Internal Med – Two Weeks In
Today marks the end of my second week of internal medicine. I’m laying in bed huddled under my comforter while contemplating medical scenarios I’m uncertain how to deal with.
Category: Med School
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CHF and Coloring
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a two-part disease: “congestive” and “heart failure.” By definition, heart failure means that the heart is unable to pump sufficient quantities of blood to the rest of the body. “Congestive” refers to the vasculature being engorged with fluid causing it to essentially back up in…
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First Week of Clinics
I had to wait till Sunday to write this post. Why? Because the first week of clinics included being “on-call” on Saturday for my internal medicine team. This really is different from the basic science curriculum. :shock:
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Day 2 Of Clinics
Today was my second day of clinics. All I can say is… wow. The hours are long and will take some time to get used to, but it honestly feels like the 1.5 years I spent in basic sciences were like college. THIS feels like medical school.
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I Am An Internist
Over ten months ago, Dr. Brandt urged my class to “wear the white coat” (coincidentally, she reminds us of this in one of her latest blog posts) on our clinical rotations by dismissing any biases we have for or against any specialties. Instead, we need to “wear” the mentality and…
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Basic Science Curriculum in Retrospect
18 months. Hundreds of lectures on everything from embryological development to geriatrics. Countless hours spent learning structures in anatomy and memorizing lists for histology. Now that I’m finally finished with the eighteen month basic science portion of the Baylor Med’s curriculum, it’s time for some reflection. And some sleep. :-)
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RK – The Clinical Student
Its been said that the didactic portion (basic sciences) of medical school is more about “book smarts” while the clinical portion utilizes one’s “street smarts.” Among the latter is an astute mastery of dealing with people – patients, fellow medical students, nurses, residents, attending physicians, etc. I know I’m not going…
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Last Day of Preclinicals
Yesterday was my last day of preclinicals. Hmmm, let me say that again. My LAST day of preclinicals. Ever. It sure has been an incredible eighteen months since I embarked on this journey! I’ll be writing a post at the end of this week (after exams) summarizing my last six…
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Genetics and Ethics
As part of this block’s genetics course, 4% of our grade was based on attending yesterday’s small group ethics session. We went over three cases, drew out pedigrees, identified the likely genetic disorder, and discussed ethical issues related to the cases.
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Beginning of the End – Block 8c
It’s finally here – my last block in the basic sciences at Baylor Med. This block will include “age related topics” and “genetics”, neither of which I find particularly interesting but are of obvious importance in clinical medicine (then again, so is everything, right?) ;-)