While Holly was toiling away Friday in the Asheville home office, I attended an educational conference held by my old residency program MAHEC. This one covered the latest greatest informational on the flu as well as other Infectious Disease topics. It was so current that one of the speakers said that her slides for the flu data were being updated daily as the number of cases continues to increase here in NC as well as the other parts of the country.
I wanted to attend this conference because MAHEC does such a good job with educational programs. Also, it being my old training program, I knew that I would see some folks from my time working in Asheville. I threw in my camera just in case I ran into the former director of my residency program. I have been thinking of him a lot recently. We have a few new providers in the Drew clinic, just hired straight from their residencies or Nurse Practitioner programs. As such, I have been doing more teaching than usual. It's been really fun to re-visit with them how to do a shoulder injection for rotator cuff syndrome or to help a young doc identify a mysterious rash. My residency director was an incredible teacher and mentor-funny, smart, patient, and extremely knowledgeable. So I had been thinking about all the things he taught me that I am now passing along to them. Luckily, he did attend the conference so I was able thank him directly and get this photo. In addition to being a great mentor and teacher, he is a terrific person. That's why I am so happy standing beside him.
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