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MS2
Last Day of Block 7a
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...
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Med School
241
Baylor Med has been under a lot of fire regarding numbers over the last year. What's the financial situation? What's wrong with the ranks? Quite frankly, last year's applicants were rightfully concerned about these...
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MS1
Last Day As An MS1
Nearly eleven months after beginning orientation at Baylor Med, I'm proud to say that I've lived to see my last day of classes as a first year medical student (MS-1). This afternoon, we had...
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MS1
End of Block 4
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...
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MS1
Structure Function – The More, The Less – God and Man
The human body is a beautiful thing. Why? Because of how effectively and reliably it establishes homeostasis in an environment which is in constant flux. Most of us take our inner workings for granted,...
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MS1
End of Foundations
It feels like just yesterday when I was at orientation with my PRN group in July. Now we're already 1/3rd done with all of our pre-clinicals and staring down block 4 (head/neck, immunology, pathology)...
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MS1
First Standardized Patient
Tuesday afternoon, I had my first encounter with a standardized patient (SP) as part of the PPS I HX/PE exam. I was responsible for taking the patient's complete history and vital signs as well...
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