The Presentation

My presentation is over with!!! Whew...it was 30 minutes of pain and anguish...all on my side though luckily..I really hate standing up in front of people and talking, which (who would have guessed it) is a regular part of the whole doctor thing. You have to give educational presentations ALL the time and while you can make it as superficial or in-depth as you want, you don't want to seem like you didn't try...err on the side of beating your audience into submission with information (that's my motto...if I had a motto)...I also try to make it easy to "digest" although when your presentation throws around words like "hematochezia", "hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasia", and "hemolytic uremic syndrome"...the talk is always going to be a bit "dry", for me adding lots of pictures and graphical flags (like highlighting the areas of interest in a table filled with big words) helps ease the plate of crap you are serving down the audience's gullet. Anyways I'm glad it's over...honestly I'm glad this whole GI elective is over. If I get the chance to do it again, I would, but not because I like it. I generally dislike everything "GI", it's a lot of talking about pooping and dieting, still though I would do it again because it's one of those areas I think most docs are a little weak in (who really likes managing the crazy patients with GI problems...and most patients with GI problems ARE crazy - chicken or the egg first? I don't know). Whatever, I'm done with it...at least for a little while, and vacation awaits!!! I'm out.

Newbie Doc