I don't know how many hospitalists read this site, but if you went to the SHM meeting, I'd love to hear your SHM meeting opinion. A few left theirs here.
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Me personally. I pet a llama (they're kind of like a pet therapy dog). Ate some sea bass and an Indian buffet. Listened to toilets being flushed at all hours of the night. Words of wisdom, I would never stay at the Hyatt again. For $200 a night, you're wasting your money. Five years ago, I found the Sheraton a much better experience.
I accidentally walked in an autism walk. Ran inside Soldier Stadium. Took an architecture tour of the Chicago river. (Did you know it's now called the Willis tower, not the Sears tower?) . Almost got attacked by a shoe shiner. Didn't talk to a single exhibitor but still managed to tick a few off. I got spammed to high Heaven last year when I left my email address with these attack dogs. I am still bombarded to this day with spam mail promising $350,000 a year + production in beautiful country side estates on beautiful rivers and lakes 20 miles from the nearest interstate. Please, for the love of God, I'm not some little old lady falling for the Nigerian bank scam. Give it a rest.
Oh yeah, and I went to a few lectures. My favorite quote (paraphrased) from the whole conference came from the NP/PA in hospitalist medicine lecture.
"We don't send out PAs/NPs without supervision. We don't do it with physicians either. It's called residency." Job security, I suppose.
Which day did you do the architecture cruise? I did it 1130 on Saturday. Skipped out... err, made the executive decision to leave the conference for a bit and explore the city on my own. I was the only person downstairs on the boat, but I was able to walk side to side, front to back of the ship to see everything.
ReplyDeleteI stayed at the Fairmont, which was around the corner from the Hyatt. It was great, except for the lack of wifi (it was there, but a piss poor signal).
Overall, I enjoyed the conference. Felt like I learned quite a bit.
Didn't it rain all day Saturday? We went on Sunday. Sunny.
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