A surgeon who works at one of our teaching hospitals in nearby Orlando was proudly describing an observation he had made concerning the doctors' lounge there. He claimed that he could tell who was last in the room by what was on the television. If a talk show was on, he theorized that the custodial staff had been working there. If ESPN or the cartoon channel was the station of choice, then medical students or residents had been present. He was most confident about his last observation, that the financial channel was a definite indicator of a recent visit by one of the medical staff attending physicians.
Prospective studies are pending.
Friday One of the fallacies about maternity care in family medicine is the concern that because the family physician is dependent on the arrival of someone with surgical skills before a stat cesarian section can be done, suboptimal care is being provided for the patient. CAG has never found this to be a problem. He and one of the obstetricians he uses for back-up were discussing this recently while anxiously watching his patient who had been having late decelerations. As with most of these times, the rate-limiting step was not awaiting the arrival of a surgeon. In this particular case, all were awaiting the arrival of the anesthesiologist.