Flow

One of the different things about the consult service is the flow. How busy we are is entirely variable; some days, we have a constant stream of consults or a bolus of consults in the morning and other days, there is just one or two. I like it, particularly because the fellow is great at teaching when business is slow. It's fun to see new patients every day; it's like admitting one or two a day without the nitty-gritty work. While we do follow some patients closely, most consults are work-heavy only in the first few days. We get most of our new consults in the morning and we round in the afternoon. The attending is great about going down to radiology to review films. If I have free time, I work on data collection for a S. aureus bacteremia research study, attend morning report, or look up articles.