When working at the hospital, I always wondered what they were looking for on a chest x-ray (CXR). Now I know. For our Radiology rotation yesterday, we stared at CXR's for two hours straight. The preceptor was excellent, and explained all the features we should be looking for in different pathologies (i.e. pneumonia, cardiomegaly, pneumothorax, pleural effusion, etc.), as well as asking many tangentially related questions on the etiology, pathogenesis and treatment of these pathologies. I still have a long way to go on my hazy infiltrates, but I think I learned something. Next week, the focus is on abdominal films.

More to come, but I just don't feel like writing at the moment.