http://squire-statement.org/blogs/ en Kathryn.B.Kirkland@Hitchcock.ORG Copyright 2009 2009-11-24T14:47:57-05:00 http://squire-statement.org/blogs/talking_and_teaching_about_squire/ http://squire-statement.org/blogs/talking_and_teaching_about_squire/#When:13:47:57Z I've now had 2 opportunities to present my experience using SQUIRE as part of a presentation with Greg Ogrinc.  He gives the basic overview of how and why SQUIRE was created, and I get to talk about actually using the guidelines… 2009-11-24T13:47:57-05:00 http://squire-statement.org/blogs/the_heart_of_the_matter/ http://squire-statement.org/blogs/the_heart_of_the_matter/#When:12:52:21Z My office is a little quirky.  We have two distinct microsystems that inhabit the same space.  A really small space, I might add.  Two OB MDs and three Certified Nurse Midwives see obstetrics patients in the same building at the same… 2009-09-07T12:52:21-05:00 http://squire-statement.org/blogs/thinking_about_generalizability/ http://squire-statement.org/blogs/thinking_about_generalizability/#When:10:33:15Z For the past few weeks I have been unable to do much in the way of writing.  I have been thinking about my project - although it is a humble endeavor, it has made a difference in my clinic.  I am… 2009-08-03T10:33:15-05:00 http://squire-statement.org/blogs/the_fits_and_starts_of_writing/ http://squire-statement.org/blogs/the_fits_and_starts_of_writing/#When:00:40:51Z Here I go again.  It's not that I haven't been writing; I just haven't been writing the hand hygiene piece.  I allow myself to agree to other writing tasks and then I postpone the writing task that doesn't have an external… 2009-07-23T00:40:51-05:00 http://squire-statement.org/blogs/separation/ http://squire-statement.org/blogs/separation/#When:09:51:26Z Although I enjoy my job, there are things that make it hard to work in a non-academic setting.  The first is that "access to information isn't free" and the second is that "honest feedback is hard to find".  I recently learned… 2009-06-22T09:51:26-05:00 http://squire-statement.org/blogs/ethics_and_the_irb/ http://squire-statement.org/blogs/ethics_and_the_irb/#When:11:01:25Z Memorial Day The Friday before Memorial Day Weekend, I sat in on a meeting hosted by the VA Quality Scholars program.  I was invited because the topic was ethics and the meeting organizers thought that I might be interested.  I was.… 2009-06-01T11:01:25-05:00 http://squire-statement.org/blogs/the_difficulty_with_data/ http://squire-statement.org/blogs/the_difficulty_with_data/#When:10:11:06Z This should be simple but its not.  For over a year now, I have been tracking my clinic's urine culture collection performance. A while ago, I hit on a methodology that works well for data collection. (In truth, it only works… 2009-05-18T10:11:06-05:00 http://squire-statement.org/blogs/why_is_it_so_hard_to_write/ http://squire-statement.org/blogs/why_is_it_so_hard_to_write/#When:17:01:34Z I've been participating in a Writing Collaborative here as part of the Leadership Preventive Medicine Residency.  For our session this Friday, the call came out for "your current draft" to be submitted in advance so that we could work collaboratively to… 2009-05-13T17:01:34-05:00 http://squire-statement.org/blogs/back_in_the_saddle_or_in_the_saddle_for_the_first_time/ http://squire-statement.org/blogs/back_in_the_saddle_or_in_the_saddle_for_the_first_time/#When:19:13:36Z How often do you get to use the excuse: I couldn't write because there was a pandemic?  Well, at least once, I guess.  I've been busy reading health alerts and implementing algorithms for testing and treating, and, in short, tracking the emergence… 2009-05-12T19:13:36-05:00 http://squire-statement.org/blogs/tracking_the_evidence/ http://squire-statement.org/blogs/tracking_the_evidence/#When:10:12:37Z Evidence Based Medicine All of the prenatal care guidelines that I have looked at recommend screening pregnant women for asymptomatic bacteruria.  They all make the claim that pyelonephritis is a primary cause of preterm labor and delivery with all the attendant… 2009-05-11T10:12:37-05:00