2014 Clinic Schedule updated - 3

Clinic schedule up to Dec 2014 is now updated on the page "Clinic Schedule". Please note the change in clinic days and hours for UST Clinic which will be effective starting 14-Jul-2014. Thanks for your continuing patronage.

2014 Clinic Schedule updated - 2

Clinic schedule is now updated up to September 2014.

2014 Clinic Schedule updated

The clinic schedule for the Callang General Hospital (Santiago City) clinic has been updated up to July 2014. We have also listed the days where there will be NO clinic for the UST and St Luke's-QC clinics.

Santiago clinic day cancellation

We regret to inform you of the cancellation on short notice of tomorrow's Callang (Santiago) clinic 4-Jan-2014 due to post-holiday travel difficulties. We will add a new clinic date this month only on Monday 20-Jan-2014.

Clinic Schedule changes for 2014

The clinic schedule for Callang General Hospital is now posted in Clinic Schedule page. We regret to announce that the Citimedic Medical Arts clinic in Tuguegarao will be closed until further notice. Patients from this clinic may choose to go to the Callang General Hospital clinic. We suggest that you TEXT us at least a week before the clinic schedule to verify the date (CELL 0918-933445).

We are pleased to inform you that we have added clinic hours on Tuesdays for our UST Hospital Clinic.

Too lazy (or too smart) for primary care: which one are you?

My first role model as a doctor was a retired military surgeon in general medical practice in my hometown. He had a ready laugh. To my childhood eyes, he was the smartest guy around. He makes me feel better when I am sick!

The Annals of Internal Medicine point-counterpoint articles tries to answer the question on how to increase medical student interest in primary care by looking at what gets them interested. What do you think?

Too smart

Too lazy

How do YOU keep up with the medical literature?

     I have tried many ways of keeping up. I remember when I was a medical resident I tried to keep up by printing everything that I can get my hands on and ended up with piles of reprints that are unread. That does NOT work.
     The use of the educational prescription came next. This is one sheet of paper where I am supposed to keep track of my clinical questions from the description of the problem of a specific patient to the resolution of the problem by review of a journal article. I started that a few times with medical trainees but it does NOT get done. I am still working on a self-assessment module from ABIM using the same technology, and, you know the drill, it is still NOT done.
     Reading the following blog post, I am attracted to the "headlines, tweets, and abstracts" approach that is described. http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2013/10/medical-literature.html
     What is the best way to keep up with medical literature for ME? I guess it would be what works for me at this time. I read somewhere, on a different subject, that is like riding a bike - you will never know until you try. Try different ways to keep up - until you find what works for YOU!