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An Infectious Diseases Pharmacist Valentine’s Day Poem

This Twitter-inspired poem was written by an infectious diseases pharmacist for Valentine’s Day.



Written By: Megan Seddon, Pharm.D.


[Last updated: 31st January 2020]

Our friends still don’t know what we do

Bless our Gram-stained hearts

PK/PD Queens and Kings

Of all the moving parts

.

Bugs and drugs and MICs

Negotiating, planting seeds

In vitro wants, in vivo dreams

Grace our Gram-stained hearts

.

Interactions, ADRs

Combing notes and checking MARs

Delabeling allergies (au revoir!) 

Delights the Gram-stained heart

.

Relearning that which we were taught

Data diving, answers sought

Framing unrequested thoughts

And baring Gram-stained hearts

.

Working with Doctors, APPs

Nurses and Lab – our Phamily

Case management, Micro, ICP!

Makes strong our Gram-stained hearts

.

We bring to bear all that we know

Waging wars on tiny foes

To aid a cure, to heal, and so

Sustain our Gram-stained hearts

.

About What Inspired This Poem

The inspiration for this poem actually stemmed from Twitter. I began following some clinicians who are doing incredible things in that space – using creative writing to compose narrative threads about lessons learned in their experience of health care.

Prior to pharmacy school, I used to enjoy trying my hand at writing stories and poems. I think it must be a family trait – I can still quote from memory some of the poems my grandfather used to recite to us, and my dad (also a pharmacist) enjoyed poetry and occasionally penned some himself. Now, reading these amazing stories on Twitter, I began to want to challenge those particular creative muscles again. I will also note that I feel scientific writing has creative elements, though within a structure that must attempt to avoid bias.

I made it a goal to try to use creative writing to talk a little bit about what infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship pharmacists do. This poem was the result. I claim no comparison whatsoever with those amazing clinicians on Twitter – they are masters. I enjoyed writing this and hope some may appreciate or identify with it too.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Megan Seddon is an antimicrobial stewardship pharmacist practicing at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, FL. She completed her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Georgia, a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System in Sarasota, FL, and a PGY2 in Infectious Diseases at the University of South Carolina/Palmetto Health in Columbia, SC. Her practice interests include antimicrobial resistance, quality improvement, PK/PD, and rapid diagnostics.

You can find her on Twitter @ShorterSeddonRx


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