April 2012

Everybody is aware that career choices in oncology abound these days. But when you ask fellows what job they are interested in once they complete their fellowship, many just don't know-even in their third year.

Cloud computing refers to Web-based programs that allow the user to store information in a central location, typically not the device being used to access the information (such as your laptop, desktop PC, or iPad).

There are many ideas that if followed will not just help you to "do your time" during fellowship, but contribute to the internal medicine residency program.

Many of us training in the United States have encountered patients and their families from resource-limited regions of the world-families who have uprooted themselves for the chance to save the lives of their children diagnosed with cancer.

The QOPI program creates a uniform measurement of the quality of care delivered by an oncologist; this affords self-examination and directed improvement of practices.

There is no such thing as a typical day. Our days are punctuated by the unexpected and our field is so diverse that we often change what we do over the course of our careers. Time alters us and our field.

Quoting statistics seemed to be a refuge to me. The objectivity of the numbers provided a hiding place and a shelter, and they helped me maintain the emotional distance that my profession demanded.