the last couple days i was at a PA conference. it was nice to catch up with old PA school friends and professors and others. and the lectures were pretty good. everything from new hypertension treatments to vaccination recomendations to wilderness medicine rescue techniques (all the advice came down to- 'splint it, then pack it with snow.') was covered. pretty educational, if not a little boring. i have no attention span anymore.
and while i was sitting in those lectures, remembering all the things i'd forgotten, i got a little anxious about my body of knowledge and my career. i mean, other than the occasional day practicing "medicine" on the floor on post-op patients, i'm pretty specialized in a very hands-on discipline. i don't brain much while i'm at work. :) i'm afraid i'm forgetting all the medicine i learned in school. would i remember how to diagnose and treat diabetes? what about a heart attack, a rash, or head trauma? yikes. my friends in ER and internal/family medicine seem more plugged in to all this. hmmm...will have to contemplate this further. LOVE my job and always saw myself in some subspecialty (surgery, ob/gyn, etc) so maybe this is just my plight. and i'll have to study a little harder for my re-cert exams (every 6yrs) because they're on general medicine....hmmm....
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