Mountainlion

A fun and useful (hopefully!) discussion of common causes of fever in children and the general approach an experienced clinician makes as she assesses pediatrics patients with a chief complaint of fever.

A conversation with OB/GYN faculty member, Dr. Jocylen Glassberg, utilizing the "common things are common" approach to evaluating patients with the chief complaint of vaginal symptoms. We also briefly cover the less common causes of these symptoms and talk about "can't miss diagnoses."

Dr. Melody Hou, UCD SOM OB/GYN Co-Clerkship Director and teaching star discusses a case of a patient presenting with acute pelvic pain--the approach to history, exam, labs and imaging.

This case based conversation is about the UCD43 #16--Ear Pain. Please see www.UCD43.com and go to the page "What is the UCD43" for the complete list of UCD43 chief complaints as well as podcasts that address many of them. More to come so stay tuned!

Dr. Stephanie Rasmussen takes you and 2 excellent discussants on an exploration of a case of altered mental status. The UCD43 is a curricular list of 43 common chief complaints that all UCD medical students should be comfortable with by the time they graduate from medical school. We hope other medical schools and residency training programs will also find this list helpful. (For more on the UCD43, please go to www.UCD43.com)

3 stories as told by F2 herself.

An interview with 3 APDIM/AAIM members who have raised the bar on self care and well being in an age of significant healthcare provider burnout.

Another remarkable story of surviving crisis.

Further discussion of grief, the challenge of surviving the loss of a child and the importance of community in that survival.

Dr. Helen Chew talks about John, his loss and the ways in which she was able to survive devastating grief and to find some degree of solace.