Morning report and presentations!

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Dr. Yan, the Chair of the Respiratory Department at our hospital asked me to present about medical education and training in the US for their residents and faculty. Making the presentation, I realized just how many years it takes and how confusing the options can be with varying residencies, fellowships, and even combined degree programs (looking at you, UMKC 6-year program!)

It was a busy morning with daily morning report at 8am, then rounds on our patients (down to about 20 today), my presentation, Dr. Meng's presentation about her 3-month observership at KU MED, and then a detailed discussion of 3 interesting patient cases that are puzzling their primary teams. A patient with fever of unknown origin and splenomegaly, a malaria patient now 1 month post-treatment with worsening ARDS, and a patient with an unusual pneumonia also worsening despite broad antibiotic treatment. Interesting!

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