Somewhat unexpectedly, the past few days have presented several fine dining opportunities at truly reasonable prices. While hanging out with the geri's on Wednesday, I found out that there was a dinner sponsored by a drug company on Thursday evening. At first I was hesitant to go, because the whole drug company sponsored dinner thing kind of weirds me out. But then I found out that one of the doctors that I work with was going to be speaking at the dinner, so it seemed appropriate (and expected) for me to go. I have been to several similar affairs and the food has been pretty freaking good. This dinner did not disappoint. The restaurant was conveniently located around the corner from my neighborhood and features Italian cuisine. I had an amazing salad, linguine with a white wine clam sauce (good, but not as good as yours, Mom), and, a few glasses of wine followed by my most favorite dessert of all - tiramisu - for free! While the dinner was delightful, the educational part lasted all of about 20 minutes. This puzzles me in several ways - does this little amount of time really help to convince physicians to prescribe the drug being discussed? And do physicians feel like they learn enough at these affairs to make it worthwhile to attend the dinners during their off-time or is it more about getting a good dinner? So, I'm pretty sure that drug company sponsored dinners still weird me out.
My second fine dining experience, which happened on Friday, was slightly more expensive, but still a relatively good deal. I learned from some of the residents I worked with last month about Miami Spice which involves very nice restaurants offering three course dinners for $30. You have a choice of one of two appetizers and entrees and then you also get dessert. Sears, MM, Mr. MM, Jen Garner (her self-designated blog alias), and I decided to try out the restaurant at the Four Seasons in Miami. I had a shrimp salad and yellow tail snapper. The salad was fantastic, as was the other appetizer choice, a white corn bisque. The snapper was good too, but I thought the dessert, a chocolate mousse and tropical fruit layered confection was disappointing. I think I was just spoiled from the tiramisu the night before. Regardless of how the dinner ended up, I could really get used to this manner of eating. It is certainly a step up from the usual fare...
This morning Jen Garner, Sears, and I resumed the standard Saturday morning beach routine which was on hiatus last weekend. The beach was hot today, but the water was the perfect temperature with big, rolling waves. These are the days I'm glad to live in Florida :)
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Believe it or not the 20 minute presentation and dinner does change prescribing habits of some MDs. If I can put in my managed care plug...always write for generics where possible!
Ok, I'll get of MY soapbox and say I think this is terrific. Glad to read how things are going.
Beanie: I ALWAYS prescribe generic when possible. The drug dinners that I've been going to are for newer drugs that are still under patent, but I promise to do my part to keep health care costs down!!
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