Having wrapped up the general surgery portion of my surgery rotation, I'm pretty glad that I had decided to not join any fantasy basketball leagues this year. Having been an avid fan since junior high, I decided last year to start playing again when a family member enticed me to join his uber-competitive cash-incentive laden league. I won that league, marking a successful comeback from my three year hiatus from fantasy sports. This year, however, I didn't think I'd have the time to really invest as I would like so I had to painfully decline the couple invitations this year.
These days, I find myself myself jumping on my computer to check on how my patients are doing. Instead of points, rebounds, and assists, I'm looking at vitals, progress notes, test results. Admittedly, these aren't the most exciting stats especially since we're not really shooting for extremes. Still, I'd like to think there's a certain head to head match up going on with death or even just surgical complications.
So every night I watch in anticipation and the following morning, I go see the results first hand. I realize it's probably not the wisest thing to compare patient care with fantasy sports, but the more I think about it, there's probably a good number of similarities that could be made. That's another post for another time.
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