Out of Practice

In Medicine Grand Rounds, three case presentations of unusual diseases were given. I should have gotten the diagnosis for two of them (the third was cryptogenic stroke) and I was so close; it's that moment you have when you know the answer but you just can't articulate it. Anyway, I shouldn't beat myself up over it; a bunch of the old-timer attendings were racking their brains too. But it was still a frustrating feeling knowing that I knew the diagnosis but not knowing the diagnosis.