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During the regular scheduled meeting of the Bamberg County Council that was held on February 8th, finance director Thomas Thomas reported that the budget was tight for the remainder of the fiscal year. "But, we are going to make it work," he said. "On the revenue side, we have collected YTD 39% of our projected annual revenue amount($7,668,651). We have collected in total $858,620 for the month of December 2010 with a collected YTD revenue at $3,028,390.
Thomas reported on the expenditures side, "we have expensed YTD 57% of our total projected expenditures budget. Our total monthly expenditures for January 2011 was $747,140 with a current YTD expenditure at $4,353,287. Our remaining total balance for the rest of the fiscal yr is $3,315,363".
During the month of January the County had to address several deferred maintenance projects relating to several county buildings such as new roofing for the Health Department, the Magistrate's office and Sheriff building.
Thomas said his department will continue to "monitor our line items on a regular basis in order to continue to manage our expenses within our appropriate budget".
County Councilman Chris Wilson said progress for the tricounty hospital initiative is in the "due diligence" process with the Chief Executive Officers of all of the hospitals (Bamberg, Barnwell and Allendale.) Wilson said this has to be done before Council can move forward. "This process will take a couple of months and until this is done, we will not have any reportable progress, (on the hospital). Bamberg County Hospital Chairperson Lou Ann Carter formally introduced Bamberg County Hospital Administrator Cliff Bauer to the public and recently hired hospital CFO Drew Wood who came from Beaufort with over 14 years in financial management experience.
Council Chairman Clint Carter reported that he and others met with Ehrhardt Town Council to hear representatives discuss the possibility of bringing a Family Health Center Medical practice to Ehrhardt. Carter said for the time being, the only thing that he promised the representative was moral support. "They have an office in Denmark and according to them, they refer all of their patients to the Bamberg County Hospital," he noted. Wilson said, "we need to support medical care for Ehrhardt." Carter said the group was also interested in seeing a drugstore in Ehrhardt.
Kell Anderson, of the South Carolina rural Development Association told Bamberg County Council that he is working with the Bamberg County Economic Development Commission on several projects that he hopes will bring jobs soon to the county. Anderson said one of three projects that he is pursing is "Project Brick."
"This company is looking at Bamberg County as a possible job site." Anderson said Bamberg County representatives will be meeting with the company next week.
Anderson said a second project is "Project Wolfe". He said "Project Wolfe" is one of the wood processing clusters and this company has a very specific set of requirements. Anderson said he is currently assessing the project for cost benefits. "This company could also bring 150 jobs to the county if Bamberg County is selected as a site.
The third and final project that Anderson overviewed was Project Hulk. Anderson said, "I am not sure how successful we will be with this one, but it is worth the effort to invest time in recruiting them. He said the average salary for the jobs are about $40,000 a year. Anderson said he should know where the County stands with recruitment efforts in about six months.
Anderson also reported that the Bamberg County Wellness Park is still in development. "We need to accumulate some vital statistics before moving forward," he said.
Council also approved the Bamberg County Hazard Mitigation Plan for Bamberg County. Details about the plan were presented by Emergency Services Director Sharon Hammond and Amanda Sievers from Lower Savannah Council of Government. Hammond said FEMA has already approved the plan. Among other things, "the plan helps Bamberg County with grant opportunities," Hammond noted. Consideration for request must be made every five years.
During public comments, Ron Moulder, expressed concern that the county's personnel manual on the county's website was password protected. No one was able to explain why a password was needed to see the manual. However, Dobson-Elliot said she would check into the matter. Moulder also complained that the financial audit that was supposed to be available in September is not available yet. Thomas said a preliminary audit should be available in March. Councilman Claire Guess said it is hard to get a report from the auditors in a timely manner, unless you are paying them a lot of money. Moulder responded, "if you know that, don't advertise that the report will be available in September when you know it's not going to be." Moulder also wanted reassurance that the hospital was not going to be a tax burden to the citizens. Wilson responded, "I know it's been a lot of controversy about the hospital, but there will not be any tax payer assessments for construction. We are moving forward to try to relieve citizens from a tax burden. Wilson said the "for profit" facility will be expected to commit to treating those who are medically indigent. Guess added, "this is a process that takes a long time to go through. We are in the process of having prospective buyers look at our records. But right now, the hospital is our responsibility".
In other business:
John Kinsey made a request for a crossover for a four lane road on 301 South. Rose Dobson-Elliot said she had already put Kinsey in touch with Gene Crider and he is going through the process now.
Council referred a request for funds from the County Election Commission to the Finance Committee.
Dobson-Elliot reported that the county is in the process of hiring an animal control officer.
Craig Walker, the director of the Bamberg City league presented council members with official shooting shirts from the program in appreciation for their support. Walker said the program has about 150 participants that represent all areas of the county. The shirts can also be purchased for $12 each. Several council members donated their shirts back to the program to be sold.
Several presentations were made to council members and employees. The Advertizer Herald will publish those presentations next week.


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I AM THE ONE WHO KNOCKS On LinkedInAndy Foote | 1st Degree Connections, 500 Connections, Connection Requests, Connections, Disconnect, Endorsements, LinkedIn, LIONs, Networking, Picture
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The biggest lie on LinkedIn is that you're not supposed to connect with people you don't know.
"We recommend that you only send invitations to people you know well and trust."
LinkedIn Help Center, 4/17/2013.
LinkedIn's business model feeds on discovery and requires growth. We join LinkedIn to discover and build new professional alliances. If we only connected with people we knew in real life; networking, collaboration, opportunity and growth would be severely constrained. LinkedIn tells you not to connect with strangers because it gives them cover, it's the official line, crafted by lawyers, impossible to enforce and they know you'll ignore this rule anyway.
LIONS (LinkedIn Open Networkers)
LIONS totally disregard the no-strangers networking rule. They're at the opposite end of the connection spectrum – they'll connect with anyone with a pulse.
They boast about having thousands of connections (usually they'll put their Connection count in their LinkedIn Headline) but anyone can be a LION – no skill is required and I think their networks are inherently weak. LIONS are promiscuous, rabid and unsophisticated networkers, socially inept.
I built 6 LinkedIn Groups with close to 30,000 members. It took me 5 years. Though I'm not directly connected, I can send a message (via a Group Announcement) directly to all of them in seconds. I shape their public Discussions and decide who can join. I care for and about those communities. Think about not just what – but why you are building.
You can change your settings to require an email address before somebody can invite you to connect on LinkedIn. But the person inviting you has no way of knowing for sure if the email they inputted is correct, since LinkedIn's system just acts like everything is ok when they add the email and click 'connect'. Presumably this is to avoid email guessing. If you are the person doing the inviting and a handful of the people you invite to connect mark your invitation as "Spam" then LinkedIn will impose the email requirement on ALL of your subsequent invitations as a penalty. This can lead to confusion. You may think that everyone you invite has opted to require an email or you could actually be in LinkedIn connection purgatory. LinkedIn doesn't tell you that you've been penalized. Btw did you know that LinkedIn puts a lifetime limit on the number of connection requests you can make? It's 3,000. That may seem like a figure plucked from the air and in a way, it is – because once you use your allotment, you can just request more. It's a fire-break, designed to stop people who are trying to build a mega network quickly (i.e LIONS).
After much thought, I've decided to put that email requirement on my account. I'm tired of getting random/thoughtless connection requests. The vast majority of requests I get are irrelevant and have zero networking potential for both sides. I'm sure you know exactly what I mean. I'm 'breaking bad' for the following reasons:
If you're in customer service living and working in Mumbai, I'm fairly confident – that our professional objectives will not align, ever.
If you don't have a photograph, why would I want to connect with someone who can't be bothered to complete this most basic step on their Profile?
If you don't use your likeness or use a logo, I don't connect. You lost me at "Hello". First impressions count.
If you use the tenuous template "Since you are a person I trust…" or the tepid template "I use LinkedIn to keep track of my professional network…" you definitely have not made the effort.
If you don't bother to read my Profile. My Profile states "Don't invite me just because you can. I am not an 'open' networker (or LION)."
If you're a fellow Group member but don't explain why you want to connect. Just because we joined the same Group, doesn't automatically make us sympatico.
If you say that we worked together at the same company/firm (but we didn't). I really don't mind the subterfuge but I still want to know why you think connecting will be good for both of us.
I'm a methodical and strategic networker. It's not just about connecting with people I can help or whether they can help me. It's about connecting with people who know how to network. If I build my network strategically, it becomes an incredibly useful tool for me and for the people in my network. You've heard the maxim, "build your well, before you are thirsty"? I'm always planning for future collaboration. Credibility is also key. Just like real life, there are circles of trust on LinkedIn. If you have a handful of people in common and a strong Profile (with a bevy of Endorsements) the chances of successfully connecting with someone you approach on LinkedIn are greatly enhanced because you're already connected with their contacts, this is the currency of credibility. You can seal the deal by giving a great reason for connecting in your connection request.
LinkedIn Co-Founder, Reid Hoffman has publicly referred to 2 types of networks: 'Allies' and 'Acquaintances'. 'Allies' are the small group of your tight-knit contacts you've built up over the years who are similar to you professionally and personally close to you. 'Acquaintances' are the larger group (numbering in the hundreds or thousands) who are more professionally diverse than you, typically you met them through school/college or work/play. Reid points out that 'Acquaintances' are not merely added to your network because you connected with them, he insists that there ought to be some kind of meaningful exchange between both parties and time taken to build up trust between 'Acquaintances'. He says that one way to build up trust is by giving each other "small gifts" which can be intangible (i.e information or references). A British Anthropologist, Robin Dunbar theorized that there was a maximum number of people with whom humans can maintain stable social relationships with. He said that we can keep roughly 150 people happy as friends. He's currently looking into whether the size of our brain is relative to the size of our social network, re-igniting a theory that was first floated in the 1970's (by Nick Humphrey) that humans evolved big brains not to understand our environment but each other. I'm wondering if Endorsements qualify as "small gifts" and deciding which 150 people in my 5,100+ LinkedIn network to focus on this week….my small brain is hurting.
99% of my network has been built (carefully) by me. I am the one who knocks. If you're not planning your network, you're leaving it to chance. When I reach out to people to connect, I'm executing my plan and vision. Here are just some of the elements I look for when I connect:
(1) 500+ Connections – likely to connect (<500 implies they 'don't connect with strangers').
(2) Shared location – likely to connect based purely on proximity, the coffee potential.
(3) Shared contacts – if we have 5+ connections in common, we run in the same circles.
(4) Shared field/function – we're in the same business or the same role, the 'career bond'.
I agree with Reid on 'Allies' and 'Acquaintances' (and the Dunbar 150 theory feels about right). I think there's a 3rd networking category peculiar to LinkedIn which fulfills our desire to build and discover. I call them 'Affiliates'. These are your 1st degree Connections that you've not met…yet. They are loosely affiliated to you but tightly bound to their own 'Allies'. When/if you meet them – they become your 'Acquaintances'. When/if you help and nurture them – they become your 'Allies'.
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If I had heard a recording of the above post, I would have said, 'music to my ears'. I guess delight to my eyes will have to do. There has been recent spurt in the 'since you are a person whom I trust' type of connection requests of late. In the beginning, I used to politely write back asking the requester to jog my memory and then gave up since I never received a response. Does not bear well if one is hoping to make a meaningful connection. Just wish folks would not treat LinkedIn the way they might be treating Twitter or Facebook. One connects for possible mutual benefit in work or business, not to win a popularity contest.
Hi Andy, love the article and you are spot on on your observations. I'm tired of getting requests from people I don't know and don't care to know. Have a quality network and expand it carefully. Well done.
Nicely put. Up until recently I've only been accepting people I've actually met, however I've widened this out to people in the same function and region and been pleasantly surprised at some of the positives (some great input when I've posed questions)
This is really the best article I have read on LinkedIn. I have been saying this for some time now. You want to connect with people who you want to do business with and get to know. I do think it is wise not to connect with someone who you have no mutual business or personal reasons to connect, but that goes right along with what you were saying. Be selective in your connections. Thank you for this article. Very well written.
Great article Andy, I'm glad somebody finally addressed this. Whenever I get an invitation to connect, and I've never met the person who invited me, I accept the invitation; then invite them to meet for coffee (if they're located in my area). If they're out of town, I invite them to reach out if they ever get to Columbus. I also include a "warning" on my profile that basically says "don't bother connecting if you're just looking to build an audience." At the end of the day it's all about relationships, and I prefer to meet my contacts in person. Thanks for the morning read!
The usual brilliance…..helping me think through what I don't find time to do myself or don't know enough about to do so.
Really good one. I wish that this article should be sent to every new person who is joining Linked in.
Thanks for the article, and I agree with many of you who suffer "inappropriate" requests for a connection. I had an odd situation recently though.
I suggested a connection with somebody who was directly connected in terms of both industry and geagraphy, but was also within an existing network of connections. The invitation was accepted, and I thanked them and sent them a brief expo as why I thought the connection might be mutually beneficial.
The response was unexpected, as I was told I had "totally misunderstood the use of Linkedin" and I was " to be removed from their connections ".
At first I felt that I had misunderstood Linkedin, so shared the communcations with Linkedin colleagues and asked for their conclusions. All responses were that it was totally acceptable and appropriate in the way I had conducted the connection. And one particular colleague , summed up his response with "……I think you will find , they are getting confused between their facebook account and Linkedin ! "
Hallelujah! Amen! This subject has been frustrating me for some time now. Like the other above, I originally started to reach out first. I would reply without accepting saying "how can I help you in your business or career?" I would invite them to call me for a 5 minute discussion on how we could benefit by networking. A few responded and have ended up being great networking partners. I give them about 5 days to respond if nothing then I ignore their request. Oh, lets add to your list…how about the ones who send a connection request just because I looked at their profile. Don't get me started. It is so simple to give a brief explanation why you want to connect.
I would love to hear your thoughts about endorsements. I think they are a bit of a wasted space on people's profile. I don't trust them because too many people have endorsed me for random skills that they have no idea if I am qualified or not. I basically ignore all endorsements. I did just read another one of your articles that explains a little about how they can benefit me in a search. I need to check it out since I am starting in a new position in a new industry.
Thanks for your great insight. I may pay for your services soon.
Love the article. Really explains some of the "rules" we may have not known about,i.e., the 3K invites rule. its everything that most of us need to know and what we have been thinking!
Sorry to read in your excellent post that you automatically decline to link with people who do not want to put a headshot or icon up on their LinkedIn profile. I think 1. many who have no pic on their profiles have nonetheless taken time and interest to comment on this very post (I count seven out of 15, and with me, eight)–and that their comments seem to add to the dialogue of like-minded professionals overall and 2. you may be making assumptions about people professionally who may, for various personal reasons, choose not to publish pictures or icons.
Sorry this sounds snarky, because I don't mean it to be–I enjoyed and learned from your piece. I also must admit that I have not utilized LinkedIn to the extent that I would hope to–and perhaps not having a photo (even when urged to do so by another savvy LinkedIn professional years ago) is part of an admittedly less than enlightened strategy.
Yet I simply would urge you to reconsider your rule of thumb for automatically eliminating people based on a lack of visuals–to my mind, one's substance best comes across in the written word on social media sites. I understand the eye-catching benefits of marketing via photos and logos, video links, etc. but sometimes feel these add-on features can also distract from serious appraisal of another's potential–and so they should be evaluated with caution as well.
Finally, in social media, the chances of actually meeting face-to-face versus helping another via computer (emails, links, blogs, references, etc.) is often remote, and so technology itself puts far greater weight on one's ability to communicate well primarily through words.
To conclude, while I see the potential benefits of having a picture profiled, I don't see the necessity, except that conventional wisdom says this is how we should present ourselves online. (In the end, maybe this is the answer to my query: conventional wisdom rules on social media, so get in line?) I can agree with you that first impressions do count but wonder whether a willingness to connect in written dialogue trumps a genuine and smiling (or) dated and/or doctored photo in that initial appraisal anyway. Respectfully, .
Great article Andy! For me, if I know the person … no use to build a network with this person … cause I knew him/her already (practically he/she is already in my network, LinkedIn or not).
I built my network to know more people. To learn more knowledge from other people. To share any subject with them. So, for me … any invitation is OK as long as he/she had a brief information (profile, photo, etc.). If not …. sorry …. how can I know somebody without seeing his/her face? Is he/she a ghost?
Thanks for posting this article Andy. Finally a perspective on how to use LinkedIn written with insight and common sense. I'll be sharing this with my network as I think everyone should read it.
Very interesting comments you share Andy.
Interesting to hear how you think when you connect or not.
£k rule was new to me and there are so many small hidden details, rules and algorithms hidden from us users. So thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I also work with individuals and companies to make better use of Linked In even if that is not my core business.
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One interesting aspect I find is that while Linkedin is the social platform for professionals….anyone in HR will tell you that it is the best think since sliced bread for finding a job. And one of the tricks "to be noticed" is to have 500+ connections. I have also heard that 10+ recommendations…. That's when the Linkedin algorithm puts you to the head of their search list.
I think Linkedin needs to define itself. Is it an HR tool to find the next great job, next great hire, or is it a Professional networking tool?
Where were you Andy when I needed you, right back at the beginning when I first joined LinkedIn? I read through your article with increasing embarrassment as I realised I have made most of those mistakes in the last three years! Only now do I realise the true power of social networking which can be used to create a powerful image of you and your organisation, hopefully for the best but possibly not, if you don't know the ins and outs!
Live and learn! Thanks for a great article.
Andy- love this post! I've been building a network for years with no consistent strategy. I like your approach. I'm in the midst if a profile and network overhaul, and I intend to incorporate some of your suggestions. Thanks!
How does one stop people who remain anonymous from viewing your profile? Isn't that a bit cowardly?
I am interested in connecting with everyone who reads this article and comments. Please feel free to look me up. And yes… my tongue is in my cheek.
I have to admit I scratched my head when I first saw the "don't connect if you don't know them" advice from LinkedIn. I would be interested in their stance on your wise guidance, Andy. Thank you for taking the time to provide, not just your opinion, but helpful specifics as well.
as a fellow breaking bad fan- really enjoyed this (and I don't like reading on-line so I'm pretty choosy about what I read)
Great insights about the purpose of connecting, and wonderful humor about the mindless requests to connect .
Am going to quote your section on number of meaningful connections and ways to maintain them to my grad students in the MACS (http://www.goucher.edu/graduate-programs/ma-in-cultural-sustainability) program on Cultural Sustainability. (I saw this research in the NY Times but appreciate your thoughts on how to keep the relationships going- and the excellent visual)
Thanks Andy.
Well done.
How about spotting fake profiles?
Do you have TIP's on how to do that?
One again a very good article by Andy. But I have 3 comments:
1) People can't personalize their contact request from Smartphones or tablets. And many don't konw it.
2) Even if you are on LinkedIn from a PC or a laptop, if you send a request from a search results page, you can't personalize your message. And many don't know it.
3) The thing is that for being found, visible, seen or whatever on LinkedIn, you need to have an large network.
Thanks for the education! Especially about reaching out to people who are not in your network, but you want to connect with for potential networking and/or business. I have been reluctant to do this, and try to get an "invite" from someone with little success.
Keep the info/education coming…
Thanks Andy for yet another eye opening article. Like so many, I have jumped in enthusiastically to explore the many features of LinkeIn, only to discover I've stumbled into one of the pitfalls you have highlighted.
As I continue to refine my approach I truly appreciate your insights and advice. Whenever I encourage someone to join LinkedIn now, I recommend they view your blog, as a first point of call – and avoid the traps.
The unsolicited invitations I hate the most are the ones from people who don't even bother to look at my profile before inviting me .I found this to be a total lack of respect and I typically decline these kind of invitations. People that I already know in real life might get away with this lack of etiquette. But I always refuse invitations from strangers who don't view my profile first .Why should I accept an invitation from someone who doesn't even show the slightest interest in me by at least checking my profile? Don't these people realize that whenever they do this, they are implicitly sending the message that they don't care at all about the people they are inviting; they just want to build a large network quickly and they are using you as part of the process..
Andy, time after time, I'm seeing consistently good, value-added, detailed posts from you, that teach. I don't take the time to comment frequently, but just wanted to let you know, since I finally caught this one today. Also, anyone who quotes Walter White, is okay by me (and perhaps to be feared).
(I'm resisting the urge to write "Yo, bitch." Oops.
BTW, I find it interesting that LI suggests that we only connect with people we know, yet in the Who's Viewed Your Profile section, they suggest that I connect with certain people to increase my profile views… none of whom I know. That whole policy reminds me of joining the world's largest Chamber of Commerce, going to a mixer event, and standing all night in the corner with the people I already know. Almost funny.
In any case, stay the course, Andy, and have a great holiday season!


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We are back on low carb....:jumpjoy:
Well i was half asleep this AM preping lunches... I put the whole huge bag of broccoli in the microwave to steam... How long will it stay good for? i put it in a tupperware in the fridge.
3 days refrigerated. You can freeze it in 1 cup portions tonight if you're afraid you won't go through it all. (baggies with portions, all in one big tupperware)
Take it out of the baggie to microwave. That plastic isn't good to heat around your food.
If i freeze it how would i prepare it? just microwave for a few minutes? I usually buy individual broc and cheese's but this was way cheaper and i can control the cheese i put in it. Thanks!
Easiest would be to plan ahead and put individual baggies into the frig the night before you want to eat it. then just plop on a plate and nuke til hot, about a minute.
To nuke frozen already-cooked broccoli, I'd put it on 60 to 70% power for a minute or two, then nuke for a minute at full power to get it hot through.
Or you could toss the baggie into a bowl of hot water at the start of your prep, and it should thaw enough in 5 min or so to be nuked to hot for 90 seconds or a little more.
Signed, the girl whose answers are always really really long.
COOL!!! thanks!!! i never knew u can cook it then freeze it.. that will cut down my prep time..
Long but usefull posts :)
I do this a lot on the M/E fast. I buy the $.99 bags, so there's not like a whole lot in them. I steam the whole bag, then portion out 6 pieces per meal. It never ha a chance to go bad. I kept it in a ceramic crock with a plastic lid (in the fridge, of course). I use broccoli and Brussels sprouts. :heart:
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My question is - we would rather our family and friends give us money towards the College Fund that we are setting up for our baby daughter - what is the proper etiquette to handling this? Also on the Registry - if you go online or go to the store and print - there is a message on there - we thought if we worded it correctly, we could post something along the lines of asking people to contribute to the college fund instead of physical gifts - what are your thoughts? What is the best way to word it so people don't get insulted???? Really could use your guidance on this one! Thanks!
Ditto. Plus, this is the thing about showers- people like to bring an actual gift and like to see it being opened. Peopel will feel REALLY weird about coming w/o a gift. And as such, probably will still bring a gift.
So, either tell your mom a firm "thanks but not thanks", or suck it up and accept the shower and the gifts you'll get graciously!
Our registry (myregistry.com) had a feature that allowed us to add "College Fund" as a gift option
I was in the same boat, where truly we did not need any more "stuff" but wanted to give people the option to give us something that we would actually use/need
Unfortunately I got more clothing/bibs/bottles than even someone with quadruplets would ever be able to utilize
I returned anything I could, and put that money (or the equivalent in gift cards) into a fund for baby
People love to shop for baby stuff, and you will most likely get more physical goods than cash, just an FYI
Simply put - there is no etiquette on asking for cash b/c it's not a polite thing to do.
You can't start a college fund until the baby is born and has a SSN.
Other ideas -- have a diaper/wipes shower since you have most everything you need. Or you can opt of the gifts and have your mom throw a party instead of a shower.
This is really the truth of the matter too! My advice- register for more stuff than you really need at some place like Babies R Us. HOpefully you'll get gift receipts and you can return a lot of the stuff.lisa5201:
People love to shop for baby stuff, and you will most likely get more physical goods than cash, just an FYI
If you don't register, or for not enough stuff - then you up the chances that you will get a lot of stuff that you don't know where its' from, you can't return it, or... what have you.
The more you actually register for, you may have a better chance of being able to return it.
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- Medical Student Perspectives: The White Coat & the Road to Medical School
- My Kind of Medicine: Lisa B. Bernstein, MD
- Internal Medicine Interest Group of the Month: University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
- Ask the Program Director: Procedures during Rotations
- Advocacy Update: The ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty: What we Lose if ObamaCare Goes
- Winning Abstracts: Cotton Fever in Injection Drug Users; Contrasting Medical Obscurity and Colloquial Familiarity
- Subspecialty Careers: Adolescent Medicine
- In the Clinic: Eating Disorders
- Virtual Dx - Interpretive Challenges from ACP
- Highlights from ACP Internist® & ACP Hospitalist®
Medical Student Perspectives: The White Coat & the Road to Medical School
As I sit under this huge white tent with hundreds of people around me and anxiously wait to be called up to receive my white coat, I look back at all of the hard work and effort it took to reach this spot.More
My Kind of Medicine: Real Lives of Practicing Internists: Lisa B. Bernstein, MD
Dr. Lisa Bernstein has been fortunate to have been influenced by several mentors over the course of her medical career. She was first inspired to become a doctor by her father, Dr. Arnold Bernstein who had a successful career as a practicing gynecologic oncologist as the Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology and OB-GYN Residency Director at Georgia Baptist Hospital (now Atlanta Medical Center). He exemplified to his daughter how rewarding a career in medicine could be. As the head of a residency program and a trail blazer in his profession, he showed me that you could care for patients and teach future doctors, all with warmth and a sense of humor.More
Internal Medicine Interest Group of the Month: University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
To complement the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicines continued emphasis on primary care, the goal of our Internal Medicine Interest Group (IMIG) has been to contribute to this legacy while keeping our students excited about their future medical careers. We are organized as an eight person leadership board representing each of the medical school classes and are supervised by Dr. Joseph Szot and Dr. Manish Suneja.More
Ask the Program Director: Procedures during Rotations
Is there a way I can find out how many procedures I will be able to perform during a rotation during my M3 or M4 year?See what Program Directors have to say!
Advocacy Update: The ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty: What we Lose if ObamaCare Goes
What will a Supreme Court ruling against the Affordable Care Act mean for health care? The answer, actually, is pretty simple: veterans, seniors, people with pre-existing conditions, primary care doctors, people who buy coverage from the individual insurance market, children and adults with pre-existing conditions, and of course the uninsured, are among the tens of millions of Americans will lose out if the ACA goes away.More
Winning Abstracts from the 2012 Medical Student Abstract Competition: Cotton Fever in Injection Drug Users; Contrasting Medical Obscurity and Colloquial Familiarity
The evaluation of a febrile intravenous drug user presents a difficult challenge for clinicians. While the majority of intravenous drug users will have a readily identifiable source of fever, up to 36% will have an occult infection. Although exhaustive evaluations of these patients may be warranted, recognition of benign causes of fever in intravenous drug users may attenuate expensive workups. Thus we present a case of cotton fever, an infrequently recognized febrile reaction in intravenous drug usersMore
Subspecialty Careers: Adolescent Medicine
Adolescent medicine focuses on the physical, psychological, social, and sexual development of adolescents and young adults. Multidisciplinary and comprehensive in approach, this specialty encompasses the full spectrum of acute, chronic, and preventive health care. Adolescent medicine evaluates medical and behavioral problems within the context of puberty and tailors management to the individual's developmental needs.More
In the Clinic: Eating Disorders
Eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, are serious mental illnesses associated with significant rates of morbidity and mortality. In fact, anorexia nervosa has a mortality rate as high as that seen in any psychiatric illness (1, 2). Together with binge eating disorder (BED) (a condition currently classified in the Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified [NOS] category [3] but is likely to be considered a formal eating disorder in the upcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition [DSM-5] [4]), eating disorders affect 2%5% of the population (5). Although evidence on whether the overall rates of eating disorders are increasing is unclear, there is evidence that these illnesses are affecting an increasing number of younger patients (6) and individuals across a wide range of cultures and backgrounds (7, 8).
In the Clinic is a monthly feature in Annals of Internal Medicine that focuses on practical management of patients with common clinical conditions. It offers evidence-based answers to frequently asked questions about screening, prevention, diagnosis, therapy, and patient education and provides physicians with tools to improve the quality of care. Many internal medicine clerkship directors recommend this series of articles for students on the internal medicine ambulatory rotation.
Highlights from ACP Internist® & ACP Hospitalist®
Diving into delicate patient conversations
Delivering unpleasant news is one of the hardest tasks a physician faces. Assessing sensitive topics heightens the difficulty, and two physicians at Internal Medicine 2012 address ways to handle especially sensitive areas: sexual history, and the inability to safely drive a car.
'PharManure' and some drugs to hate the most
Drugs that made this doctor's least-most-wanted list, presented at Internal Medicine 2012, included those that increase costs without improving care, or that raise the risk of antibiotic resistance.
Patient-centered care from admission to discharge: How to improve bedside visits
It's hard to increase time spent with patients, so improving the quality of the time is the only workable alternative.
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An internship boot camp prepares final-year medical students for the daily encounters they'll face in the years ahead.
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