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Since coming to med school I've really come to appreciate the virtures of a fine ballpoint pen. Most pens suck. They don't write immediately when you put pen to paper, they create little globs of ink that smear, they're too heavy or too fat or too short, they have wobbly tips, the ink is too light, etc.
So instead of settling for cheap pharmaceutical pens or whatever, I finally forked over a few bucks at the bookstore for a couple GOOD PENS. What a difference. Taking notes has never been more pleasurable.
I know, some of you laptop aficionados are thinking, "Who uses pens?" Well, I do. A lot. Mostly for taking notes in class and writing up summaries later. And I have no doubt that I will be doing the VAST MAJORITY of my patient notes in the hospital using plain old pen and paper.
So let's hear it for high quality pens! OK, back to the books...
So instead of settling for cheap pharmaceutical pens or whatever, I finally forked over a few bucks at the bookstore for a couple GOOD PENS. What a difference. Taking notes has never been more pleasurable.
I know, some of you laptop aficionados are thinking, "Who uses pens?" Well, I do. A lot. Mostly for taking notes in class and writing up summaries later. And I have no doubt that I will be doing the VAST MAJORITY of my patient notes in the hospital using plain old pen and paper.
So let's hear it for high quality pens! OK, back to the books...