking for...
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