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PGY-22 has a steep learning curve

Amy Walsh, MD
Physician
October 6, 2024

Becoming a physician is hard work. No doubt about it.

Each phase felt like the steepest of learning curves.

Remember your MS-1 anatomy class? So many names and terms to memorize.

How about that first clinical rotation in your third year? It took me at least an hour to get a simple SOAP note written in a patient’s chart (yes, handwritten notes back in those days).

And then there was the dreaded internship year, …

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PGY-22 has a steep learning curve

Why EHRs are ruining health care: a doctor’s shocking truth

Amy Walsh, MD
Physician
October 2, 2024

Here it is … an epic post about EHRs.

I’ve been waiting for years to write this. Literally, years.

Ever since 2014, when I was required to attend 30+ hours of unpaid training for this new EHR, I knew this post would be written. I did have the option of 10 additional unpaid training hours to become a “gold star super user.” That status would have allowed me to teach every confused …

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Why EHRs are ruining health care: a doctor’s shocking truth

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