You’re done with your first semester of medical school. Grades could be better… CV is pretty empty… still uneasy about the future… and you’re missing the days when you were easily at the top of your class. The dream of going to medical school has now become a daily burden.…
Tuesday (February 16th) was the last day of anatomy lab. Four blocks… over six months of growing as a medical student with the same specimen… and the journey is at en end. 8O
This past exam week has been a marathon of sleepless nights culminating in a full session of “12 hours” from Wednesday night into Thursday morning. After the block party last night, I had been awake for 47 hours and was breathing hard just to get to my car… right across…
In her last embryology lecture, the pediatric surgeon who has shown us the wonders of development (and things that can go wrong) over the last four blocks concluded her lecture as always – providing useful tips to survive medical school. One of the points she made this past week really…
After anatomy lab today, I was fortunate to catch an explanation of rami communicans by one of our fantastic anatomy teachers. After having gone through so much of the human body’s gross anatomy, it’s a bit embarrassing that I still didn’t have a grasp of exactly how splanchnic nerves, the…
No scissors, forceps, or even a scalpel in today’s lab. Instead, we busted out our woodshop skills and used a good ‘ol hacksaw to split our cadaver’s head into left and right halves (a sagittal cut straight through). I’ll never forget the mixed looks of awe, disgust, and amazement throughout…
Now that the merger talks with Rice and Baylor University are officially over, only one major question remains regarding Baylor Med’s financial status – what are we going to do about the incomplete Baylor Hospital? Dr. Greenberg, dean of medical education, was kind enough to hold a Q & A…
Well it’s official – Baylor College of Medicine will remain an independent institution. The Houston Chronicle does a great job summarizing the background and current circumstances associated with making this decision (link to article).
At first glance, the neck looks relatively simple. Surely such a mundane structure can’t be as difficult as the abdominal viscera, right? Wrong!
Around fifteen of my classmates took part in a “Disney Movie Marathon” yesterday evening where we essentially relived our childhoods by watching The Lion King, Anastasia (I just found out last night that it’s not a Disney movie), Beauty and the Beast, and Pocahontas.