http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/procedures-becoming-obsolete-for.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/procedures-becoming-obsolete-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-72811 Anonymous Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:08:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/procedures-becoming-obsolete-for-internal-medicine.html#comment-72811 I am two years out from residency. We were "waived" on thoracentesis, because at most there would be 2-3 done the old-fashioned way in the hospital PER YEAR. They were all done under U/S or CT by IR.<br/>That said, the rest of the procedures were easier to obtain. In the real world I have needed to learn to intubate without training (anesthesia did it), so maybe they need to expand residents' horizons and not further restrict them. I am two years out from residency. We were “waived” on thoracentesis, because at most there would be 2-3 done the old-fashioned way in the hospital PER YEAR. They were all done under U/S or CT by IR.
That said, the rest of the procedures were easier to obtain. In the real world I have needed to learn to intubate without training (anesthesia did it), so maybe they need to expand residents’ horizons and not further restrict them.

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