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As a third year medical student at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), my posts are intended to educate others and share my experiences from this incredible journey without violating patient privacy. These blurbs are not to serve as a replacement for recommendations provided by licensed physicians under any circumstance nor do they represent the opinions of BCM and its affiliated institutions. Please contact me with any questions or concerns, and thanks for stopping by!
After taking clinical shelf exams in Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, OB/GYN, and Surgery, I’ve arrived at a conclusion which may be shared by others who, like me, aren’t gifted test takers – multiple choice exams cannot accurately assess a student’s clinical knowledge.
Yesterday evening… after admittedly pulling an all-nighter to cram for the departmental exam… I finished my neurology rotation. Between Thanksgiving Break, no weekend responsibilities, and the rotation being only a month long, I only spent sixteen days at my clinical site. While that amounts to relatively little exposure compared to other rotations, the lecture series […]
With the NBA season finally commencing on Christmas Day, today was fantasy basketball draft day for the ten person Baylor Med c/o 2013 league. Here’s my lineup:
After table rounds this morning, one of the residents asked me if I wanted to do a bedside lumbar puncture (LP). I instantly jumped at this opportunity and proceeded to gather the patient’s consent, LP kit, and other supplies necessary for the procedure. In the meantime, I tried to recall the nuances of what we […]
Our pediatric grand rounds topic last week was MELAS syndrome, a mitochondrial genetic disorder characterized by neurological and muscular symptoms like ataxia and fatigue, respectively. MELAS is an acronym for: mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, stroke-like symptoms. As with typical mitochondrial inheritance patterns, MELAS is passed maternally (from mother to children), although rare cases of new mitochondrial […]
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