I’ve had several readers inquire about what a normal first year medical student’s schedule looks like. Though this varies from institution to institution, here’s the breakdown of my first block (six weeks) at Baylor Med. Monday Lecture 1: 8:00 AM – 8:50 (20 minute break) Lecture 2: 9:10 to 10:00…
After finishing the upper extremity, I was starting to feel pretty good! With all the muscles, bones, nerves, arteries, etc. that we’ve studied… how much more could really be left? As a rule of thumb – never doubt the complexity of the human body. :-P
The next time you move your hand, keep in mind that there are more muscles and ligaments and tendons and vessels involved than… well… I know at the moment. ;-) It’s amazing! For a structure as thin as the hand, there are so many tissues packed into it. We often…
I ordered my stethoscope from Stethoscope.com on July 6th, and it finally got delivered this evening. I now have my first official “doctor tool.” I’m just a bit discouraged that I won’t be using it for over a month.
Grand Rounds are essentially conferences in which an individual presents a medical problem as well as relevant treatments to a group of doctors, residents, medical students, nurses, etc. Friday morning, I attended my first Grand Rounds meeting at the Baylor Clinic dealing with orthopedic surgery.
Today in gross anatomy, my group dissected out the extensor and flexor compartments of the forearm. We found muscles like the flexor carpi ulnaris, extensor carpi radialis brevis, and abductor pollicis longus. A part of me wishes I knew Latin before medical school. ;-)
Last night expanded my motivation to succeed. Somewhere between reading the *heavily modified* Hippocratic Oath and listening to the upperclassmen speeches, I was once again overcome with a sense of realization – I’m finally here. The same institution where medical legends like Dr. DeBakey once stood. The only medical school…
Yesterday, my anatomy group continued our cadaver dissection by locating the brachial plexus, a particular bundle of nerves situated near the axilla (armpit) which arises from C5-T1 and innervates the entire upper limb.