<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28544342</id><updated>2011-04-21T14:49:25.879-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"Contrarian,"  FNP / PA-C in Sudan</title><subtitle type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Nurse Practitioners &amp; Physician Assistants linked through &lt;a href="http://www.physicianassistantforum.com/forum353/"&gt;PA Forum - the PA Resource Center &lt;/a&gt; seek support for our colleagues standing in harm’s way.&lt;/strong&gt;  Strongly opinionated 'Contrarian' describes himself as: "Oppositionally Defiant...Conversation Stimulator..."  He represents the best in midlevel medical care.  &lt;strong&gt;Send him an e-mail.&lt;/strong&gt;</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contrarian-in-sudan.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28544342/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contrarian-in-sudan.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>TPL</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28544342.post-114831434119664724</id><published>2006-05-22T09:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-01T10:47:26.003-07:00</updated><title type='text'>E-Mail</title><content type='html'>Internet access is episodic; postal is unavailable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.physicianassistantforum.com/forum353/"&gt;Physician Assistant Forum - the PA Resource Center&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;is best for messages. &lt;/strong&gt; You must enroll as a member of this forum to access communications.  This is pretty easy, so search “Contrarian” and follow prompts.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28544342-114831434119664724?l=contrarian-in-sudan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contrarian-in-sudan.blogspot.com/feeds/114831434119664724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28544342&amp;postID=114831434119664724' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28544342/posts/default/114831434119664724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28544342/posts/default/114831434119664724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contrarian-in-sudan.blogspot.com/2006/05/e-mail.html' title='&lt;strong&gt;E-Mail&lt;/strong&gt;'/><author><name>TPL</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28544342.post-114831137978577827</id><published>2006-05-22T08:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-22T09:57:09.396-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I’m a Dual - NP/PA</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6761/417/1600/world_vision_buffet-sudan.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6761/417/320/world_vision_buffet-sudan.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;04-01-2006, 11:12 PM &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I’m a Dual... &lt;/strong&gt;I am hired as one or the other... but ALL my various colored labcoats have Contrarian, FNP, and PA-C on them... and the Signature is a stamp and force of habit...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leaving 9 Apr for Juba, in southern Sudan...&lt;br /&gt;-Dennis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Offer encouragement at:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MidLevelProviders/"&gt;Mid-Level Providers Medical Group (MPMG)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More pictures at:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/africa_conflict_in_darfur/html/1.stm"&gt;BBC News - Africa Conflict&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28544342-114831137978577827?l=contrarian-in-sudan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contrarian-in-sudan.blogspot.com/feeds/114831137978577827/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28544342&amp;postID=114831137978577827' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28544342/posts/default/114831137978577827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28544342/posts/default/114831137978577827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contrarian-in-sudan.blogspot.com/2006/05/im-dual-nppa.html' title='I’m a Dual - NP/PA'/><author><name>TPL</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28544342.post-114831103811604207</id><published>2006-05-22T08:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-22T08:25:48.166-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Medicine in an “Austere” environment</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6761/417/1600/BBC_Gereida_refugees.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6761/417/400/BBC_Gereida_refugees.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;04-13-2006, 04:41 AM  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Medicine in an “Austere” environment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Learned some few words in Kiswahili...like 'Habari yako' ("how are you?"...then you respond...."Mzuri"...which is just "fine")&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jambo,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Habari Yako Rafiki&lt;br /&gt;Asante Sana for the offer of hospitality...&lt;br /&gt;I'm staying in Karen at the Karen Coffee and Cottages... really nice accommodations...&lt;br /&gt;I went to "Carnivore" last night and ate Croc... good stuff! Really does "taste like chicken"... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kwa Heri&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contrarian&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28544342-114831103811604207?l=contrarian-in-sudan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contrarian-in-sudan.blogspot.com/feeds/114831103811604207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28544342&amp;postID=114831103811604207' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28544342/posts/default/114831103811604207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28544342/posts/default/114831103811604207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contrarian-in-sudan.blogspot.com/2006/05/medicine-in-austere-environment.html' title='Medicine in an “Austere” environment'/><author><name>TPL</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28544342.post-114831091854160294</id><published>2006-05-22T08:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-22T09:53:06.556-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Work in Sudan</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6761/417/1600/BBC_darfur_refugees.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6761/417/400/BBC_darfur_refugees.1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;05-15-2006, 02:52 PM &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As for the Sudan...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm flying around once a week... doing mostly Public Health stuff (treating Cholera, Leishmaniasis, Malaria, etc.) and spending most of my time developing 3 clinics and training military Medics in the SPLA/SPLM...&lt;br /&gt;(Sudanese People’s Liberation Army/Movement)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can't go into much more detail due to ironclad USG NDA...&lt;br /&gt;(United States Government - Government of Sudan (GOS) and the National Democratic Alliance)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-D&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28544342-114831091854160294?l=contrarian-in-sudan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contrarian-in-sudan.blogspot.com/feeds/114831091854160294/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28544342&amp;postID=114831091854160294' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28544342/posts/default/114831091854160294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28544342/posts/default/114831091854160294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contrarian-in-sudan.blogspot.com/2006/05/work-in-sudan.html' title='Work in Sudan'/><author><name>TPL</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
