It really, really isn’t my thing. I don’t play scrabble. I don’t do crossword puzzles. This is pretty well known among the people I work with. The scrub techs have all learned my hand signals. When I need something, I rarely ask for it. They know to look at my hands instead of listening to … [Read more...]

After finishing my test, I walked straight outside. It was pouring rain. I mean like buckets of rain, and I couldn’t have been happier. My mind was so clouded that the feeling of the cold rain reminded me that I was still there. I was a person. I was so done that I had trouble putting two … [Read more...]

I got this email last week and thought you’d love to see it. Mostly, I want you to see that you’re not alone. Everyone is struggling, but you’ll make it. === Hello, my name is Larry and I wanted to say thank you for all you do in helping PA students. Your podcasts especially was an … [Read more...]

The Final step is a book I wrote back in 2013 to help me pass my first PANRE. I created hundreds of short questions to help me move through the material as fast as I could. The unprompted recall helped forced me to cull through my brain and pull out the correct words thereby solidifying the … [Read more...]

Last Thursday, my best friend at work got fired. I found out first thing Friday morning. He was a scrub tech at my hospital, and we’d worked together for over ten years. We did hundreds of robotic cases together. We developed a slew of new techniques and new ways of doing things together. He … [Read more...]