Saturday, February 19, 2011

Ever wonder what happens to your students?

I once posted about my back surgery and how the anesthesiologist turned out to have been one of my students. Occasionally, I meet a paddler on the water only to realize I had given him/her their introduction to paddling. Well, I happen to notice that one of the followers of this blog is a Mandy Friedl who, as I recall, was in an anatomy and physiology course I taught.

It looks like she is now a nurse and, if you read one of her blogs, a good and out spoken one. It turns out that her nursing blog has hundreds of followers and, from the one I read, I can see why. Good to know she is doing well. It makes me wonder what the heck happened to all the others.

Paddle safe...
DS

6 comments:

Mandy F said...

Hi Dr. Silberman! That is actually not my blog! Mine is one with minimal followers....and I'm only 4th semester....not quite a nurse yet. But thank you for the shout out anyway!

Silbs said...

I see that now...and thought you still had about a year left. In any event, it's nice to hear from you and that you are doing well (as I would have predicted).

Jo said...

Walp, garsh! That's *my* blog you linked to! One of your paddling buddies sent me an email to let me know.

Mandy, I'm reading your blog now. I'm really glad the mix-up clued me into it. Thanks, Dr. Silberman.

Silbs said...

Hey, JO, I'm glad my screw up turned out okay....and that doc was an A Hole!

Stan Mac Kenzie said...

Well this is a very interesting post. I sent this blog link to my sister who is a BN in Nova Scotia Canada. I can’t wait to see what she thinks. Pretty open minded and we always have interesting anecdotes about each others stories in the medical field.

I’ve read a few of the posts myself. I work in Nuclear Medicine as both and educator and Chief Technologist and certainly enjoy just for once listening to someone tell it like ….well…. it really is!!


S.

Silbs said...

Too many docs take the regal attitude in hospitals. I always thought I was just part of a team. I relied heavily on the nurses and techs, respected them and, as a result, I know my patients received better care. e.g. I never stopped a resucitation without the okay of the nurse who, after all, spent more time with the patient.