One week into block 7b and it’s already 1/3rd done. After a couple of back-to-back two month blocks (5 and 6), I’m enjoying this fast-paced curriculum even more. The MS1s have their first real exam tomorrow. They’ve all been studying really hard, so I’m sure they’ll do great!

Today was one of those “I don’t have any classes in the afternoon, so I’m going to stream lectures instead” days. The heavy downpour from the outer bands of tropical storm Hermine gave me even more of an incentive to avoid the roads and stay at home. I enjoyed finishing a six hour day (four […]

In retrospect, yesterday was one of the longest days I’ve had this year. I slept a total of fifteen minutes the night before trying to cram as many last-minute details as possible for the hematology/oncology exam, but the hard part was trying to buy time from after the exam till one of the end-of-block parties. […]

While an echocardiogram (ECG) looks like a not-so-impressive barrage of waves on paper, it allows a cardiologist to gain a tremendous deal of insight about a patient’s heart.

After two months of planning and trying to analyze every conceivable scenario with a “what could go wrong” mentality, I realized the product of my paranoia Friday evening at the class of 2014′s white coat ceremony.

Today was my first preceptorship session in PPS-3 with an infectious disease specialist. Our group of three students saw patients in the veterans affairs hospital with all sorts of conditions, and for today’s session, we attempted to draw out the history of their present illnesses.

I’m extremely excited to be part of a group of MS2s spearheading a new kind of organization at Baylor Med – Surgical Corps. While I can go on and on about why this is an incredible opportunity for students, you’re better of being directed to the organization’s website and reading about the group for yourself: […]

Baylor Med’s curriculum basically entails students covering the human body in its “normal state” during the first year and then going back through the organ systems’ pathological states in the six months of pre-clinicals as an MS2. This August, we’re covering cardiology and hematology/oncology as part of block 7a’s coursework. I’m also taking a pharmacology […]

While most of my classmates traveled abroad for recreation and/or participating in something “medically related”, I had a far less eventful (but successful) summer break.